Your Voice
To post to the site, just sign up for a free membership/user account and then hit
submit. Posts in English or French are welcome. You can email any other suggestions or comments on site content to the
site editor. (Please note that Vive le Canada does not necessarily endorse the opinions or comments posted on the site.)
I apologize because this might seem a bit off topic. But it takes two to negotiate and one is probably incapable here due to mental illness. That seems a pretty standard observation about Little Kim.
Jet Ski racing with Little Kim
‘As I was riding a Jet Ski on a lake near the Chinese border, Kim Jong Il came up next to me and said, "Fujimoto, let's race. But I want you to take it seriously." He gave the signal to start, and I rammed the accelerator as hard as I could. Halfway through I looked at him and realized that I was leading by about half a boat length. For a moment I thought I was making a mistake, but I remembered that he had said he wanted me to take the race seriously, so I crossed the finish line first. Kim Jong Il said begrudgingly, "You win, Fujimoto."
At that moment I thought maybe it hadn't been such a good idea to win, and I regretted it a bit. But he had said it was a serious race, so I decided I wasn't wrong in winning. Until then nobody else had ever won a contest against Kim Jong Il. A month later he once again challenged me to a race. However, this time at the starting line I was surprised to see that he had traded his old Jet Ski for a much larger one. With a different engine capacity there was no way I could win.
At this time several areas in North Korea were suffering from extensive floods and food shortages. Dead bodies were bobbing in the currents. Whether he was aware of this or not, Kim Jong Il certainly seemed to be enjoying himself racing to and fro.’