Old Communist Jokes

David Frum is posting dozens of old jokes from the USSR; most of them are fairly undecipherable if you don't know the players involved, or simply don't translate well. Here are two exceptions:

A Frenchman, a Brit, and a Russian are admiring a painting of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. The Frenchman says, "they must be French, they're naked and they're eating fruit." The Englishman says, "clearly they're English. Observe how politely the man is offering the woman the fruit." The Russian notes, "they are Russian of course. They have nothing to wear, nothing to eat, and they think they are in paradise."

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There was the Russian who bought a car and was told it would be delivered ten years from the purchase date. "Morning or afternoon?" he inquired. "What does it matter?" asked the salesman. "The plumber is coming in the morning."

I don't recall every hearing comparable jokes about the West... I think we spend more time picking on our leaders' personal foibles than the system we live in. Which is a nice luxury, frankly.