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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 her

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.

Snuggly73 1y 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
harvey9 1y 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.
uncircle 1y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42327376 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42327376 also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_political_jokes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_political_jokes has some great ones
trhway 1y 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_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://savok-name.translate.goog/anekdoty?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr...
simion314 1y 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.
- bmacho 1y ago
  The joke is that in reality Ceaușescu had decided to export 4, and the farmer got jailed/executed for hiding his piglets
moralestapia 1y ago
No fun allowed. - HN rules.

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.

Snuggly73 1y 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

harvey9 1y 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.

uncircle 1y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42327376 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42327376 also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_political_jokes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_political_jokes has some great ones

trhway 1y 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_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://savok-name.translate.goog/anekdoty?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr...

simion314 1y 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.

bmacho 1y ago
The joke is that in reality Ceaușescu had decided to export 4, and the farmer got jailed/executed for hiding his piglets

moralestapia 1y ago

No fun allowed. - HN rules.