Apple forbidden to export iPods to North Korea

THE US government has decided that world pariah North Korea will not be allowed to bask in the radiance of the Apple iPod.

Associated Press said that in a bid to catch North Korea's attention, the Bush administration has announced that the icon of Western civilisation shall not be seen in the paws of Kim Jong Il.

Apparently the CIA has been doing its homework and discovered that the glorious people's leader Kim is a bit of technology freak. When he is not building atom bombs he likes gadgets like iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters.

So rather than banning things that might hurt the North Korean people, the US has decided to forbid the sort of things that Kim might stick on his Christmas list to Santa.

The list includes Cognac, Rolex watches, cigarettes, artwork, expensive cars, Harley Davidson motorcycles Jet Skis and basketball gear. The new ban would extend even to music and sports equipment.

Of course telling Kim to stick that up his axis of evil might provoke him to nuke Japan in what would be the first war over IT personal consumables in humanity's history.

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