cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month 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 · 1 month agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down7·1 month agowhat Soviet Russia joke? Do you mean the joke that was its government?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month 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-up4·1 month agoOr “in Soviet Russia, television watches YOU.” I think that’s one of his.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoK thats it! I want it all lol
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month 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-21 month 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