· March, 2007

Stories about Humor from March, 2007

Trinidad & Tobago: Lara on his Team Mates

  21 March 2007

Ever wondered who's the biggest moaner on the West Indies cricket team? Who has the best dress sense? Or who takes longest in the shower? Captain Brian Lara spills the beans – and the West Indies Cricket Blog has the video clip to prove it.

Non-Political Reactions to Bush's Visit to Guatemala

  20 March 2007

Photo of protesters and police officers by R. Scott Lamorte (More here). Touring this week through Guatemala's blogosphere, it was interesting to read the reactions to President Bush's recent visit, which differed from the usual pronouncements against U.S. policy. Some Bloggers discussed the Hollywoodesque display of security agents, how protests...

Cayman Islands: The Functional Family

  20 March 2007

“So, my old fart of a father, pushing seventy if there ever is a day, is getting hitched to a young hussy who is more than twenty years his junior.” Mighty Afroditee posts an entertaining piece on the ever-changing family dynamic.

Japan: Nostril flush

  20 March 2007

The Nostril flush is for dealing with cedar pollen allergies, JP explains how to use it at Japundit.

Japan: Hello Kitty product

  19 March 2007

Hello Kitty product from air purifier to condom? Paul Nicholls from Japundit clarified that the Kitty condom is a fake news.

Taiwan: Embarrassed Blogger Association

  19 March 2007

Chiao ching translated the mission statement of embarrassed blogger association: This Association aims to provide a space for bloggers in the Internet world, who are unable to Self-Taglize, and then confused and Orzistic(?), to support and help each other.

China: Punish Seditious Speech? What a Joke!

  19 March 2007

During this year's congressional sessions, leftist Yu Quanyu proposed drafting a law to criminalize seditious speech. Joel Martinsen has a translation of Southern Metropolis Weekly's interview with Yuan Weishi. The magazine teased the article on its cover with the line “punishing seditious speech is a farce.”

Russia: Has it Really Been Lost?

  16 March 2007

Russian bureaucrats force Darkness at Noon to live without his passport; at some point, it looks like the passport has been lost; but then the blogger hears this: “In Russia we don't lose things. We just take a long time looking for them!” – and, bingo, “this little saying puts...

Lebanon: Hummus Day

According to Lebanese blogger As'ad AbuKhalil, today is Hummus Day in Lebanon. “On this auspicious occasion, I am providing Hummus to my readers–for free. To enjoy, please pour olive oil generously over your keyboards, and you shall have Hummus oozing from the monitor,” he suggests.

India: Yay for Mumbai Police!

  13 March 2007

superstarksa takes a scathing, sarcastic take on Google agreeing to provide IPs to the Mumbai Police. “But I do have some questions for them. While they are at it, will they crack down on the few hundred idiots who use a picture of the bare torso-ed Salman Khan as their...

Trinidad & Tobago: New Shakespeare play?

  12 March 2007

“How this previously unknown Shakespeare play came to be in the West Indian Reference Library in Port of Spain I don't know,” writes blogger Jeremy Taylor, as he runs an excerpt from the aforementioned work, which describes events bearing “an uncanny resemblance to events in Trinidad and Tobago this last...

Bahrain: Bahraini Rants Last Coded Message

“Gadzooks!! What method of skullduggery is this? Bahraini rants flapdoodling about and disappearing on me again? I don’t trust him or his vocabularizing filler posts..” is Bahraini Rants last coded message before he takes a break to sort out his real life.