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CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

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Regan was actually not bad at telling soviet jokes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3z3eSVG7A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgSSRE27GQ0

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13586256

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OK, I need to add my favorite Russian joke here: A German and a Russian die. Neither has been the best person in their life, so they get sent down there. When they arrive in hell, the devil says, "Well, especially bad people have been dying lately, and we're all full up. I can only accept one of you, the other will go to purgatory and get a chance at redemption." He proposes a simple test of their human decency: Each…

That's not even a joke. Take a look at this huge list of dogs that Soviet Union sent to the outer space :) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA...

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OK, I need to add my favorite Russian joke here: A German and a Russian die. Neither has been the best person in their life, so they get sent down there. When they arrive in hell, the devil says, "Well, especially bad people have been dying lately, and we're all full up. I can only accept one of you, the other will go to purgatory and get a chance at redemption." He proposes a simple test of their human decency: Each…

I don't get it, could you explain it please?

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I like this one:

An American tells a Russian that the United States is so free he can stand in front of the White House and yell, "To hell with Ronald Regan." The Russian replies, "That's nothing. I can stand in front of the Kremlin and yell, 'To hell with Ronald Regan,' too."

Re: CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

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OK, I need to add my favorite Russian joke here: A German and a Russian die. Neither has been the best person in their life, so they get sent down there. When they arrive in hell, the devil says, "Well, especially bad people have been dying lately, and we're all full up. I can only accept one of you, the other will go to purgatory and get a chance at redemption." He proposes a simple test of their human decency: Each…

My favorite is along similar lines:

A Russian and an American bond in the afterlife while waiting to find out where they are headed. Eventually Satan shows up and says, "bad news, you both are going to hell, but you can choose Russian hell or American hell."

"What's the difference?" they ask.

'Well, says Satan. 'In American hell you have to eat a shovel load of shit once per day. The rest of your time is your own. In Russian hell you have to eat two shovel loads of shit, and the rest of your time is your own."

"That seems easy," says the American, "I choose American hell." And in a flash he is gone.

Years later, he finds a gap in the wall dividing the two hells and is able to talk to his Russian friend. 'Why on earth did you pick Russian hell? American hell is just great. We eat our shovel load of shit each day and then we're free to do what we want."

"Comrade," replies the Russian, "in Russian hell, most days there is no shit to eat, and when there is, there is no shovel."

Re: CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

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Regan was actually not bad at telling soviet jokes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3z3eSVG7A

Perhaps he should have tried his hand at acting.

https://youtu.be/78tTKTkz778?t=1h4m3s

the monkey was alright, man. I always liked the ones with the monkey.

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I like this one: An American tells a Russian that the United States is so free he can stand in front of the White House and yell, "To hell with Ronald Regan." The Russian replies, "That's nothing. I can stand in front of the Kremlin and yell, 'To hell with Ronald Regan,' too."

I like how Ronald Reagan delivers this joke: https://youtu.be/mN3z3eSVG7A?t=131

Re: CIA Declassified Coldwar Russian Jokes [pdf]

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Regan was actually not bad at telling soviet jokes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3z3eSVG7A

You know, if you were actually living through that era his sense of "humor" (combined with the suspicion, then widely assumed among leftist, now since medically substantiated) that he was most likely suffering from some form of early-onset dementia -- well, it got old real fast:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_begin_bombing_in_five_minut...

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