cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat does Russian think about Soviet Russia joke?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat does Russian think about Soviet Russia joke?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agowhat Soviet Russia joke? Do you mean the joke that was its government?
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoJust koncept of Soviet Russia joke
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months 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-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoK thats it! I want it all lol
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoOr “in Soviet Russia, television watches YOU.” I think that’s one of his.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI’m pretty sure they mean the Russian Reversal jokes, usually attributed to Yakov Smirnoff https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Soviet_Russia
what Soviet Russia joke?
Do you mean the joke that was its government?
Just koncept of Soviet Russia joke
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!”
K thats it! I want it all lol
Or “in Soviet Russia, television watches YOU.”
I think that’s one of his.
I’m pretty sure they mean the Russian Reversal jokes, usually attributed to Yakov Smirnoff https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Soviet_Russia