Saturday, September 25, 2010

Case of the disappearing ropes -- VOA TV Burmese --

http://www.voanews.com/burmese/video/

unofficial translation and summary --

"-- Have you heard, they caught a white elephant -- (believed to be auspicious for upcoming so-called election)

but ropes tying it disappeared by a tech trick (Photoshop)

ropes disappearing are nothing -- even a whole human being -- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi talking to Kurt Campbell --

was obliterated. And even the rats are running away from Naypyidaw."

Burmese riddle verses from The Atlantic 1958

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1958/02/some-burmese-riddle-verses/640460/