ALL THE EXCITEMENT OF WATCHING TURF GROW

Trying to protect the impoverished people of his country from... uh... more impoverishment, the Cambodian Prime Minister has released a statement urging people not to sell all their worldy possession in order to make bets on the World Cup. "Go ahead and watch it, but do not sell your cows, motorcycles, cars, homes and land to bet on the games," said Prime Minster Hun Sen. Meanwhile, in another part of the country, Cambodia’s monks were warned to watch the World Cup matches passively or risk being defrocked. "If they make noise or cheer as they watch, they will lose their monkhoods," warned a religious leader in Phnom Penh. (Reuters)