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There's a famous soviet joke: [View all] DetlefK Dec 2024 OP

Love it. Diamond_Dog Dec 2024 #1

I look at internet sites every day for similar news. sop Dec 2024 #2

What do you russian napkins brettdale Dec 2024 #3

I wonder how many people know what napkins used to be called? niyad Dec 2024 #7

A serviette. joshdawg Dec 2024 #9

That's also the word they use in Germany FakeNoose Dec 2024 #17

Servilleta enid602 Dec 2024 #29

Was listening to a mystery set in England Marthe48 Dec 2024 #20

My English wife calls it that. Liberal In Texas Dec 2024 #23

Older Brits, who still hear the word "napkin" and have an image of a diaper (a full one.) soldierant Dec 2024 #24

I always call them serviettes Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2024 #26

Aren't serviettes more like the smaller square napkins given with hors d'oeuvres? TheBlackAdder Dec 2024 #31

No. In most western countries a regular napkin is a serviette. Just US and Canada use napkin ratchiweenie Dec 2024 #35

Huh, three sites show napkin is the posh version and serviette is less than posh. TheBlackAdder Dec 2024 #36

Champagne is only correct when one is referring to wines from a niyad Dec 2024 #43

The guy would throw a sanitary napkin on the bar. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2024 #39

I had no clue Polybius Dec 2024 #41

Happy we could help. niyad Dec 2024 #44

Thanks! Polybius Dec 2024 #45

An old Benny Hill joke. louis-t Dec 2024 #37

You should edit, you forgot to put "call" in the title Polybius Dec 2024 #42

A (soviet) guy Turbineguy Dec 2024 #4

That's an old classic from the Cold War days. It was featured... keep_left Dec 2024 #10

I should have added: Turbineguy Dec 2024 #12

Hahaha Awesome! Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #5

Another Soviet era joke. boonecreek Dec 2024 #6

Pravda means "truth" and SCantiGOP Dec 2024 #19

One of my history teachers told that one Marthe48 Dec 2024 #21

Yeah, I knew the meaning of tne words, boonecreek Dec 2024 #22

The Russians used to joke bif Dec 2024 #28

A Russian worker was asked why he was loafing. Liberal In Texas Dec 2024 #25

The difference between Communism and Capitalism Otto_Harper Dec 2024 #8

Every morning I rush to the internet FoggyLake Dec 2024 #11

I've been watching the news obsessively hoping for his downfall MadameButterfly Dec 2024 #16

I check Latest Breaking News at DU regularly hoping to generalbetrayus Dec 2024 #13

Here's a Joke from the future. Wolf Frankula Dec 2024 #14

Next 4 years, we will all be doing just that liberal N proud Dec 2024 #15

Heh, that's a good one. electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #18

I once read a variation of an old Russian joke that went completely over my head at the time. Grokenstein Dec 2024 #27

That sums it up for me Asarchus45 Dec 2024 #30

I copied this from someone's post on DU in 2022: Drum Dec 2024 #32

I'm reading Patriot by Alexei Navalny -- byronius Dec 2024 #33

Wonder how many legions of folks already are doing that very thing. calimary Dec 2024 #34

That 3auld6phart Dec 2024 #38

I doubt this is a Soviet joke Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #40

Wrong. It is a classic. Living in a society where it is very dangerous to criticize the Fearless Leader by name. Same Martin68 Dec 2024 #47

Yeah, I guess, but would love some provenance Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #48

I'm surprised you feel the need for provenance on a subject like this. Here's a link to a site that collects old soviet Martin68 Dec 2024 #52

I got it from a russian colleague. (nt) DetlefK Dec 2024 #49

Classic Soviet joke: never name names. Martin68 Dec 2024 #46

A joke in the same vein: Martin Eden Dec 2024 #50

OMG, that was me J-9 Dec 2024 #51