NEWS / POLITICS

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Bolshevik

One old bolshevik says to another: "No my friend, we will not live long enough to see communism, but our children... poor children."

ID: 17765

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Five Precepts

Five precepts of the Soviet intelligentsia (intellectuals): Do not think. If you think — do not speak. If you think and speak — do not write. If you think, speak and write — do not sign. If you think, speak, write and sign — don't be surprised.

ID: 17738

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Abramovich

Abramovich was sentenced to 5 years, served 10, then fortunately was paroled before he served the rest of his sentence.

ID: 17330

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Cabinet Meetings

what George W. bush thinks during his cabinet meetings.


Hmmm...what does the w stand for?
Wait... there isn't even a cabinet in here!

ID: 17739

News / Politics

Dzerzhinsky Square

Three men sit in a jail in (KGB headquarters) Dzerzhinsky Square. The first asks the second why he has been imprisoned, and he says, "Because I criticized Karl Radek." The first man responds, "But I am here because I spoke out in favor of Radek!" They turn to the third man who has been sitting quietly in the back, and ask him why he is in jail too. He responds, "I'm Karl Radek."

ID: 17763

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Newspapers or Television

Q: What is more useful — newspapers or television?
A: Newspapers, of course. You cannot wrap herring in a TV.

ID: 17504

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Goose Meat

What was the most-frequently used word at the German-German border? "Goose meat". (Gänsefleisch, sounds like the first three words in Genn' se vleisch mal 'n Gofferraum offmachn? in the Saxon accent, Können Sie vielleicht mal den Kofferraum aufmachen? in standard German, which means Could you please open the trunk? )

ID: 17748

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Comrade Stalin

"Comrade Stalin! This man is your exact double!" / "Shoot him!" / "Maybe we should shave off his moustache?" / "Good idea! Shave it off and then shoot him!". (In another version, Stalin replies shortly Ili tak [lit. or so], meaning "this way is ok too", which has become somewhat proverbial).

ID: 17728

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World Revolution

Midnight Petrograd... A night watch spots a shadow trying to sneak by. "Stop! Who goes there? Documents!" The frightened person chaotically shuffles through his pockets and drops a paper. A soldier picks it up and reads slowly, with difficulty: "U.ri.ne A.na.ly.sis"... "Hmm... a foreigner, sounds like..." "A spy, looks like.... Let's shoot him on the spot!" Then reads further: "'Proteins: none, Sugars: none, Fats: none...' You are free to go, proletarian comrade! Long live the World revolution!"

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