Catalonia or Neverland? Humor relieves tension in Spain

By Isla Binnie MADRID (Reuters) - Shortly after the Catalan government defied Madrid and held a referendum on independence, Jaume Vives held his own "vote" on whether to separate his central Barcelona balcony from "this Catalonia of madmen". Then he suspended the decision -- just as Catalan president Carles Puigdemont had done with his Oct. 10 decision to pursue independence in the Catalan parliament. The drama's two main actors - Puigdemont and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy - are the butt of most jibes.

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