Apparently, Burma's junta only tolerate jokes in English. Perhaps because they don't understand them?Lu Maw said that everyone in Myanmar was busy trying to keep up with rising prices, which is what drove people onto the streets to protest in August. He noted that Par Par Lay was sentenced in 1996 to "seven years for one joke" at Aung San Suu Kyi's place. Now, thanks to inflation, Lu Maw cracked, you make "two jokes and get 100 years in prison."
- Sober times for Myanmar's comics
Artwork: Laughing Buddha by ~FunkyStar
2 comments:
A joke just isn't worth what it used to be.
Speaking of jokes, I can't be sent to Guantanamo Bay for this, can I?
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