I'm back...with hilarious tales from Bulgaria.

It'll take more than a couple seizures to keep me from poking fun at my favorite former Soviet [er, Communist] republic: Bulgaria. The Sofia Weekly offered two "sexy" stories in its latest edition.

First, a 52-yr-old native of the city of Varna was sentenced to 15 days in jail after stripping in a snack bar in the Danube city of Ruse. The man first directed his offensive sexual language (my guess is it went further than "ej, devushka!")at the waitress, and after she rejected his indecent offers, he took off his pants and underwear. The policemen, who arrived shortly tried to talk the man into behaving but arrested him after he started to insult them, and to swear at them. For his offensive behavior he was sentenced to 15 days by Ruse District Court.

And second, on Friday, the Sofia Police arrested 21 prostitutes at the Macedonia Square in downtown Sofia including seven transsexuals. A number of the residents of Sofia's downtown quarters have complained repeatedly about the impudence of the transsexual prostitutes (the regular prostitutes were just fine) there offering their services literally on the pavement before their windows.