Stories about Humor from November, 2006
Jamaica: MTV “Cribs” parody
Owen links to a Jamaican parody from YouTube of the MTV program “Cribs”.
Ukraine: Waitress’ Attention
Carpetblogger shares two efficient ways to get the attention of a waitress in Kyiv.
Russia: Lenin's Mausoleum
Lenin's Tomb, Moscow, USSR, 1985 – by JoeBlogger Three months before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the legendary “sound-manipulator” Sergei Kuryokhin proved quite convincingly (albeit facetiously) that Vladimir Lenin had been a mushroom and a radio wave. Kuryokhin died on July 9, 1996, at the age of 42. His...
Ukraine: “Ideologically Harmful”
Sean's Russia Blog translates a 1985 Soviet-time internal document listing the “ideologically harmful” Western music bands.
Russia: Police Day
White Sun of the Desert writes about spending part of the Police Day at a police department in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
Russia: Travel, Trains, and Communist Hell
A trip to Sergiev Posad, travel by Russian trains, and a joke about the Communist hell – from the Turkish Invasion.
Hungary: “Trumpetting The Positive”
“Facilities for the disabled in Budapest leave a lot to be desired. So it's good to see some private businesses starting to take the initiative… Just don't forget to bring those three trumpets,” writes Paul of Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar and posts a photo – click on it...
China: fabricating news business
ESWN translates an investigative report from Youth Weekend about a gang who sold tabloid newspapers in the Beijing subway and train stations with fabricated sensationalistic news headlines such as Andy Lau being killed, Faye Wong committing suicide and so on.
China: one dog
Angry Chinese blogger has an interesting and thoughtful post on One Party, One China, One Child and One Dog policy.
The Week That Was in Bahrain
With the Godfather of Bahraini bloggers Mahmood Al Yousif out of the way and sick in hospital – possibly recuperating from his head-on collision with authorities over the blocking of his blog – his prodigies were out to play this week! First and foremost I would like to extend a...
Russia: Borat, Brezhnev and Driving
The Turkish Invasion writes on the ban of Borat in Russia, posts an old Soviet Brezhnev joke, and warns of the dangers of having a car in Moscow.
Kazakhstan: Of Phony Anthems
KZ Blog writes that the fake national anthem featured in the Borat movie is good satire of some of the things in which the Kazakhstani government takes pride.
The Moroccan blogosphere barely acknowledges Saddam Hussein's sentence
Two major events marked the beginning of the week, for the Moroccan bloggers: The Green March and Saddam Hussein's death penalty. But only one event got the most attention. It's the first blog meeting held in Agadir last week end. The Green March Moroccan bloggers(Fr) discussed the Green March, and...
Serbia: Bad Things in Belgrade
Belgrade 2.0 posts a list of 44 bad things in Belgrade and readers are adding to it in the comments section.
Lebanon: Sweet and Sour
Iraq, Palestine, Israel, and an alternative drink to the regular carbonated soda were topics discussed in the Lebanese blogs this week. The reconvening of the internal political discussion among rival Lebanese politicians in the form of “the consultations” was also the focus of many blogs. Before embarking on the tiresome...
Moldova: Borat in Moldova and Romania
Peter Myers of Adventures in Moldova writes about Borat: “ Borat's “Kazakh village” was in fact filmed in Romania, so it was fun to watch the first four minutes of the film on YouTube and know what all these villagers were saying to Borat. His “wife,” Oxana, didn't say what...
China: foreign actor
Hu Ge, the famous video spoof producer in China, is preparing to shoot a 20 mins internet video and is now looking for a foreign actor who will act as a CIA agent (zh).
China: Lei Feng condom
Lei Feng is a national icon for youth in China, now he appears on a condom package. Details see Fons Tuinstra.
Mexico: Altar de Muertos
Eduardo of Ocho Cuartos writes jokingly about what a Monterrey Altar de Muertos [ES] would look like: “Our altar would be finely decorated with an ashtray of “the mountain city,” a replica of the faro del comercio monument, a traffic citation for $300 pesos; all of which would be above...
Lithuania: Eurolines Bus Trip
Copydude writes about being the “self-loading freight” for the Lithuanian Eurolines bus company.
China: how to be together with Mao?
Wang Xiaofeng answers the question: how to be together with Mao Tse-dong by posting a few pictures for people's free association.
