Stories about Humor from November, 2007
Saudi: Use Al Qaeda to do your Dirty Work
Saudi-based Dottson advices his readers to use Al Qaeda to do their dirty work. “If you are stupid enough to try this and end up getting jailed, don’t blame me, I’m just the messenger :-)” he cautions.
Trinidad & Tobago: Hearing Voices
“Vox populi, vox dei. The voice of the people is the voice of god”: Jeremy Taylor fears that the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has taken the phrase literally.
Guyana: Look-See
“Oh, the wonderful things you can see when you look, look, look”: Guyana-Gyal‘s eyes are opened after a visit to the courthouse.
Oman: Why No One is Reading My Blog?
Omani blogger Muscati jokingly says no one is reading his blog because his readers fall under the post-grad category.
Russia: Putin Jokes Not Allowed, Sort Of
Window on Eurasia writes about the FSB's attempt to ban jokes about Putin in Novosibirsk.
Russia, Japan: Putin's Sexiness Ranking
Siberian Light writes that the Japanese have voted Vladimir Putin the world’s fifth most attractive politician.
Bulgaria: Halloween
KGrady of What's Going Down? regrets they don't celebrate Halloween in Bulgaria – but dresses up anyway, as a 10-Leva bill. His wife, Petya of BigHead, dresses up as a “Bulgarian school-teacher on strike” – and posts some pictures.
Trinidad and Tobago: Election Picong
With general elections looming on 5 November, bloggers in Trinidad and Tobago respond to the three main parties' campaigns with frustration, anger — and satire.
Libya: Funny Pictures
Libyan blogger AngloLibyan brings us funny pictures (Ar) from Egypt.
Guyana: Wicked Dessert
Guyana-Gyal invites you to take a taste of a dessert with “a name that connote ruckshan-ness…that is, bad-girl-ness”…
China: Illegal Content Check
There is a website for checking illegal content of your website (Chinese only). Hegelchong has a checkup and finds a list of illegal words such as CCP, repression, independent, strike, protest, demonstration, sex, etc. (zh) The check-up website is a mockery of the Great Fire Wall.
