cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 29 days agoWhat does Russian think about Soviet Russia joke?message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down14
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhat does Russian think about Soviet Russia joke?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 29 days agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down7·29 days agowhat Soviet Russia joke? Do you mean the joke that was its government?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·29 days agoStems from an 80s comedian Yakov Smirnov… One of his classics: “American advertising is so confusing! ‘We stand behind our furniture!’ I come from Soviet Russia, I don’t want anyone standing behind my furniture!”
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·29 days agoOr “in Soviet Russia, television watches YOU.” I think that’s one of his.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoK thats it! I want it all lol
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·29 days agoI’m pretty sure they mean the Russian Reversal jokes, usually attributed to Yakov Smirnoff https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Soviet_Russia
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-228 days agoOnly koncept of Soviet Russia joke
what Soviet Russia joke?
Do you mean the joke that was its government?
Stems from an 80s comedian Yakov Smirnov…
One of his classics:
“American advertising is so confusing! ‘We stand behind our furniture!’ I come from Soviet Russia, I don’t want anyone standing behind my furniture!”
Or “in Soviet Russia, television watches YOU.”
I think that’s one of his.
K thats it! I want it all lol
I’m pretty sure they mean the Russian Reversal jokes, usually attributed to Yakov Smirnoff https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Soviet_Russia
Only koncept of Soviet Russia joke