ID: 11429
News / Politics
Many of the trees and rainforests are being cut down.
So in effort the B.H.O.A. made a slogan,
Save a tree
Burn a bush
Bush as in former president
ID: 17844
News / Politics
1. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
2. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.
3. If you know how to say Matanuska, Tokositna, Kichatna, Oshetna, Bodenburg and Muktuk.
4. If you think that ketchup is one of the seven main food groups.
5. If your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a motor home on the highway.
6. If your whole family wears mukluks to church on Sunday.
7. If you see people wearing camouflage at social events - including weddings and funerals.
ID: 17719
News / Politics
A man was reported to have said: "Nikolay is a moron!" and was arrested by the policeman. "No, sir, I meant not our respected Emperor, but another Nikolay!" - "Don't try to trick me: if you say "moron", you obviously refer to our tsar".
ID: 17331
News / Politics
The following is a list of the U.S. deaths in certain places.
September 11: 2,752
War on Terror: 4,344
We beat ourselves.
ID: 17124
News / Politics
They had quite a scare in Washington, DC, today. Apparently, President Obama was meeting with some potential cabinet nominees and someone noticed a suspicious looking document on the table that no one had ever seen before.
Turns out it was just a tax form, but it gave them quite a fright.
- Jay Leno
ID: 17726
News / Politics
A respected merchant Sevenassov wants to change his surname and asks the Tsar for permission. The Emperor writes his resolution: "Allowed to deduct two asses down".
ID: 17769
News / Politics
When Yeltsin resigned from the Communist Party at the 28th Party Congress, people used to say that "Yeltsin is out of mind,... honour, and conscience of our epoch". (A hint at a widespread propaganda slogan: "Party is Mind, Honour and Conscience of our Epoch")
ID: 17401
News / Politics
Apparently, a Polish driver living in southern Ireland by the name of Prawo Jazdy had racked up dozens of speeding tickets and parking fines - but with a different address on each occasion.
Eventually, the Garda discovered that Prawo Jazdy is Polish for 'driving licence'. . .
ID: 16963
News / Politics
A couple who is having problems in their marriage decide to go on a talk show. The wife complains that her husband does not listen to her and is ungrateful. She blames this on her husband's career. The host asks the man, "Has being in politics had any affect on your sex life?" Bill Clinton replies, "Mine's great, how's yours honey?"