Stories about Humor from April, 2007
Guyana, Jamaica: Driving Miss Crazy?
Living Guyana drives home his point about the local taxi drivers: “Clearly, the Guyana taxi industry lives by two codes – ‘we'll get you there – dead or alive’ and ‘we'll brake when we hit something'”. And the Jamaican blogger at Stories of Me recounts his own driving woes: “Driving...
Arabeyes: When the Country Becomes YOUR Personal Farm
This is the official portrait of Al Haj Abu Gamal. Look at it carefully for he is no ordinary villager. Abu Gamal translates to Gamal's father while Al Haj is an honorary title bestowed on Muslims who have been on pilgrimage to Mecca. And those two reasons aren't the only...
Palestine: Internet Marriages
Rebellious Arab Girl deals with the frustration of her mother wanting to find her a husband….on the internet.
Belarus: Freedom Underwear
TOL's Belarus Blog writes about freedom underwear.
Bahrain: Coming Home
Bahrain's Silly Bahraini Girl talks about what she can expect when she goes back home to Bahrain on holiday: “I will be able to eat without having to worry who cooked the food or who will wash the bloody dishes; go out without having to worry whether there is fuel...
Turkey: Batman and Robin
Start the morning off light with the Turkish version of Batman and Robin given to us by the Turkish blog The Thinking Blog.
Trinidad & Tobago: Good Friday Bobolees
The Good Friday tradition of beating bobolees (effigies of Judcas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Christ) has inspired a call by Rights Action Group T&T for the dedication of community bobolees to any of the traitors “who've sold out our country for thirty pieces of aluminum.”
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Good Friday
Some thoughts on Good Friday from Abeni.
India: Inside the head of Chappell
A funny (and macabre) take on Greg Chappell's personal diary at Mostly Thoughtless. “Anyway, the Bangladesh team is not very good at all. After we thrash them tomorrow, we will then play some team called Bermuda on Monday. I wonder why they have named themselves after loose shorts. They have...
Guyana: Every Dawg has its Day
Brown Dawg finally gets his day, managing to slip in a post on Guyana Gyal‘s blog in much the same fashion that he slips into practically every cricket match “more silent than a piece of stew chicken plopsing to the ground.”
Antigua, Trinidad & Tobago: WICB Job Vacancy
Wanted by the West Indies Cricket Board: Strength and Conditioning Coordinator. The West Indies Cricket Blog links to the job advertisement that seeks to ensure “West Indies teams are the best prepared teams so as to create a successful and winning culture.”
Hungary: Post Office
We've already reported on postal service inefficiency in Russia and in Romania, and now here's a rather typical post office horror story from Hungary, written by Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar: “So, yes I needed one measley stamp, but had to wait forty minutes to purchase it from the...
Hungary: Statistics
Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar posts miscellaneous Hungarian statistics: “Did you know 56% of the Hungarian population make home-made jam?”
Trinidad & Tobago: Quotes of the Week
Jeremy Taylor catches announcers out on their pronunciations and scores two very amusing quotes of the week.
Barbados: HIV-AIDS Ad Campaign
What crazy looks like wonders about the message a Trinidad-designed ad campaign is trying to send about HIV-AIDS awareness.
Japan: Emoticons
Japan Newbie blogs some mobile and computer emoticons in Japan. If you are interested, there are more from the previous post.
Malaysia: Maid Culture in Japan and Malaysia
The blogger at a Japanese popular culture site J-List side blog explains why his daughter was surprised that the maids at a home that they were visiting in Malaysia were cleaning the house.
Trinidad & Tobago: April Fool's?
Jonathan Ali is highly amused at what clearly must have been the Trinidad Guardian's April Fool's prank.
Hong Kong: Naming Pandas
The Hong Kong Government urged the public to name the two Pandas, a gift from the central government to Hong Kong to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of reunification. Fou Sing from inmediahk.net suggested to name them “Po Po”, “Suen Suen”, meaning universal suffrage (zh). In the comment section there...
Guyana: Her mother's voice
Guyana-Gyal's mother's hoarse voice – the result of a foreign “taliban flu” – reminds Guyana-Gyal of the voices of the vendors on Water street who “don’t talk to one another. They shout.”
Kyrgyzstan: April Fool's!
Tolkun Umaraliev reports on an April Fool's story that appeared in the Kyrgyz press.
