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by noosphr 359 days ago

Reading the actual article reminds me of the old soviet joke:

Q: Is it true that Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov from Moscow won a car in a lottery?

    A: In principle yes, but:

    1). it wasn't Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov but Aleksander Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov;

    2). he is not from Moscow but from Odessa;

    3). it was not a car but a bicycle;

    4). he didn't win it, but it was stolen from him.

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glimshe 359 days ago

Genius. Tell us a couple more old soviet jokes! It might be against the HN rules but maybe they will let it slide given the fascination for the Soviet Union here.

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Snuggly73 359 days ago

I can tell you a variation from Bulgaria (Soviet era joke as well).

In the newspapers there were news that Bulgaria sent 8000 personal computers to Japan. On the next day, there was a slight correction published:

1. It wasn’t 8000. But 8000000 2. It wasn’t computers, but jars of marmalade 3. They weren’t sent to Japan, but returned back by Japan

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trhway 359 days ago

  In a prison cell.
  - what is your sentence?
  - 25 years
  - what for?
  - for nothing.
  - you're lying. The sentence for nothing is 10 years.

It seems Google Translate does pretty good job https://savok-name.translate.goog/anekdoty?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr...

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harvey9 359 days ago

Picture of a huge metal nut and bolt on a factory floor, caption: and in one step we fulfill our plan.

I think anyone who was ever measured on LOC and Jira tickets can relate.

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simion314 359 days ago

In Romania, a pig gave birth to two piglets. The farmer was disappointed and worried (since 2 is a very low number; a good number from a farmer's perspective would be between 8 and 12). So, he reported to his superior that there were 4 piglets. This superior also thought the number was not good enough, so he reported 6 to his superior. That person then reported 8 to his superior, and finally, the dictator Ceaușescu received the final number as 10. He decided that 2 of them would be exported, and the remaining 8 would be used to feed the people.

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bmacho 359 days ago

The joke is that in reality Ceaușescu had decided to export 4, and the farmer got jailed/executed for hiding his piglets

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uncircle 359 days ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42327376

also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_political_jokes has some great ones

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moralestapia 359 days ago

No fun allowed.

- HN rules.