GABROVO, Bulgaria — The sign leading into town, faded but still readable in Bulgarian, was as I remembered it. “Welcome and good riddance,” it said. Gabrovians, like Borscht Belt comedians or Delaware Republicans, pride themselves on their sense of humor. Before the Wall fell, this hard-luck but endearing city at the foot of the central Balkans was regarded as the Communist capital of humor.
— via “Take My Bulgarian Joke Book. Please.”
Related: Global Comedy Chapbook 2010.
