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« on: February 23, 2007, 02:24:14 PM » |
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A few old Russian jokes about Brezhnev:
At the 1980 Olympics, Brezhnev begins his speech. "O!" -- applause. "O!" -- more applause. "O!" -- yet more applause. "O!" -- an ovation. "O!!!" -- the whole audience stands up and applauds. An aide comes running to the podium and whispers, "Leonid Ilyich, that's the Olympic rings, you don't need to read it!"
"I asked for a 15 minute speech! Why did it take one hour?" a flustered Brezhnev shouted. "Comrade Brezhnev, it was a 15 minute speech," says the speech writer, "you've just read all four copies..."
Is it really that surprising that he'd make the confusion?
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