I notice this in the statistics box for this site -
Most users ever online was 849 on Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:04 pm

where is everyone coming from all of a sudden?

Lurkers are welcome to respond

There's a comment in his blog post on the Traffic Girls listing your URL.

OK, thanks. (BTW, I don't think Forumotion lets people post hyperlinks unless they are are registered members, that's why the URL didn't show.)

I found it - Roger Ebert twittered http://twitter.com/EbertChicago

Quote:

North Korean traffic girls are chosen for their beauty, and have fan clubs. http://j.mp/bymtyH

that link to his blog about the traffic girls http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/pages-for-twitter/north-korean-traffic-girls-and.html
and a comment that linked to here

Quote:

By David on February 27, 2010 5:45 AM I'm surprised that your reconnaissance on the Internet hasn't led you to PyongyangTrafficGirls.com. Yes, there's an entire website devoted to them. I suppose that Rule Thirty Six applies. ("If it exists, there is a fetish for it - no exceptions.") Ebert: Considering that the Traffic Ladies have to be beautiful, it may be Kim Song II's fetish.

LOL I really didn't consider this a fetish, but whatever.....

Ebert made another twitter:
Must have started something. The sexy North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 3 hours ago via web
http://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/9785814664

I checked around, there's all kinds of posts suddenly popping up on the internet about the PTGs
http://topsy.com/s?q=north+korean+traffic

Still 50+ visiors online - This has blown up all over the internet -- it all started with some Roger Ebert tweets.

Search of recent tweets:

fnordprefect: @bluegnu I refute your assertion: http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
about 21 hours ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
tangentbot: ahh, North Korea. http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
1 day ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
achampag: "If it exists, there is a fetish for it - no exceptions." http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/ N. Korean lady traffic cops
1 day ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
sindeeSF: Trippy Ass Fourm devoted to North Korean Traffic Girls: http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
1 day ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
r2g2: kim jong il watch: http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com "Dedicated to the world-renowned trafficwomen of the DPRK"
1 day ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
TheRealJoeBeef: Weirdly cool! PyongyangTrafficGirls http://shar.es/m0Sxo
2 days ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
rambambam: New favorite bizarrely specific/unwholesomely obsessive site: http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
2 days ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
jameswales: Suddenly it makes sense: http://twitpic.com/162uzf - Kim John-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls, designed uniforms. (via @ebertchicago)
2 minutes ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet
fwagers: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162uzf - Kim John-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. He designed the uniforms.
36 minutes ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
sme_nyc: #fun The Life of a North Korean "Traffic Girl" http://bit.ly/cUf4CZ (expand)
about 1 hour ago from twitterfeed · Reply · View Tweet
andrewsunkim: North Korean traffic girls - kinda freaks me out. http://bit.ly/9SnbDK (expand) http://twitpic.com/162uzf (via @ebertchicag)
about 2 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
trimtabpictures: http://twitpic.com/162uzf - Kim John-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. He designed the uniforms. (via @ebertchicago)
about 2 hours ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet
bhavna_says: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162vdu - Kim Jong-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. This has gone viral: http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 2 hours ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
liprap: @NOLAnotes You can follow him thru @ebertchicago, but I warn you, there's a lot of N. Korean traffic girl tweets right now.
about 2 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
JeffreyATW: "Kim John-2", that's a good one RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162uzf - Kim John-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls.
about 2 hours ago from Adium · Reply · View Tweet
CornoDiBassetto: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162vdu - Kim Jong-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. This has gone viral: http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 2 hours ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
jennaow: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162vdu - Kim Jong-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. This has gone viral: http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 2 hours ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
liprap: Damn, @ebertchicago is really exhibiting a thing for North Korean traffic girls. Dude, find a Korean-English phrasebook & a private chatroom
about 2 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
jrpalomar: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162vdu - Kim Jong-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. This has gone viral: http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 2 hours ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
ryantannerread: RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162vdu - Kim Jong-II inspects North Korean Traffic Girls. This has gone viral: http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 2 hours ago from TwitPic · Reply · View Tweet
LucasZenHannon: Really quite glad "North Korean Traffic Girls" wasn't what I thought it was.
about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
quotidianlight: *head shake & chuckle* RT @ebertchicago: http://twitpic.com/162uzf - Kim John-II inspects N. Korean Traffic Girls. He designed the uniforms.
about 2 hours ago from UberTwitter · Reply · View Tweet
andothers_tweet: Pyongyang Traffic Girls http://mltp.ly/8fknQq4
about 1 hour ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
aballcar: Pyongyang : Video: Traffic control in Pyongyang - Autoblog (blog) - http://www.askbiography.com/bio/Pyongyang.html
about 2 hours ago from API · Reply · View Tweet
GIKorea: New blog post: Picture of the Day: The Pyongyang Traffic Girls http://bit.ly/aN9y5K (expand)
about 2 hours ago from Twitter Tools · Reply · View Tweet
fairlycool: Video: Traffic control in Pyongyang via Autoblog: http://bit.ly/awCcxw (expand)
about 3 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
cartrendz: Video: Traffic control in Pyongyang ;O http://cars.allyouneedishotness.com/?p=2156
about 5 hours ago from API · Reply · View Tweet
evildespots: Traffic light/people in Pyongyang. http://yfrog.us/317440z
about 7 hours ago from Yfrog · Reply · View Tweet
Grizzluza: Wow. Pyongyang (North Korea) Traffic Girls flickr set http://bit.ly/amnqni (expand)
about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
raykm00: I don't know what to say about this: N. Korean "traffic ladies" who perform "robotically" http://bit.ly/9Xse0p (expand)
7 minutes ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
ulhasv: @ebertchicago There's a Flickr page dedicated to the North Korean traffic girls http://bit.ly/amnqni (expand)
10 minutes ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
fotofah: North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH (via Roger Ebert). See esp. last video of Philly traffic cop dancing :-)
17 minutes ago from TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet
Tomas_ScionLife: RT @steamykitchen: Hottie North Korean traffic cops...err....robots http://ow.ly/1c3bB (via @ebertchicago)
42 minutes ago from HootSuite · Reply · View Tweet
Kvistgaard: North Korean Traffic Ladies. "Their uniforms rotate only counter-clockwise." http://snipurl.com/ukk4q (expand)
about 1 hour ago from Hyperwords · Reply · View Tweet
Googe: Traffic girls: http://superpunch.blogspot.com/2010/02/north-korean-traffic-girls.html (via @isaacwilliams) Wow.. why???
about 2 hours ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet
jameswales: Must have started something. The sexy North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH (via @ebertchicago)
about 2 hours ago from Tweetie · Reply · View Tweet
genericfu: RT @natech: RT @ebertchicago: Must have started something. The sexy North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter · Reply · View Tweet
schwaggy: That's sweet. But why not just get traffic lights?? RT @RizzoTees North Korean traffic police ladies rule! http://bit.ly/9pMFhA (expand)
about 4 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
arniek: RT @RizzoTees: North Korean traffic police ladies rule! http://bit.ly/9pMFhA (expand)
about 4 hours ago from HootSuite · Reply · View Tweet
RizzoTees: North Korean traffic police ladies rule! http://bit.ly/9pMFhA (expand)
about 4 hours ago from HootSuite · Reply · View Tweet
flarb: Current obsession: North Korean traffic cop videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGbQ7QRndcA Yeah--I'm scared of these guys.
about 4 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
krberger: RT @ebertchicago: Must have started something. The sexy North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 4 hours ago from web · Reply · View Tweet
Mindeulae1903: RT @zKorean: Videos of North Korean traffic police: http://bit.ly/btJF7D (expand)
about 4 hours ago from Seesmic · Reply · View Tweet
natech: RT @ebertchicago: Must have started something. The sexy North Korean Traffic Girls have gone viral. http://j.mp/bymtyH
about 5 hours ago from UberTwitter · Reply · View Tweet



Welcome lurkers

Well, it's slacked off a bit today.

I have found some amusing "tweets" from recently about our little website.

It did start with Roger Eberts twitter a few days ago.

Ebertchicago: North Korean traffic girls and Officer Johnson. My new TwitterPage. http://j.mp/bymtyH
11:03 PM Feb 26th via web

Ebertchicago: Where would you rather drive, Pyongyang or Philadelphia? My new TwitterPage. http://j.mp/bymtyH
10:19 AM Feb 27th via web

Ebertchicago: P.S. Yes, there is a North Korean Traffic Ladies web site. Only the beautiful need apply. : http://j.mp/dqWhnU
10:34 AM Feb 27th via web

Ebertchicago: North Korean traffic girls are chosen for their beauty, and have fan clubs. http://j.mp/bymtyH

achampag:"If it exists, there is a fetish for it - no exceptions." http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/ N. Korean lady traffic cops

tangentbot: ahh, North Korea. http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/

sindeeSF: Trippy Ass Fourm devoted to North Korean Traffic Girls: http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/

bodhipaksaHighly: Gosh! An entire website devoted to the young ladies who direct traffic in Pyongyang, North Korea: http://bit.ly/9O2XiR

aubnonymous: I wish they all could be Pyongyang Traffic Girls - (http://bit.ly/aKhBpu) Or rather, I sorta wish I was one.

r2g2: kim jong il watch: http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com "Dedicated to the world-renowned trafficwomen of the DPRK"

TheRealJoeBeef: Weirdly cool! PyongyangTrafficGirls http://shar.es/m0Sxo

rambambam: New favorite bizarrely specific/unwholesomely obsessive site: http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.co

tumbler_p: Definitely, definitely check this out! The site's url speaks for itself. http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/

the_kim_jong_il: some world citizens know entirely too much about the women who route traffic in Pyongyang http://bit.ly/6xvgB - pyongyangtrafficgirls.com

RStOfle: This is the strangest site I've seen all day. Questionable English, and photos of PRK female traffic cops. http://j.mp/dqWhnU

Pyongyangtrafficgirls.com. Are they serious?
- from http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Traffic_Police_in_North_Korea_RULES_Video?t=31343727#c31343727

I present to you the best website ever: http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com I’ve spent an unsettlingly large amount of time on it.
- from http://sakuranbo.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/pstripple/

Okay, let’s face it, we’re all doomed. Not only that, but I’m forced to find other ways to entertain myself. http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com to the rescue!
- from http://sakuranbo.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/8001050f/

Every time I think I've seen everything, the internet dopeslaps me and says, "you ain't seen nothing yet."
And so, I give you--an extensive fanpage dedicated to the traffic ladies of Pyongyang, North Korea: www.PyongyangTrafficGirls.com
- from http://www.mania.com/aodvb/blog.php?b=2846

Weird Flickr Pool dedicated to Traffic Girls in North Korea. http://www.flickr.com/groups/pyongyangtrafficgirls/
- from http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/2479

Some people just have too much time on their hands: http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/
- from http://www.clublexus.com/forums/car-chat/484998-traffic-control-in-pyongyang-2.html

Blogpost: http://andothers.multiply.com/journal/item/585/Pyongyang_Traffic_Girls

Thats just a small sample of what was flying around the past few days

lmao! This is the most peculiar web site I've seen, ever!

Good lord - look at the views on this thread - 3000 and counting.

Thanks to Good Ol' Roger Ebert again - His tweet at 3:10 PM Mar 10th:

Quote:

ebertchicago: North Korean Traffic Girls site drawing record traffic. http://j.mp/drrlqP

The URL links to this thread - 3 hours later the stat box here says Most users ever online was 972 on Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:40 pm

Thanks Roger! Two thumbs up - We're always glad to have people spread the word about the charming Pyongyang Traffic Ladies.

And Roger - you're more than welcome to make a short post here (hint hint) .... no registering is necessary, although non-members need to make their usernames 8 letters or less.

Hey - how about getting Roger Ebert to write a movie review on the "Traffic Girls From The Sky" youtube video?