U Par Par Lay is a Burmese vaudevillian. Here is his favorite joke.

"U Par Par Lay goes to India to have his toothache treated. The Indian dentist wonders why the Burmese man has come all the way to India.

"'Don't you have dentists in Myanmar?' he asks?

"'Oh yes we do, doctor,' Mr. Par Par Lay says. "But in Myanmar, we are not allowed to open our mouths.'"

Government agents raided his theater last September 25 and took U Par Par Lay away. He hasn't been since.

Some things just aren't funny.

(New York Times)