You learn something new every day...

According to the BBC website, a privately run aid effort to victims of Cyclone Nargis was shut down by Myanmar/Burma's ruling military junta.

The effort was organized by a person billed as "Burma's most famous comedian", who was subsequently detained.

While I am sure that Burma HAS comedians, how does one become the MOST FAMOUS one? Do they have their own version of Vegas, or the Catskills, or do they have a version of "Last Comic Standing" on Burmese TV?

The only member of my extended family to have ever set foot in that country was my wife's grandfather, as a member of the British Army. Unfortunately, most of his time was spent as a guest in a Japanese POW Camp.

Not too many sh*ts and giggles there...