Saudi Arabia finds its funny bone with stand-up comedy Saudis hobbled onto the stage one by one to poke fun at the world -- and themselves -- introducing a hissing, cackling audience to an art form widely unknown in the conservative kingdom: stand-up comedy. Titters and squeals ran through the crowd at a rare amateur comedy festival last week in the capital Riyadh, organised by the official General Entertainment Authority -- the main engine of social reforms sweeping the kingdom. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES