· November, 2006

Stories about Humor from November, 2006

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...

15 November 2006

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...

13 November 2006

China: one dog

Angry Chinese blogger has an interesting and thoughtful post on One Party, One China, One Child and One Dog policy.

13 November 2006

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...

11 November 2006

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.

9 November 2006

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...

7 November 2006

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...

6 November 2006

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.

6 November 2006

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,”...

4 November 2006