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2004-10-22 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Lenin and Stalin replaced by hares, dogs, and processed cheese

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Posted by Dar 2004-10-22 11:54:14 AM|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 All the above mentioned is obviously the work of TROTSKYITE DEVIATIONIST WRECKERS! One day these capitalist lapdogs will meet their fate...

Posted by borgboy 2004-10-22 12:37:16 PM|| 2004-10-22 12:37:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 "Zaryadov says he constructed the sculpture so that the current generation of Russians can remember that the vegetable saved millions of people from starvation."

And source of vodka, of course, Russia's Breakfast of Champions.

Posted by .com 2004-10-22 12:44:14 PM|| 2004-10-22 12:44:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Russian vodka uses grain, not potatoes. You're thinking of the Polish crap.

As to or in the significance of the potato, that persists. Perhaps as many as a third of the population live off of potatoes and other vegetables grown in their backyard or in communal plots.

Posted by lex 2004-10-22 1:45:25 PM|| 2004-10-22 1:45:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Oops - Did this change over time - or was it always the case? I recall reading this factoid in multiple places, mainly the spy novels of my earlier years, when there was this nasty Cold War thingy on. Sorry!

Posted by .com 2004-10-22 1:53:03 PM|| 2004-10-22 1:53:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Russian vodka's the best in the world, by far. Next time you're leaving Sheremetyevo stop by duty-free and get some Gzhel'. About $10 per liter and far superior to western junk priced many times higher.

Posted by lex 2004-10-22 1:56:07 PM|| 2004-10-22 1:56:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Now a citizen, my wife, about to cast her second vote for "W", grew up there, and remembers all the statues, now asunder. The Stalin ones are gone, some melted for doorstops, others for kitchen utensils. Don't mention Stalin to her though, or you'll get a 30 minute litany about how this "Crazy Georgian cockroach who had everyone scared or duped!" Melt down statues? Excellent.

Posted by BigEd 2004-10-22 2:06:01 PM|| 2004-10-22 2:06:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Just wait till the poets get into it.

"Ode to a Processed Cheese"

How do I love thee, Druzhba?
let me count the ways...

Posted by mojo 2004-10-22 4:51:13 PM|| 2004-10-22 4:51:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I really liked the dog one. I work in rescue and get some dogs that have been really abused, like a beautiful Samoyed (is there any other kind?) that was used as a paintball target.

Posted by jackal 2004-10-22 10:26:21 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2004-10-22 10:26:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 jackal - Ah, Samoyeds - my absolute favorite breed. I've had 2 and they were, hands down, the smartest dogs I've ever personally dealt with. Just amazingly fast learners and perfect even temperament. If I lived in a colder climate, I'd finagle / rearrange things so I could get one. My last one, King, weighed 80 lbs and was incredibly intimidating, lol! Scared the shit outta everyone, man and beast alike! But he was sweet to everyone I permitted "in" - and he waited for me to invite them, too. Awesome companion.

Posted by .com 2004-10-22 10:41:10 PM|| 2004-10-22 10:41:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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