Even the bears are crying about the death of Kim Jong-il

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/09/us-korea-north-birds-idUSTRE8080E720120109

Magpies and bears mourn North Korea's "Dear Leader"

SEOUL | Mon Jan 9, 2012 4:28pm EST

SEOUL (Reuters) - The passing of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-il has been marked by plunging temperatures, mourning bears and now, according to North Korean state media, by flocks of magpies.

Kim, who died in December aged 69 years after 17 years running the world's most reclusive state, was reputed to be able to control the weather, as well as to have scored a miraculous 38 under par round of golf. snip

KCNA reported last week that a family of bears who usually hibernate through the fierce Korean winter had been seen lamenting Kim Jong-il's death.

"The bears, believed to be a mother and cubs, were staying on the road, crying woefully," it said.

[Ian David]

1. They probably woke from hibernation because they ran out of fat reserves...

... because like everyone else in North Korea, they are STARVING.

[DCKit]

6. +1 nt

[izquierdista]

2. My daffodils have come up to bid him farewell

[Enrique]

3. the bears must have admired his golfing skill

[Lint Head]

4. But the Dung Beetles, Maggots and Blow Flies are very happy.

[gratuitous]

5. Has Glenn Beck been informed?

Before we get too "Ho, ho, ho, oh those cuh-razy North Koreans!" remember that during his Restore America rally in August 2010, Glenn Beck was convinced of the rightness and righteousness of his cause because a flock of geese flew overhead just as the festivities were starting ("God's flyover&quot . We have our own version of this kind of nuttery, and while it isn't currently in power, it never seems to be far away.

[AsahinaKimi]

9. We haven't heard too much from Beck lately...

Hasn't it been nice??

[gratuitous]

11. Like a breath of fresh air

I think he finally toddled off into total obscurity.

[Chiyo-chichi]

14. I think he has moved to North Korea, where he has been mistaken for a crying bear.

The crying is a dead giveaway.

[Scootaloo]

7. Well, that settles it.

Kim Jong-Il was a wizard.

[MattBaggins]

10. He is controlling them from death

He must be a Litch

[RevStPatrick]

8. Whatever happened to the Kim Jong Un death rumors?

That was pretty weird.
Like everything about North Korea.

There's this, from yesterday:

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-rice-bowl/twitter-rumor-kim-jong-un

But I still can't find anything proving anything one way of the other...

[provis99]

12. North Korea is a whole country founded on insanity.

1984 brought to reality, so to speak.

[Hugabear]

13. Has anyone informed Stephen Colbert?

Makes sense that bears would mourn the death of one of the world's most brutal dictators...