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This sure doesn’t look like London to me

I quite enjoy reading Gizmodo, although I’ve noticed they are pretty clueless on things Asian – and my emails correcting them usually go unanswered, oh well. However, it appears Gizmodo is also very cluelessky on things British. Point in case: Driverless Buses Headed to London, May Miss It, which comes with the [albeit funny] misleading picture:

This ain't London, mate

Looks like a little Photoshopping has been done to remove part of the ads on the side of the bus, too. But a Korean bus it is, nonetheless. Nothing to do with London, move along. Anyway, this image is a keeper, since this is a picture of a Seoul bus before the reform of Seoul’s Bus network, where all bus went RGB: Red for longer distances, and all-seaters, Blue and Green for long distances, but Ferris-wheel style: hang on to anything that’s bolted to the bus: seats, handles, ajummas, whatever; and Yellow for local routes.

Of course some say GRBY is the abbreviation of 지랄 버스야, but who am I to say? :-)

I think this bus is called an AeroBus, which is appropriate for the picture.

Posted in All you freak are belong to you, Brain fart of the day, Korea, Society.


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  1. 조엘 says

    So that’s what the 육교 is for.

  2. dda says

    차를 세워!

    Duh! I just did that…

  3. wooj says

    Jesus… Only Korean bus drivers could defy the laws of physics like that.

  4. dda says

    Well, if Jesus had had any say, He would have either performed a true miracle [like the bus standing on its hind legs wheels, or help the bus avoid the 陸橋… :D

    This is rather a bad case of Jesus/재수-less karma…

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