Bulungi
An oldie-but-goodie from The Onion, October 2, 1996:
U.S. Ambassador to Bulungi Suspected of Making the Country Up
WASHINGTON, DC—Chad Halpern, U.S. Ambassador to the West African nation of Bulungi since 1994, has been asked to return to Washington to face allegations that the country does not exist.
"I want to stress that nothing has been substantiated as of yet," President Clinton told reporters at a press conference Monday. "But there is a possibility that Ambassador Halpern made the country up."
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Labels: africa, imaginary countries
posted by Cartophiliac @ Friday, June 05, 2009
3 Comments
3 Comments:
Bulungi looks like the soul patch goatee of Africa
or the Western Horn of Africa, as counterpoint to Somalia... Do you suppose there is a problem with Bulungian pirates?
Awesome.
But... what kind of sick individual would make up a country?
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