Stories about Humor from September, 2008
China: 2008 Internet Buzz Words Video
My mother doesn't know how to go online She looks very busy everyday She says the internet is no good Everything inside is very yellow and very violent Oh mama, who tells you so? Oh mama, what you say thunder-shocks me Oh mama, let your son tell you I go online to buy sauce (majority onlookers)
Oman: The Sandwich Artist
Omanymous shares with his (mis)adventures when ordering in a Subway in Oman and his analysis of the different type of sandwich artists around town.
China: Awesome beggar's Chinese Rap
Ofeva has a video on an awesome beggar, begging for 50 cents by Chinese rap.
Jamaica: Proofreading Pandemonium
Jamaican Annie Paul says that the mainstream media “are some of the worst offenders in terms of purveying bad English.”
Cyprus: A New Water Solution
The Cyprus Blog posts a video of a humorous, yet innovative, way of solving the water shortage problem in Cyprus. Of course it does involve stealing the water from your neighbors’ water surplus tank and putting it into your own tank, but as long as no one has a video...
Jordan: Bi-Monthly Video Clips
Jordanian Hareega is posting bi-monthly videos from YouTube on his blog. Here's the latest, featuring a plane landing on water. “It's not pretty,” he warns.
Oman: Ramadan Unusual
You might think that the recent activity at the Omani blogosphere is mostly about the religious atmosphere of the holy month of Ramadan, but strangely the majority of the posts are anything but Ramadanic, reports Riyadh Al Balushi, from Oman.
Cuba, Barbados, U.S.A.: Palin's Speech
While Cuban diaspora blogger Babalu is “still a bit in awe from Palin's speech last night”, Barbadian diaspora blogger Jdid says: “She tried to attack Obama on some trivial stuff that he's been attacked on before, she didn't break new ground and with her Tina Fey look and those weak...
Jamaica: ‘Bata’ Bouncers
“Nothing seemed to say ‘made in Jamaica’ as much as Bata”: Long Bench discovers the roots of the shoe brand that saw her through her school years and realises “there’s a little bit of us in what we consume.”
China: LV tatooed pig exhibition
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist reports about an upcoming art fair in which a pair of pigs tattooed with Louis Vuitton logos will be exhibited.
Saudi Arabia: No Free Oil for Sean Combs
American rapper Sean Puff Diddy Combs has appealed to his 'brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia' and other oil producing countries to donate some oil to keep his private jet afloat. Saudi bloggers react.
Kenya: Poking fun at Kenyan news with animation
Kenyan blog, The Shikwekwes, uses animation to poke fun at Kenyan news.
Africa: Big Brother Africa III “Updates”
Big Brother Africa III “updates” from Bazanye: “Because I have no TV (ref Crime Rate) I cannot offer updates of Big Brother Africa III. Not unless I make them up, as I shall now proceed to do.”
Dubai: Corrective Eye Surgery
Kinan Jarjous, who lives in Dubai, had corrective eye surgery. Click here to read what happened afterwards.
China: A Story of Unrequited Love
[BLT]FQX posted a funny and beautiful set of pictures about “a story of unrequited love“.
