Day 2: Who Said My Weenie's Teenie?

It must be a human fetish to dress animals up in human clothing, for we do it too often in ways that are all-too disturbing. Meet the Teenie Weenie bear; this particular one stands outside the large Myeong Dong store for Teenie Weenie. Now, if you are thinking to yourself 'oh, they must sell children's clothing', you'd be mistaken. In fact, this lovable 6 foot tall bear dressed in a sports jacket and tie is trying to sell teenagers and young adults clothes. I refuse to even go into the store because it scares the crap out of me, not to mention I am not walking around with a giant bear dressed in clothing on my clothing; it seems counter productive and paradoxical. I don't quite understand why the brand is called Teenie Weenie, or why they use bears, but it does lend itself to a deluge of jokes by the average English speaker with only an inkling of a dirty mind. I'd say that we should respect those who have the courage to wear clothing from Teenie Weenie, but I don't see that happening... ever. Rather, I think we can sweep this under the category of 'Korean things that just won't work outside of Korea', which you'll see over the next 98 days, many things reside in this category of Korean stuff. In reality, the only people I see go into the store are women, couples, and young Koreans. I've never seen a Japanese tourist go into the store, and when the Japanese women are steering clear of the store you know it's just a bit too Korean. But hey, if it works for them it works for them. You see Americans walking around with pictures of farm equipment on their clothing, Japanese dressed as maids, and Canadians liking hockey, so to each his or her own.