China Bans Strippers At Funerals

[NaOH]

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'Obscene performances' clampdown
By Lester Haines ? More by this author
Published Thursday 24th August 2006 10:19 GMT
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China has added strippers at funerals to its burgeoning list of proscribed activities, the BBC reports.

Bare-assed ladies are apparently deployed at rural send-offs to boost mourner numbers, since "large crowds are seen as a mark of honour".
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To show they mean business, the authorities have arrested the leaders of five striptease troupes, including two involved in a farmer's funeral in Donghai county, Jiangsu province on 16 August, which was exposed by a Chinese TV station.

Local officials subsequently ordered an end to the traditional practice - which they dubbed "obscene performances" - and declared that "funeral plans have to be submitted in advance", according to Xinhua news agency.

And just to make sure the ban sticks, the powers that be have set up a hotline where concerned citizens can earn cash rewards for reporting "funeral misdeeds".

For the record, the attendance at the farmer's farewell was estimated at 200. He can consider himself duly honoured.

 

[Ika]

is it just me, or is China getting weirder?

 

[NaOH]

concerned citizens can earn cash rewards for reporting "funeral misdeeds".

:laugh:

 

[Tom]

this will make me late for my own funeral.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Originally posted by: AMDUALY

concerned citizens can earn cash rewards for reporting "funeral misdeeds".

:laugh:

There goes my necrophilia routine I had planned for when I died and the stripper went the extra mile

 

[T3C]

wtf

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: T3C
wtf

You have a lot of baby clothes.

 

[aswedc]

Originally posted by: Aflac


is it just me, or is China getting weirder?

There's still much work to be done if they hope to catch up to Japan!

 

[JS80]

you know what's the FVCKED up part? Some fools hired strippers for a wedding, causing the government to make this law.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: JS80
you know what's the FVCKED up part? Some fools hired strippers for a wedding, causing the government to make this law.

Wedding?

 

[Mrfrog840]

Originally posted by: Tom
this will make me late for my own funeral.

hahaha i joined the club

 

[acemcmac]

That was sooooooo last week

 

[conehead433]

So how do I hire them?

 

[XZeroII]

http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilb.../2006/08/chinese_stripte.html#comments

Here's the real story...

 

[Nik]

Who cares?

 

[intogamer]

This isn't gonna be good for Hef

 

[So]

of all the things I thought I'd see banned in my life, this honestly didn't make the list.

 

[NaOH]

It's good to know that we have the freedom in America. The good ol US of A. ::tear::