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=== History jokes === | === History jokes === | ||
"I have two cousins, Alsace and Lorraine." | * "I have two cousins, Alsace and Lorraine." | ||
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"They never did get along." | * "They never did get along." | ||
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* A Roman walks into a bar and holds up two fingers. | |||
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* And says, "Five beers please" | |||
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* '''''the same middle name, "The"''''' | * '''''the same middle name, "The"''''' | ||
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* Why was WWI so quick? | |||
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* '''''because they were Russian''''' | |||
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* Why was WWII so long? | |||
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* '''''because they were Stalin''''' | |||
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=== Soviet Union jokes === | |||
* A man in the Soviet Union saved up his money to buy a car. He went to the dealer and ordered the only car available. | |||
** "Great," he said to the salesman, "When do I pick it up." | |||
** "Oh," the salesman replied, "March 21st next year." | |||
** "Okay," replied the man. "What time?" | |||
** "What time?" asked the salesman. "It's not for a year and a half from now! Why do you care what time?" | |||
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* "You see," the man explained, "I have an appointment that morning w/ the plumber." | |||
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* A Russian man escaped the Soviet Union and came to America. His neighbor asked him what life was like back in Russia. | |||
** Russian: “Oh, my old apartment was perfect. I could not complain.” | |||
** American: "What about your job?" | |||
** Russian: “Oh, my old job was perfect. I could not complain.” | |||
** American: "Wow. What about the food?" | |||
** Russian: “Oh, the food was perfect. I could not complain.” | |||
** American: "Well, if everything was so great in the USSR, why'd you come here?" | |||
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* Russian: "Here I can complain." | |||
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