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A saying I learned from a Russian coworker: "The only people who smile all the time are idiots and Americans." As an American, I find that quite amusing. I'd
by JackFr 7y ago
A saying I learned from a Russian coworker: "The only people who smile all the time are idiots and Americans."
As an American, I find that quite amusing. I'd say it brings a smile to my face, but there's likely one there already.
- roland35 7y agoRussians certainly have a funny and direct way to answer questions! My grandma (came to the US from the USSR during WW2) would always answer a little too honestly when we asked "how are you doing?" Sometimes she would say "Still walking" and sometimes she would talk about how the neighborhood is going downhill. I would laugh and say "you know in America we just say 'good'!"
- Koshkin 7y ago> came to the US from the USSR during WW2 Must be some interesting story there...
- zweep 7y agoThe flip side is when Lisa Simpson asks a Russian man for directions to the bus and he politely answers her but she mistakes his gruff Slavic manner for hostility.
- thaumasiotes 7y agoThere are two Russian men playing chess. After frightening Lisa away ("My pleasure! It's six blocks that way!"), one checkmates the other, to which the response is upending the chessboard accompanied by the subtitle "Good game! How about another?". The joke isn't really Lisa mistaking a "gruff Slavic manner" for hostility, it's more the Slavic manner being actually hostile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyVMiE7jAJo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyVMiE7jAJo
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- masonic 7y agoAs an American, I appreciate that they distinguish Americans as a population distinct from idiots.