· January, 2008

Stories about Humor from January, 2008

Brazil: Should we fear Venezuela?

  14 January 2008

"Venezuela is due to become the biggest military force in South America. Should Brazilians be worried about it? Is there any need to fear Hugo Chavez?". These were lines on a recent satire TV show in Brazil, which presented the possibility of a Venezuelan invasion in the country. "Rumour Central" was accused by many bloggers of being misleading, manipulating and of inciting hatred against Venezuela among Brazilians. Find a link to see the 8 minute show with English subtitles in this piece.

China: Digging Very Yellow, Very Violent

  14 January 2008

As Very Yellow, Very Violent has become a most popular phrase in the Internet, a new website, hen huang hen baoli has been set up to dig “very yellow, very violent” web content. It seems that the readers prefer yellow and violent content from official websites.

Slovenia, U.S.: First Ladies

  9 January 2008

Sleeping With Pengovksy writes about the Slovenian First Lady's admiration for her U.S. counterpart (whom she misnames, however): “Barbs, the Slovene first lady, further went to say that she likes Barbarba (well, Laura) Bush for the strength of her character and the fact that she cured Dubya of alcocholism. Double...

Czech Republic: TV Hackers Face Trial

  7 January 2008

The Czech Daily Word reports: “Last winter an art group from Prague hacked the broadcast of the public service television during which people can watch the snow reports from ski resorts by playing a footage of a fake nuclear blast. Now they face prosecution and they might spend three years...

Botswana: Local voices offline

  4 January 2008

Koluki on “local voices offline”: “Now We’re Talking” is part of a show on Gabz FM by top Botswana radio DJ and comedian extraordinaire Michael “Dignash” Morapedi (read about him here and here). It consists of a delightful series of pranks he plays on unaware, innocent people he manages to...

Guyana: 2008 Wishes

  2 January 2008

“I want to make a li’l wish for everybody. Salut. Sante. Warm hugs on cold days. Nice cool drinks when your life-pot get too hot”: Guyana-Gyal wishes everyone a fulfilling 2008.