Boulder Snubbed on Mao Statue Transfer

China had decided not to sell a giant Mao statue to The People’s Republic Boulder (with respect to the late Ed Quillen) due to the preponderance of Free Tibet bumper stickers displayed in the city. “These people have been brainwashed by the capitalist system,” said a government source, “but at least most of the population there can find Tibet or he Himalayas on a map of the world. I’ll give them that.” As most of our readers already know the statue has since been destroyed since it did not have the approval of the rulers of the world’s most populous nation. “A Boulder resident said it best: “We’ve pissed off China.” (Boxer Photo)