3.08.2008
3.01.2008
Zebra
Russian tourists (obliko morale), being in Tadzhikistan, could've been gone to the one of a souvenir shop and see there a zebra doll, about like this one,
By the way, Russians often prefer to consider their life like a zebra conception – as if it goes similar to an alternation of black ( troubles, miseries, depression) and white stripes ( luck,fortune,happiness).
They say: Life is like zebra – white stripe, black stripe, white stripe, black stripe, white, black, then – ASS!..
(If you ask some Russian “How r u doin?” and he answers “This is a full ass!” – it means the complete down state and many bad things at the moment)
For this case I can propose a short but good toast: “May the zebra of your life be an albino!”
By the way, you probably also know a funny joke about this animal, when a stallion pensively looks at the merrily galloping zebra on a green meadow and says to himself: ”Well, but you’ll have to take off pajamas!”
Now to the current issues.
Tomorrow there will be the Presidential Election in Russia. The choice is quite poor – Communist Zyuganov, Liberal Zhirinovskiy, Democrat Bogdanov ( Kremlin upstart and marionette ) and certainly Putin’s successor Medvedev(Medved – a Russian word for Bear). As a deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev refused to take part in candidates’ TV debate alleging to his being awfully busy. So this is a pic on that:
2.22.2008
2.18.2008
2.16.2008
Blow Your Whistle
Do u whistle sometimes? I mean, do u know it’s unlucky to whistle? Well, Russians say “ don’t you whistle – there’ll be no money!”
But everybody here knows of one and steadfast exception behind this omen – GAIshnik!
GAI serves as abbreviation of State Car Inspectorate, so GAIshnik in Russian means an officer of SCI or better to say – a patrolman. GAIshniks whistle so much! – but it brings them dough…
Any driver who’s been stopped for overspeeding or auto’s dirtiness or whatever reason has to ease his pocket to bribe a policeman and avoid troubles.
In souvenir shop you may buy this smarty porcelain money-box picturing a funny cop at work.
One guy and his wife decided to go shopping to Moscow. They lived in a small town in the suburbs. As this guy drived badly and uncertainly even in his own yard you must imagine how it was on the streets of megapolis. One moment he was noticed by a local Moscow patrolman who was very surprised by a slowly moving car - in comparison with other vehicles, swishing fast like lightning. Very soon gaishnik became anxious and nervously blew his whistle, stopping the car to aside. His first and angry words addressed to the driver were – And where are you slinking, dumbhead?
The story happened in 1999. Nowadays the traffic’s much denser in Moscow and you go at the average speed of 20 km an hour in rush time.
More than three million of registered cars for the post-Soviet city became a sheer headache for all people involved.
On the photo – a jam on the Garden Ring.
In conclusion an ironic judgement –
If there’s no money, a life flies by with whine…





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