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Three men meet in a GULag camp, and conversation turns to why they are there. "I got twelve years hard labour for speaking out against Gennady Karasov", says the first. "That's funny, I got twelve years hard labour for supporting Gennady Karasov!" says the second. Attention turns to the last man. "I am Gennady Karasov". ----- Three men have to share a hotel room in Chelyabinsk during a congress. Naturally, in the eve…
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If you've seen Russian wives you now this is not a joke (ducks).
Unless you refer to old(er) working class women with a hard life I don't see how any reasonable person can think that's even remotely a basis for a joke, given how much more beautiful Russian women look on average. Just walk around Russian cities. Having lived in the US for a decade and having been to Russia and Ukraine several times, sometimes for months living in a rented apartment, I know which country I'd choose…
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What does this look like https://pibillwarner.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/black-bloc-...
He was just joking around, he memed you.
No. This has to stop. For the love of all that is good and holy this has to be the line in the sand that we do not cross. This is too much for the English language to take and still survive.
Meme cannot be a verb.
Wlodek, a rural farmer, has decided that might be safer not keeping his money under the mattress. So he takes his horse and cart and goes off to the nearest town to talk to the bank. "Right," says Wlodek, "I want to make sure my 50 zlotys are safe. Like, what happens if someone robs you and takes everything in your vault?" "Oh, don't worry about that!" says the smooth bank manager. "The main branch in the city would…
> [E]ine ältere Dame in einer Bank [will] ein Sparbuch eröffnen und 1.000,- EUR einzahlen. Dame: "Ist mein Geld bei ihnen auch sicher ? Banker: "Klar doch !" Dame: "Und was ist, wenn Sie Pleite machen ?" Banker: "Dann kommt die Landeszentralbank auf !" Dame: "Und was, wenn die Pleite macht ?" Banker: "Dann kommt die Bundesbank auf !" Dame: "Und wenn auch die Pleite macht ?" Banker: "Dann tritt die Bundesregierung zurück, und das sollte Ihnen nun wirklich die 1.000,- EUR wert sein.
My rough not word-for-word translation:
An old lady goes to a bank to open a savings book in which she wants to deposit EUR 1,000. Lay: "My money is really safe at you". Banker: "Of course!". Lady: "And what if you go bust?". Banker: "Then the Federal State Central Bank accounts for it!". Lady: "And what if the Federal State Central Bank goes bust?". Banker: "Then the German Central Bank accounts for it.". Lady: "And when it goes bust, too?". Banker: "Then the Federal Government has to recede - and this is surely worth EUR 1,000.".
Nowadays there also exists a variant of the joke where Angela Merkel is explicitly mentioned in the final line. :-)
Also note in the German version the word "Banker" is used (pronounced the same as in English) - in opposite to its English analogue in German this word has a derogatory connotation (though not as much as in former days). The polite (though a little outdated) German word for "banker" is "Bankier" (though spelled rather similarly as "Banker", it is pronounced differently). I could say that there are reasons why it has become a little uncommon (making it a little outdated) to use the polite German word "Bankier" anymore. ;-)
No jokes about state of US infrastructure? No laughing matter, I guess
We can joke about the Americans any other day.
Personally, I don't understand yet why this was classified material by de CIA. I mean, if it was by the KGB that would make some sense.
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The Russian guy never gave his dog anything. And yet, his methods were so tough and efficient that he taught the dog to speak and beg in human language. Could also contain a nod to the patience and unending hope of the Russians under their "stingy" government but that's likely too deep and contradicting their infinite cynicism and complete lack of faith ;)
That assumes that the speaking dog is a trick. This is hell. This is the afterlife. If dogs are there then they have souls. Id expect such beings to communicate as effectively as anyone else. My first read was that the dog was informing the devil of his mistreatment. We cannot assume that the devil was being completely clear as to how he would judge the excersise. The russian did not win.
No jokes about state of US infrastructure? No laughing matter, I guess
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Have you seen the news coverage of the protests and rioting in the US? Every other has a sign that says, "Fuck Trump"
Sorry, I don't think there's any evidence of rioting in the US recently.