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by temp8964 1626 days ago
Also, it's an apartment, not a house.

Also, not his apartment, his aunt's apartment.

"Japanese Game Developer rarely leaves his aunt's apartment."

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For those unaware, this is in the form of the old Radio Yerevan joke:

Question to Radio Yerevan: Is it correct that Grigori Grigorievich Grigoriev won a luxury car at the All-Union Championship in Moscow?

Answer: In principle, yes. But first of all it was not Grigori Grigorievich Grigoriev, but Vassili Vassilievich Vassiliev; second, it was not at the All-Union Championship in Moscow, but at a Collective Farm Sports Festival in Smolensk; third, it was not a car, but a bicycle; and fourth he didn't win it, but rather it was stolen from him.[1]

[1]http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000810.h...

This was hilarious, thanks for sharing.
usually abbreviated to just ".. and haven't won but rather lost"
This thread is a brilliant example of CTR-centric articles, because you're right, why would I click that?
Id click that link in a heartbeat. It reads like a classic headline from the onion, mundane + surreal
OK, well now we can relate.
>"Japanese Game Developer rarely leaves his aunt's apartment."

sounds like the title of an onion article

I like your sense of humor. Very funny. I chuckled hard!