Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Fashion News: New Klan Outfits Reflect Membership Diversity

In a tradition breaking ceremony, the first known African Americans were inducted into the Ku Klux Klan by Imperial Wizard Hiram Weasle IV.

Thought to be former Bear Sterns traders who had been retrained as FBI informants after losing their jobs in the Wall Street shakeout, the 4 new members wore dark pointy hats designed by Elsa Schiaparelli from her Spring 'On Aura Tout Vu' collection.

Bankers to be Incarcerated at Gitmo

(New facilities for B of A, JP Morgan/Chase and Citibank CEO's)

The Obama administration announced that in keeping with the hard times, the Chief Executives of the nation's three top banks will not only be asked to resign, but will be interred at Guantanamo as enemy combatants. Perriwankle Margolis-Slutthorn, a summer intern assistant to the email administrator for President Obama's Blackberry, read a prepared statement to a group of visiting Croatian gymnasts that were on an unscheduled tour of the Lincoln bedroom.

We strongly believe that placing these CEO's in the midst of Al Qaeda's most vicious terrorists will be way more effective in breaking the radical Islamists than waterboarding.
In a separate statement, the head of Amnesty International declared the use of financial industry CEO's in such a manner constituted an egregious use of torture banned by the Geneva Convention.

Obama Picks Ambassadors to Funkytown

In a bold and imaginative move, President Barack Obama has named an Ike and Tina Turner impressionist Las Vegas lounge act as ambassadors to the little known European Duchy of Funkytown. Located on the wrong side of the tracks near the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, Funkytown is known for it's "miracle kilometer" of battered women's shelters and 1960's poodle skirt salons.

Not to be outdone, North Korea named the Wu-Tang Clan as Ambassador to the lost continent of Atlantis.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Rick Wagoner Given Medal of Freedom at White House Affair

Rick Wagoner adds to his medals count

In a surprise move, President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest medal to departing General Motors CEO, Rick Wagoner. In a brief statement read by Libby Highdicky, a previously unknown prep school lacrosse recruiter whose relationship to the White House was unclear at press time, the President stated:


In awarding this Medal of Freedom to Rick Wagoner, I can think of no greater service to this nation than a man who has serviced an entire industry until everyone involved has spent an ungodly amount of time bent at the middle grabbing their ankles.

President Obama also bestowed the honorary title of "Asshole of the Millennium" on the departing chief executive who could be seen shuffling cards at a Three-card Monte/Follow the Lady stand throughout the President's remarks.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Surgeon Removes Pig Stye From Woman's Eye

Philomena Pumice had complained of an irritation in her eye since she was two years old. With the mild irritation unabated until her mid-40's Ms. Pumice finally sought the help of famous eye surgeon and part-time border patrol guard, Mickey Hangjusty.

In a 10 hour operation at Cedars of Gaza Ambulatory Medical Marijuana Center in downtown Detroit, Dr. Hangjusty finally removed the 25mm pig that had firmly lodged itself in the patient's eye.

"It appears that the brute waddled into her inferior rectus muscle when her mother was preoccupied with preparing the family's traditional supper of burnt goat head with fenugreek," Dr Hangjusty said in a post-op press conference. The pig, still alive and looking for another host, is scheduled to be auctioned off on Craigslist by Dr. Hangjusty's periodontist.

World Homeless Games Names New Swim Champ

The 2009 World Homeless Games, held
simultaneously in Lahore Pakistan and Detroit Michigan, has just announced the winner of its first race: the 200m Municipal Sewer Crawl.

Pictured here preparing to cross the finish line is Detroit resident Leroi Slowbuut (in skullcap) who completed the event one month sooner than his next closest competitor. The slower moving ex-New York City Councilman Florio Titulashi (immediately behind him in the photo) was eaten by a school of piranha before he was able to complete the event. Event coordinators were puzzled as to how the fish, native to South American waters, were introduced into the Detroit sewer system.

Untouchable Named World's Most Eligible Bachelor

People magazine has just named Gombuba Praharanapahalililila, a homeless untouchable swami living in the slums of Uttar Pradesh, as the world's most eligible bachelor. People magazine's Managing Editor, Rosie Shapiro-Coxwail, attempted to explain the unusual selection by flipping her wavy black hair in a circular motion until her entire face was obscured.

In an apparently unrelated event, rioting broke out in the region's major cities of Allahabadass, Ghaziabadass and Babilloreilly when the State's governor declared he was gay and living in sin with his wife's pool boy.

Turkish Air to Offer Peanuts on International Flights



Turkish Air, Eurasia's most inventive airline best known for its unique passenger boarding method (see photo), has just announced that from April 1 - May 31 they will be offering a small bag of salted peanuts for a 15€ charge in lieu of its usual fare of boiled ram testicles.

The new meal option will be available to all first and business class passengers on international flights over 10 hours. Coach passengers will be asked to continue the practice of using the rear bathrooms to cook the animals they bring on board.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Pope Bendict XVI Stuck in Phone Booth for 18 Hours

The Pope being transported in the offending public phone booth

Pope Benedict XVI spent an embarrassing 18 hours stuck in a public phone booth near the Vatican before anyone responded to His Eminence's pathetic obscenity laced cries for help. Authorities were forced to load the dehydrated pontiff, phone booth and all, onto a Ford pickup truck with out of state plates. His Holiness was apparently trying to place an anonymous collect call to the San Francisco offices of NAMBLA when his robes got entangled in the crack of a passing choirboy.

IOC Announces New Event for 2012

The International Olympic Committee, has just announced another demonstration sport for the upcoming 2012 games: Extremely Uncoordinated Equestrian Dressage.

Billed as the ultimate in poorly performed team sports, a horse and rider work together for years to hone feats of disgraceful choreography, mind numbing indifference, inflexibility and god awful execution.

Scoring is to be done by judges who evaluate how piss poor the horse executes 32 prescribed moves, from the six legged pratfall (pictured above) to the much more complicated triple somersault a deux. In a bid to add an artistic touch to the event, each evaluated move will be choreographed to the tune of "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

Popular Channel 2 Weatherman Shot in Studio

Beloved Channel 2 Morning Weatherman Chappy Scrota was gunned down during his 8 AM broadcast by a summer intern from the station's inside sales department. Seen here at a happier time, Mr. Scrota became famous for inviting members of the crew to take shots at the temperature displays on the weather map using his personal collection of Walther P99 pistols. He would playfully call out the temperatures while dodging the bullets that were whizzing about the studio.

After an extensive 10 minute forensic examination at the scene, Police Chief Edgar "Bunko" Koonz told the assembled reporters that Mr. Scrota died of natural causes.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Surpise Pulitzer Goes to Blind Photog

Your average Percy Plush photo

In a surprise move, Mr. Percy Plush, the infamous out of focus New York Post Society Page Photograper, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. Mr. Plush, who is legally blind and walks with the aid of a talking iPod, two seeing eye dogs and a curare tipped cane, was overcome with emotion when he was awakened this morning by a 3 AM crank call. His photographs came to the attention of the nominees when they were included in a routine eye exam for cataracts taken by the Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism.

Koreans Miss World Record

In their third unsuccessful attempt to set a new Guinness World Record in the Most Participants Having Unprotected Sex in a Government Building category, the entire Korean National Assembly forgets to take their clothes off when the cameras finally got rolling.

British PM Takes 2nd Job in Down Economy

With the pound reeling and unemployment in the
UK reaching historic levels, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been forced to take a second job pitching pumpkin jams and jellies to homeless ex-Royal Marines. Mr. Brown visits shelters on alternate Thursdays to hawk the homemade comestibles made by his wife Sarah and their 3 Nigerian "laundresses."

"We love it when the PM shows his smiling puss," blubbered former Adjutant-General, and now homeless, Sir Blythe Witherspoon-Hummingbird. "Would any of you gents like to buy a sex tape of the PM with the entire Royal Joey Scout Troop 154?"

Lebanese Cabinet Enters WWE Event

Members of the elite Lebanese greco-roman wrestling team, otherwise known as the Ministry of Tourism, practice their moves.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and his government ministers have agreed to appear in a series of matches on a WWE Pay Per View special "Hell in Bint Jbeil."

When asked why he agreed to be part of a shameless self-promotion on the part of Vince McMahon, Chairman of the WWE, Mr. Siniora directed all comments through his interpreter Sir William Regal. At the time of this post, Sir William was being placed in a combination Arabian Crab and Pumphandle Sidewalk Slam, and therefore unavailable for comment.

Unknown Al Qaeda #3 Man Surfaces in Video

An unauthorized photo of Habibi Qubah aka Lil Osama

Habibi abu bin Qubah, previously unknown in the Al Qaeda hierarchy, has surfaced in a new YouTube music video shot in Gaza during the recent Israeli invasion. Mr. Qubah is seen with a variety of hip hop performers including Big Boi of Outkast, Q-Tip, Ghostface Killah, Lil Jon, Scarface, Lil Wayne, and Wyclef Jean in a bizarre dance number "Wadi do wit my ho inda Strip?"

In a separate video, both Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri have issued a fatwa on Mr. Qubah. Islamic scholars call this second video particularly enlightening as it appears that the Al Qaeda leaders realized that they had been infiltrated by a disgruntled former mail room employee of Bad Boy Records.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Confused Voter Urinates in Polling Booth

Voter mistaking official government polling site for urinal

Mr. Benji Hop Sing Luk often confuses things and since he is 83 years old that is to be expected. However he never thought he would wind up peeing on a ballot for governor.

"I don't know how this happened. It looked like a men's room to me," mused the forgetful skydiving instructor. "I thought there was something fishy when the woman at the front asked me to show some ID. I'm glad I gave her a tip on the way out."

Lost and Found Taliban Department Opens at Kabul Macy's

Unclaimed Taliban fighter at right in photo
In a stroke of marketing genius that is sure to rev up sales at Kabul's new downtown Kalalibabi Mall and Goat Emporium, a convenient Taliban Lost and Found Department was installed just outside the store's security perimeter.

Chief Marketing Office, Mort Zuckerman, a recent transfer from Macy's in Downtown Brooklyn, was close to tears with excitement. "My wife's been kidnapped and they want to trade her for a camel and two donkeys," he shrieked with delight. "I can just go to Lost and Found and make all the arrangements. How convenient is that?"

Queen to Google - DROP DEAD!

Her Royal Majesty was not amused yesterday when she was informed that the top 50 search results for Googling her name directed people to a site that sold "Pompous Hats for Old Queens and Trannies."

To make matters even more uncomfortable, the Queen's prepared remarks at a technology conference in Checheshire-on-Cambus-Buttock were constantly interrupted by Google co-founder Sergey Brin's fake coughing fits. Mr. Brin also refused to stop making obscene shadow puppet silhouettes across her Majesty's PowerPoint presentation.

Secret Ballot in Lawless Tribal Area Deemed a Stupid Idea by Local Candidate

Much to the chagrin of the local population, it was learned that there was no need for a secret ballot in the region's important al qada by-elections as burqa toting residents cannot recognize each other - inside or outside the polling booth.

"I don't know what we were thinking," recalled local tribal commander and suicide bomber training instructor Ali Wahib Kazoo. "I have never seen anyone in the village who is not covered 100%. I must give myself 50 lashes for this."

China To Free Dissident Astronauts

In an unanticipated development China News announced that three astronauts, whose only crime seems to have been their refusal to fly anything but business class on flights within Szechuan Province, would be released from Beijing's notorious Reeducation of the Prevailing Wind Labor Camp.

Authorities would give no reason for their release other than to say that the three (from left to right in photo: Sing-Sing, Mai Tai and Tori Speling-Ling) had agreed to actually train for their upcoming space mission versus parading in Tiananmen Square in their ridiculous white astronaut uniforms in the hope of picking up young girls.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Paulson Named to Turks and Caicos Post

Hank Paulson's reaction when learning that he was named Turks and Caicos Ambassador to Liechtenstein

Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. has just been named roving-ambassador-minister-without-portfolio to the Principality of Liechtenstein on behalf of the Turks and Caicos islands. He was named to the post by Her Royal Majesty's Minister of Dubious Affairs, Sir Reginald Paddywhype. In this still evolving role Mr. Paulson will be overseeing all banking transactions between the two tiny nation states. In addition, he will be personally managing the licensing of the island's burgeoning massage parlor/karaoke bar business.

Hillary Clinton Takes New Lover


In an effort to serve as both Secretary of State and a role model to bored housewives, Hillary Clinton has decided to move in with Harry Steinmetz, a retired machinist living on an ED disability pension from Ford Motor Company.

Seen here, in one of their many recent public appearances together, Hillary maintains constant eye contact to draw attention away from the fact that Mr. Steinmetz is not wearing any trousers.

My Three Wives

George Bush and his new wives pose for photographers

Ex-President George Bush has just announced that he was divorcing Laura Bush, his wife of 32 years, and moving in with 3 African women and their 35 realtives. They will be living in the Condi Rice wing of his newly constructed Library and Museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University.

A spokeswoman for Laura Bush would not comment on the new arrangement other than to say "We wish George and Saquina, Shawnika and Uganda all the best on their new lives together."

New Disney Ride Unveiled

Walt Disney productions announced the opening
of the new MTA Disaster Ride attraction at Disneyworld.

"We wanted people to experience the excitment of a metropolitan transit terrorist bombing in a warm and safe environment," said Disney VP of Marketing Petey Pharoah.

Myrtle Goldbaum, visiting from Nutley New Jersey with her extended family of southern sharecroppers, shared her feelings after going on the new ride: "What the #$% was that," she screamed on the way to the Daffy Duck Burn Center in downtown Orlando.

New Trump Tower Goes Up in Vegas

Advanced pictures of Donald Trump's new luxury towers in Las Vegas, nicknamed "DaDumpTrump," have become available via prospectus.

Las Vegas city officials were unavailable for comment as they had been held incommunicado at the richly appointed towers for the past two months.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Timothy Geithner Relaxes at Home after a Long Day

A newly released photo of Tim Geithner in the living room of his luxury NY Gramercy Park digs does not bode well for the U.S. economy.

Retired CIA analyst and Russian photo observer, Valdimir Bulgakov, commented that from the positioning of both hands and left foot and the placement of his wall shadow, Geithner is clearly saying that there will be at least 6 more weeks of winter.

RNC Chair Glued to Seat

In an effort to limit the damage resulting from his ad hoc remarks,
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has been glued to a chair in his home office.
An unnamed source told this reporter that it was the only way they could think of to limit his movements. The same source said that consideration was also given to surgically implanting an opiate IV drip into Mr. Steele and placing him in an Orange County California halfway house for addicts. That idea was dropped when they realized that Rush Limbaugh had used up the world supply of OxyContin.

New Olympic Sport to Debut in 2012

Members of the Thai Ginsu-Slingshot Biathlon Team Practice for The Asian Regional Games

IOC President Jacques Rogge announced today that the time honored Southeast Asian bloodsport of Group Ginsu/Slingshot (GuGuCaChu to its practitioners) will be a demonstration sport at the London 2012 Olympics. In a tersely worded statement from an undisclosed location in East Timor, Mr. Rogge, who has not been seen for weeks since his parasailing excursion to Polynesia with a group of Russian female contortionists, said:

"I can think of no better tribute to this peaceful art than to put it on the world stage. Has anyone seen my trousers?"

The IOC's Executive Board, on a scheduled Whoring-It-Up Conference in Rio de Janeiro, could not be reached for comment.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Bed Bath and Beyond Offers Human Towel Stands

Customers at the 2nd Avenue Bed Bath and Beyond store were surprised when they found human towel racks on sale in the 1/2 price sheet aisle.

"I was so upset," said shopper Gerta Bloomgarten. "They didn't even have the decency to advertise in the Penny Saver. I only found out about it from my son, Storebought Nkwame."

Store officials promised to increase their inventory. "We didn't know this would be so popular," said store manager Wes Tribble.

Unclear on the Concept

Bank of America troubled loan brokers (and brothers) Dingo and Mango Bippititrum attempt to remove their annual bonuses inside a crudely shaped wad of Blueberry Bubble Yum. They were stopped at the New Jersey state line when Lincoln Tunnel toll takers noticed they were still on foot.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Cheaper Airline Flights Appear to Have Catch

Mrs. Enid Tuttle being checked at LaGuardia

Tommy Tuttle and his wife Enid got more than they bargained for when the advertised "2 for 1" fare they purchased turned into a story that the family will be recounting for generations. "We never realized that she would have to fly cargo class but it seems it was right there in the fine print," moaned Mr. Tuttle at the memorial service held this past weekend. On top of this misfortune the airline is billing the Tuttles a surcharge for having overweight luggage.

"It appears that Mrs. Tuttle was well over the allowed cargo weight for one bag," said airline spokesperson Margot Dumasse. "She was just about to go into Weight Watchers," Tuttle said ruefully.

UConn's Women Celebrate Number 1 NCAA Seeding

The Uconn Husky Women's b-ball team lets it all hang out after the 2009 NCAA seeds were announced.

"Coach Auriemma encourages this kind of display," according to senior forward Makwisha Guttenburg. "Most practices, he has us pretending to be beach volleyball players. Sometimes we run up and down the court in cheerleader uniforms," she added enthusiastically."

Austrian Josef Frizl to Receive AIG Retention Bonus

Notorious Austrian Josef Frizl who kept his daughter in a cellar and fathered her seven children there, has been identified as one of the 73 people to receive an AIG multi-million dollar retention bonus.

As a result of the subpoena issued by the office of New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, it was revealed that AIG plans to pay Mr. Frizl 3.5 Million dollars to retain his services in the group's troubled credit default swaps unit. Edward M. Liddy, AIG's CEO defended the payout saying,
"We can't afford to lose our best and brightest, and he was very amiable, always showing his clients pictures of his family to gain their trust."


Monday, March 16, 2009

Queen Faces Giant Scots Firing Squad

In a moment of truth, Queen Elizabeth II reacted to her imminent demise at the hands of the "Edinburg Equalizers" by declaring all Scottish towns unpronounceable and replacing their trial by jury system with Sharia Islamic religious law.

The firing squad were so overcome with laughter that her majesty was able to tiptoe away and hide in a nearby stable until the entire ruckus blew over.

Say AAAAHHHHHH...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has declared today "National Stamp out Tooth Decay Day'" and ordered 600,000 troops to have their teeth examined and cleaned by a brigade of Chinese dental hygienists.

"Nothing is more important for a fighting man than to have his teeth flossed and his rifle oiled," declared the President in a televised speech to the war torn nation.

Arab League Calls U.S. Ambassador to Syria an Insult

The selection of one time porn star and shock
jock, Harry "the Tool" Hairston, as United States Ambassador to Syria, was called "highly insulting" by Arab League spokesperson Sheikh Mohammed Lafleur.

"We do not understand why we could not get some A-list personality like Howard Stern or at least Vern Trotter," complained Lafleur in a hastily called news conference.

Hairston (seen here in his latest film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Herpes,") was unavailable for comment.

And Second Place in the Gaza Spelling Bee Goes to...

The runner-up at the 2nd Gaza International Spelling Bee and
Holocaust Denial Contest went to Alia Wahabi "Maggie" Birnbaum with her creative spelling of the word terrorist.

First place went to Ali Hussein Goldfarb for his ingenious spelling of the much more complicated word "Jewratbatsard." All contestants and their extended families received a 2 week supply of fuchsia colored Izz ad-Din Qassam rockets.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

World's Largest Telephone Directory Unveiled


Kim Chuk Pohang Industries, the world's largest mobile phone after-market manufacturer has just announced a new iPod touchscreen that will allow users to view the entire White Pages of their local phone directory on one page. The oversized device (demonstrated in the photo) will be introduced in Bosnia as a gesture of goodwill to assuage Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik's hurt feelings since his fractured country was bypassed for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Dodik seemed surprised at the announcement. "We don't even have a team to send to the Olympics, much less a stadium to hold one event," he remarked to this reporter on his way to the war-crimes Trials and Greek Revival Festival held weekly in the resort town of Bosanski Brod.

PGA Introduces New Skin Games Format

PGA Tour pro Henrik Stenson prepares to make a money shot

In a bid to boost sagging ratings, PGA Commisioner Timothy W. Finchem proposed a strip poker system for it's little watched Skins Game versus the more parochial prize money reward format. "Clearly this will be way more popular with the ladies," boasted the cigar chomping, whiskey swilling Finchem. NBC censors were hesitant to go along with the format change, but when they heard that Dick Vitale had signed on as announcer the deal was sealed.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Confused Elder Mistakes Museum for Living Room

Hattie Freund in the living room of her Upper East Side apartment

Mrs. Hattie Freund, 89 year old tenant at Tipton House on Sutton Place, has mistakenly taken up residence at the Whitney Museum "because it looks exactly like my living room." The spry elder, seeming confused for much of the 4 hour day she does not spend napping on the museum's parquet floor, continuously screams at patrons to "get the hell out of my apartment!"

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Society Notes



The duchess of Cornwall (on right in photo) with her fiancee, Roger Cornhusker. The happy couple are to be married at Westminster Abby later this year.

Nice Shot

Congrats to photographer Wally Newcastle, who was still able to get this shot away after he was punched in the face by a man in black army boots.

NATO Military Exercise Conducted at Neighborhood Day Care Center

Residents of Flushing Meadows Queens awoke this morning to the fresh smell of napalm and the sounds of brisk semi-automatic fire. In an unannounced military exercise, NATO Senior Commanders rousted nearly 300 residents of the sleepy community at 2 AM and placed them in plastic handcuffs.

"It's just like old times," cried former Vietnam veteran Hal 'No-Nose' Bellamy as he was herded into a freezing 6'x6' holding tank at The Sunny Rainbow Care-Bear Nursery School on Utopia Parkway. Bellamy was given a last pack of cigarettes before being taken out in the playground and garroted by a Dutch teenager in a crisp NATO combat uniform. In a side note, local residents were also warned to keep away from Pinky's Frosty Freeze, which was serving as Central Command Headquarters.

New "Deal or No Deal" Models Chosen

In an effort to move away from the sexist stereotype of skimpily clad models with suitcases, Howie Mandel, host of Deal or No Deal, will replace the women with ultraorthodox Jews holding bags of pomegranates.

"The concept may seem a little unorthodox," joked Mandel, "but we think there is a soft spot in Middle America for the sight of bearded, silk stockinged throwbacks to 17th century Poland."

NBC executives were initially taken aback, but relented when Mandel flew them all to Vegas for a 48 hour bender.

Man Pretends to Confront Tank in Tiananmen Square

In an amateurish and wrong-headed effort to recreate the June 5, 1989 tank showdown scene in Tiananmen Square, Stanley Fong of Beaverton Oregon, unsuccessfully coaxes a chorus line of karaoke girls to act "nasty."

New Korean Laxative has Mixed Effect

A new herbal tea brew designed to ease nagging constipation among Korea's Olympic swimmers received mixed reviews from health care professionals today. Dr. Chung Hung Park Hyatt, Chief Gastroenterologist at Seoul's Happiness Forever Lucky Hospital summed it up for most:

"Some go too slow, some go too fast, some go just light."

Disguised Polygamist Marries Two Women in Parking Lot Ceremony

Abner Sabbath, a notorious Utah based sect leader, disguised himself as a giant bee and married two women in broad daylight outside a popular strip mall near Provo Utah.

The ceremony was caught on camera cell phone by a nearby Chock Full O Nuts patron who later handed it over to police after being tasered repeatedly at his daughter's wedding reception.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Lincoln Cloned by Same Group that Cloned Dolly the Sheep

The Roslin Institute in Edinburgh Scotland has done it again

Startled IRT Lexington Ave rush hour commuters were not prepared for the gaggle of Lincolns they encountered on their way to work this morning. Roslin Institute scientists were in the process of transporting the clones when their rented UHaul broke down and they were forced to take public transportation. In a related incident, some of the clones were mugged on their way to Grand Central.

GM Introduces New 'Car of the Future" at Trade Show


GM's new Senior Marketing Director, Dieter Schmutz, introduced its new Stroker model at the recently concluded World Auto Exposition held in Abu Dhabi.

"Who said we couldn't innovate?" Mr. Schmutz asked rhetorically at the gala press conference where the car was showcased. "It combines classical design, performance and great gas mileage with all that GM has come to represent over the past three decades," he chortled into his sleeve.

The car will be production ready in 2020 when GM plans to open its new state of the art auto plant somewhere in the Seychelles.