Stories about Humor from April, 2006
Russia: Grigoriy Oster
Raffi Aftandelian of maaskva: nashimi glazami translates a few poems by the Russian children's poet Grigoriy Oster, author of the Harmful Advice: A Book for Naughty Children and Their Parents.
Computer features in real life
Malaysian blogger Kenny Sia wishes for some computer features to be made available in real life.
China: Satire in the media
Jason Li from Virtual China translates a post from Linghucong's Blog [zh] which looks at the “increasing amount of feature articles that possess a well-informed, sharp, satirical edge” seen on major Chinese portal website Netease.
Poland: April 1 Jokes
hgrodsk of Our Man in Gdansk lists five Polish April Fool's jokes he fell for: “Nothing is too absurd for Polish politics and life not to be true.”
China: Rural-urban divide
Shak from Chinawhite leaves the city life for a countryside vacation and discovers some differences while out there. “A quick dinner in a local restaurant and then on to experience some nightlife in Hefei [capitol of eastern China's Anhui province], first thing that strikes me is the price. Everything seems...
Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere
It's another eventful week in the Saudi blogosphere, so let's get started with our weekly roundup… Providing a proper work environment for Saudi women was one of the major goals of the new labor law that was published few months ago, but the question is: how the employers are going...
Albania: Modern Bride Joke
Annabengan at annasblog tells an Albanian joke about what's considered a “modern” bride. The joke does reflect the reality and the reality isn't likable: “Albanian modern brides – husbands’ sex objects instead of house slaves of their families? Come on – there MUST be some other roles to pick from!?”
This Week in Palestinian Blogs: They Bloom Again!
From the soul unfolds itself : In 1976, Israeli policy of expropriating Palestinian land in northern Israel to build Jewish settlements provoked Palestinian residents in the Galilee town of Sakhnin to protest on March 30. Six Palestinians were killed during the demonstration. Since then, Palestinians inside Israel and the West...
Belarus: Political Jokes
Post-Soviet bloggers continue a good old Soviet tradition of coping with reality and expressing dissent through political jokes (politicheskiye anekdoty) – seemingly innocent stuff that's not really fit to print in a repressive society and is unlikely to make it to state-owned TV in a country like Belarus. Below are...
