Humour

Let's humour here, because in the old thread "I can't hold on any longer!
- You don't look cheerful, have a cigarette.
- What is that, a Belomor?
- You'll laugh, but it's not a Belomor!

BoraBo:
- You don't look cheerful, have a cigarette.
- What is this, a Belomor?
- You'll laugh, but it's not a Belomor!

Will it do me any good? - asked Princess Nesmeyana, inhaling...

En un mot, поставьте какую-нибудь самую последнюю ничтожность у продажи каких-нибудь дрянных билетов на железную дорогу, и эта ничтожность тотчас же сочтет себя в праве смотреть на вас Юпитером, когда вы пойдете взять билет, pour vous montrer son pouvoir. "Дай-ка, дескать, я покажу над тобой мою власть"... И это в них до административного восторга доходит...

// FMD "The Imp" (2 FAQs, for especially memory)

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It looks like a time machine has already been invented: Putin is president again, Titanic is playing in cinemas, people are buying MMM shares.

VTsIOM estimates:
61% of Russians support the idea of putting officials in domestic cars.
99% of Russians support simply transplanting officials.