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Bangladesh
Tales from the Blowdryer Gazette
2007-07-03
Sigh. It's just not the same.....
A team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday nabbed 24 people for manufacturing electric fans illegally and seized more than 2000 pieces of fans and huge fan-making materials from a factory in the city.
"Quick, assemble the men. We have to seize fans!"
"Fans of the dread Purbo Bangla communist party, Sir?"
"No, electric fans."
Acting on secret information, they raided two houses at Mir Hazirbagh area at about 4:15pm and seized the fans and fan-making materials.
"You in the house! Drop your fans and no one will get.....ah, screw it, just get in the truck, ok."
Rab officials said the arrested people had long been involved in manufacturing and selling fans with the labels of National, Navana and Konka.
No crossfire, no shutter guns, not even a round of bullet
Take comfort. See the next Banglarticle.

Posted by:Steve

#4  I seem to keep having this visual of the RAB's paddy wagon carrying the micreants and the evidence rear-ending a septic tank pump truck, causing the contents to discharge all over the RAB-mobile...something about the Sh!t hitting the fan....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-07-03 15:41  

#3  At least they put "pieces of fans," reminiscent of our favored "rounds of bullet." I don't know if they found a Shutter Fan.

But, this also shows that Bangla is going to stay screwed up. Manufacturing electric fans illegally?! I presume that means they didn't bribe the right officials (or said officials didn't stay bribed). As long as you keep socialist controls on the economy, expect it to go nowhere.
Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds   2007-07-03 08:58  

#2  And so ends the tale of another illicit fan club.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-07-03 05:04  

#1  The '4:15pm' should've been a giveaway...
Posted by: Pappy   2007-07-03 02:12  

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