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Putin Joke Going Around Today in Europe and US
2022-02-28
Vladimir Putin, wanting to get on the good side of voters, goes to visit a school in Moscow to have a chat with the kids. He talks to them about how Russia is a powerful nation and how he wants the best for the people. At the end of the talk, there is some time for questions. Little Sasha puts her hand up and says "I have two questions: Why did we Russians take Crimea? And why are we sending troops to Ukraine?"

Putin says "Good questions . . ." But just as he is about to answer, the bell rings, and the kids go for lunch.

When they come back, they sit back down and there is room for some more questions so another girl, Misha, puts her hand up and says, "I have four questions. My questions are: Why did the we Russians invade Crimea? Why are we sending troops to Ukraine? Why did the bell ring 20 minutes early for lunch? And where is Sasha?"
Posted by:Lord Garth

#15  Thanks, TW. Having read Stranger several times, I can only attribute my lapse to the vagaries of a cooling brain. Yah, me and Jo-jo.
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-02-28 19:23  

#14  Robert A. Heinlein, Mercutio. Stranger in a Strange Land. Jubal Harshaw dictating the beginning of a new novel to one of his secretaries, discussing his conventions for naming female characters.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-02-28 16:22  

#13  Robert A. Heinlein
Posted by: European Conservative   2022-02-28 15:59  

#12  Re#2: Author! Author!
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-02-28 15:44  

#11  ^ Only our problem if the US is dumb enough to get involved.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-28 09:43  

#10  
WAIT FOR IT.
The way this admin has screwed things up, I would not be surprised to see the Media headlines announcing "US TROOPS AMMO SHORTAGE". Since Russian imports have been Banned and the CCP refusing to supply ammo to either side.

Followed by the DOD requesting Citizens turn in their 5.56mm and 72x51 to supply the US ground troops.

2 months later Biden announcing Ammo confiscations from ammo vendors and registered gun owners.

Posted by: NN2N1   2022-02-28 09:41  

#9  /\ YES! Let there be no doubt why the 2d Amendment is so essential for freedom.

Communists always seek to disarm the citizenry.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-02-28 08:54  

#8  /\ Second P2K!
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2022-02-28 08:51  

#7  I want to thank Putin and Trudeau for fortifying the American 2d Amendment in a manner that blows away the lies and misdirection the Left has engaged in for generations.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-02-28 07:37  

#6  It's a very old Soviet joke that never goes out of fashion.
Posted by: European Conservative   2022-02-28 05:58  

#5  A name ending in A implies a C cup

Big of you.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-28 01:13  

#4  ^ This being Rantburg, I'd go with "part of the joke."
Posted by: Cleling Panda1816   2022-02-28 00:32  

#3  Sasha and Misha are boys' names in Russian.

Actually, they're diminutive forms for Aleksandr and Mikail.
Posted by: badanov   2022-02-28 00:30  

#2  Sure, Blackbeard Protector of the Welsh1069, in Russia. In America not only do lots of girls get neutral names or feminized boy names, but as a writer I’m fond of once wrote, “A name ending in A implies a C cup.”
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-02-28 00:27  

#1  Sasha and Misha are boys' names in Russian.
Posted by: Blackbeard Protector of the Welsh1069   2022-02-28 00:15  

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