Floral print and lipstick

9 Aug 2010 - The mayor of Reykjavik opened Iceland's annual gay pride festival in drag. Jon Gnarr, a top comedian who became Reykjavik's mayor in June, appeared on stage in a floral print dress, blonde wig and bright red lipstick. "The mayor unfortunately could not attend himself", he told the crowd. Mr. Gnarr won the elections on an agenda that included free towels in swimming pools and a polar bear for the local zoo, while Tina Tuner's "Simply The Best" was chosen as the campaign song. At the opening of gay pride, Mr Gnurr's alter ego's explained that the mayor could not be there because "he was too busy". Those few words are also very popular in Hong Kong, but I cannot imagine that the cities' Chief Executive Donald Tsang will send his alter ego wearing pumps and pearls, when he is too busy.