Four Clowns and Eight Women

Kazakh Envoy in U.S. Seeks to Dispel "Borat" Image -- NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's envoy to the United States Tuesday defended his country against "misconceptions" caused by the hit comedy film "Borat" and its misogynistic, anti-Semitic, fictional Kazakh TV reporter.

"I will answer all of your questions as soon as all of the women and Jews are made to leave." he commented. "Does anyone know where I can get a warm glass of fermented horse urine?"

So Kazakhstan is suffering from an "image" problem? I'm sorry, who are these people again?


Two Clowns Shot Dead at Circus -- BOGOTA (Reuters) - Two clowns were shot and killed by an unidentified gunman during their performance at a traveling circus in the eastern Colombian town of Cucuta, police said Wednesday.

"The killings had nothing to do with the show the victims were performing at the time of the incident," local police chief Jose Humberto Henao said in a telephone interview.

"Big shoes and too much makeup just piss some people off."


Eight Places Every Woman Should Go -- NEW YORK, N.Y. - Sal Manella, local restaurant owner and literary critic, heard about the book Eight Places Every Woman Should Go and had this comment, "Some chick author is writing a bunch of touchy-feely stuff about what women need. Fuggetaboutit! Men know what men need from women - and that's all women need to know."

"I'll tell you where women should go: to my bedroom and the kitchen. After that they need to go away. There. I got it down to three. Look how I'm simplifying their lives here. Hey! Where the hells that waitress? Bring me some more magutz over here!"

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