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| UN Sanctifies an HIV Puppet |
| 2003-11-25 |
| EFL & Sh*t’s and Giggles. An HIV-positive Muppet starring in the South African version of "Sesame Street" has received an official appointment from the United Nations as a "global champion for children." The U.N. Children’s Fund, or UNICEF, says the furry puppet "has brought levity and compassion to a topic that so often evokes the opposite," according to the Associated Press. Kami, representing a 5-year-old orphan girl on the TV program "Takalani Sesame," will help advance UNICEF’s aim of ending the stigma for HIV/AIDS sufferers. It’s too easy. Puppets, the UN, ‘weapons inspectors’.... So easy my head is spinning. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #9 BH: SCORE! |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-11-25 11:22:09 AM |
| #8 BH - LMAO. Good one. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-11-25 11:02:14 AM |
| #7 Thank you, HIV-positive Kami, for helping us laugh at AIDS. Do you suppose she will teach the other puppets to insist that the puppet man wear a rubber glove before shoving his hand up their a$$? |
| Posted by: BH 2003-11-25 10:39:21 AM |
| #6 Ugh--now they've got Chinese burglars purposely injecting themselves with HIV to scare off cops! Hat tip: Drudge. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-11-25 10:34:58 AM |
| #5 "uses a furry puppet to bring levity to AIDS" sounds like the description of a bad act at "Amateur Night at the Laff Stop". |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-11-25 10:25:12 AM |
| #4 I can remember when Elmo used to make appearances on The Frugal Gourmet. We can only hope for such good face time for Kami! |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2003-11-25 9:58:58 AM |
| #3 there is actually a great picture with Kofi and the current security council further down the same page. |
| Posted by: capt joe 2003-11-25 9:52:06 AM |
| #2 hmm. Can't possibly imagine where a furry hand puppet picked up AIDS. |
| Posted by: BH 2003-11-25 9:25:04 AM |
| #1 Zowie: twenty tons of off color and raunchy jokes and I can't type a one. |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-11-25 8:18:19 AM |