Faisal Kapadia at Deadpan Thoughts starts a series to debunk those myths.

In the country, the news also brought good humour, as shown by a collection of illustrations in Humor Político (Political Humour) blog.

Despite the stressful situation, Moussa maintains her humour

There has been plenty of humour and satire.

And Imad Khadduri posts a picture of some typical black humour

Great Bong, with trademark humour and sarcasm dripping from his post, comments

The blog Carbon Fixated, dedicated to photosynthesis and climate change, dismissed the plot with humour.

It became a sharp ethical difference, which could no longer be bridged with humour or even sarcasm.

Even though the majority of the population now lives in cities, much of New Zealand's art, literature, film and humour has rural themes.

First on my discovery list was Denise Bombardier, a journalist, novelist, essayist and media personality from Quebec, well known for her outstanding reporting and often scathing sense of humour.

It is no less an honour for me to succeed President Jean Ping, who has carried a heavy burden of responsibility with grace, warmth and humour over the past year.

Much of the humour in the initial Asterix books was French specific, which delayed the translation of the books into other languages for fear of losing the jokes and the spirit of the story.

Our cameraman, who it turned out was a pretty nervous flyer at the best of times, actually asked the pilot, before we got on the plane, how long this flight would take, and the pilot Russian pilot completely deadpan, replied, Six hours if we live.

I salute the efforts you have made, the dexterity with which you have shown leadership but yet responded to everybody in the Hall and, in particular, even at the darkest times, the good humour that you have shown.

I got a call 30 minutes ago, on a poor phone line, saying that Arafat is dead, killed while working by Israeli fire. He was one of the emergency medics I met two nights ago, compassionate, emotionally strong, and with an unabashedly wacky sense of humour. I m more saddened by his death than I can express.