"They say it's your birthday"
Richard Spencer in the Telegraph amuses with North Korea honours 'Dear Leader' :

North Koreans go to bed hungry, their power supplies are breaking down and their leader has threatened to reduce the whole country to ashes. But they danced in the streets of the capital to celebrate his birthday yesterday.

The "Dear Leader", Kim Jong-il, was not seen in public, but his birthday - he was 61 - is a public holiday celebrated with fireworks, music played through public address systems and praise in the official media.

In addition to the usual rally in Pyongyang there were some artistic touches. There was a mass performance of a dance that can only be described as halfway between Come Dancing-style ballroom and slow disco.

An art exhibition featured works like "The Great General is the Sun of our Nation" and "The Embrace of the Leader is the Sun to all Soldiers" according to the state Korean Central News Agency.

Sounds like a real snoozer. How about "Dear Leader is a Sun of a Gun" or "Dear Leader, Pass the Rice!"?

Leading officials attended a flower show. All 17,000 pot plants exhibited were Kimjongilias, a species bred and named in the leader's honour.

The "units" and families who had grown them were congratulated by KCNA for having "brought them into full bloom beautifully despite the unfavourable natural climatic conditions".

And not eating them.