Bulgarian Parlaiment Overthrown in Bold New Coup

The Bulgarian parlaiment was overthrown last wednesday, and while it's not exactly unusual for the Bulgarian government to be overthrown, what makes this particular event newsworthy is the fact that the government was overthrown, not by the miliatary or by a civil uprising, but by a group of clowns. Although images of pies being thrown in the faces of macine gun toting guards might imediately spring to mind, the uprising itself was entirely non-violent; Bulgarian clownery, that ancient and noble art, relies not on pie throwing but complex acrobatics, pantomime, and impresions of animals. "We just couldn't handle it", said the prime minister, explaining the decision to resign. "These clowns just kept mocking all of our efforts as lawmakers, and we couldn't go on." The common Bulgarian superstition that physically harming a clown will cause permanent impotence and incontinence explains why the miliatary was never called in. The clowns state that they have no intention of forming a clown dictatorship, and will peacefully vacate the capitol once a new parlaiment is elected. "We just want parlaiment to stop clowning around." Said the grand-master of the clown guild. "That's our job."