Stories about Humor from December, 2008
China: Sexy Girl on Government Website
Joe from ChinaSMACK translates report about the hacking of Jingzhou City Bureau of Commerce's websites and the netizens’ comments.
Costa Rica: Unconventional Names for Towns and Villages
In Costa Rica, La Foto Salió Movida [es] searched the electoral lists and discovered truly strange names of townships and villages in the country, and publishes them on his blog. Some of the names, translated into english includes Loser, Ice Cream or Liberty, Beer, Betterthannothing, Cheap Houses, Sewers, Socks, The...
Malaysia: Traffic lights
Kampua Talk feels Sarawak in Malaysia has the most traffic lights in the whole world. She also suggests some activities while waiting for traffic lights to turn green.
China: Traci Lords at Hong Kong Movie
Human Flesh search engine from mainland China managed to dig up the details of an adult movie appeared at one of Stephen Chow's popular movie. The female figure is Traci Lords. See ESWN for details.
Vietnam: Christmas invasion
CitizeMekong uploads a video about the “Christmas invasion” in communist Vietnam. David in Ho Chi Minh notes that Christmas in Vietnam is “strictly the commercial free-for-all” with no mention of the birth of Jesus or much of a Christian theme.
Cameroonian Hell
Cameroon Comedy posts a joke about Cameroon.
Jamaica: When You Gotta Go…
Need to go to the bathroom in Jamaica? Iriegal can point you in the right direction.
Serbia: “The Proper Way To Do Propaganda”
Belgraded dissects and does his best to translate some of the samples of Serbian war propaganda.
Japan: Spoofing Aso
Englishman posted a few photos spoofing Japan's prime minister Taro Aso's wit in his speech.
Russia: “Political Mathematics”
De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis writes about the math factor of this year's constitutional changes in Russia and the politicians’ “most stupid explanations for their controversial decisions”: “Is it that me and Grigori Perelman are the only Russians who understand that the only way to ‘ensure a difference in time...
Jordan: Bush Bloopers
From Jordan, Jazarah posts this video featuring funny bloopers by US President George W Bush.
DRC: Cartoons satirize Congolese politics
It's been just one month since Congolese President Joseph Kabila named a new government in an effort to quell mounting criticism over his inability to quell rebel violence in the east, and many bloggers remain skeptical about the country's future. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Cameroon's rich and powerful
Cameroonian blogger Le blog du Prési… lists Cameroon's rich and powerful. Average profile: an octogenarian currently or formerly in government, who is likely to have seen the inside of a prison cell.
The Balkans: Yugo
Balkan File and Eternal Remont are saying good-bye to the Yugo cars; the latter posts this joke: “Q: So, what do you call the shock absorbers inside a Yugo? A: Passengers.”
