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2 unusual facts about Russian political jokes


Russian political jokes

"Dad, can I have the car keys?" / "OK, but don't lose them. We will get the car in only seven years!"

Because of the Seven "C"s: Cult of personality, Communism, China, Cuban Crisis, Corn, and Cuzka's mother (In Russian, this is the seven "K"s. To "show somebody Kuzka's mother" is a Russian idiom meaning "to give somebody a hard time". Khrushchev had used this phrase during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, allegedly referring to the Tsar Bomba test over Novaya Zemlya).



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