Talk:Russian humour

message: These are facts of folklore, to be covered in any encyclopedis work. Wikipedia means no offense to the nations mentioned. If anybody is to be offended, that would rather be Russians, who show such an attitude towards other nations. Jews have much worse jokes abouth themselves. Mikkalai 03:32, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Please keep in mind that the term "Russian humour" is like "Humour in circulation in Russia", rather than "Humour invented in Russia". I know a good deal of jokes about modern Russian realities with plots that can be found in ancient Arabic manuscripts. And there are quite a few jokes about Russian presidents/ general secretaries I was amazed to learn are told about American presidents, too. Mikkalai 16:15, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

text: See Humour. Mikkalai 16:15, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

text: This joke is based on a stereotype of a Ukrainian. Traditionally, ukrainian peasants were hard-working, but they were not so eager to share their property with strangers. (In particular, they were known as stiff opponents to collectivization.) Therefore an Ukrainian in Russian anecdotes is sometimes an analog of Scrooge McDuck (but the one who loves bacon with one-way idea of sharing. Mikkalai 06:08, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ukrainians in Russian humour are a bit on the sly side and are absolutely addicted to and obsessed with bacon (a national dish and, in humour, a bit of a national symbol). It's a humourous stereotype. Ukrainians in Russian humour are supposed to complain that someone (generally, Russians) is trying to lay their grubby hands on their precious SALO (bacon).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.195.186.63 (talk) 20:22, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Salo (food) is neither bacon nor lard. --Cubbi 21:28, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  As to offensiveness of ethnic jokes 

message: As I see, many of you have favorite jokes to enter. I am afraid, that would be too much for an encyclopedia. After Perestroika many Russian book publishers made quick bucks on printing books of anecdotes. I have an incomplete series of 7 books 500 pages each.
So IMO a reasonable idea would be to have one-two jokes related to Russian realities, on each topic, clearly indicated. Mikkalai 19:01, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Don't turn it into a book 

message: (Contested -- July 7)
funny and informative Avala 20:10, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Russian humour]]

message: (removed from article, Mikkalai 18:20, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Examples  

message: In German media the name is usually spelled as Max Otto von Stierlitz, not Stirlitz (notice 'tir' in place of 'tier'). Can a native-German speaker comment on this please? --Gene s 13:33, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Stirlitz is a different character entirely. He is FICTIONAL, although allegedly based on real persons. Stirlitz is the cover of a Soviet intelligence operative in Hitler's SS in a massively popular television mini-series. In the film, he is a fiercely loyal, highly moral officer, a shining beacon of good, patriotism, duty, and devotion to the USSR. However, IN JOKES, he is quite thick-headed, but surrounded by even dafter Nazi officers, and the punchlines are plays on words.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.195.186.63 (talk) 20:33, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Max Otto von Stierlitz 

message: While they are popular among Russians, afaik, this tradition is generally attributed to peoples of Caucasus. Any comments? mikka (t) 07:46, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a speculation on my part, maybe it is because of specific attitude of Caucasian toasts - a tradition, an important thing, but it is also good entertainment, so it's ought to be popular with other folks. Compare tea ceremony in Japan...well not exactly...but there are some places Western people (including and especially New Russians :) ) pay money to participate, for exotic entertainment. Toasts are less esoteric so it is much more widespread. (got to include nonsense warning in my sig)Gnomz007 18:11, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toasts 

message: I was wondering about the following translation:
:Faintly arrived then a dump-body truck.
of this line:
:Тихо подехал к нему самосвал.
It seems like a literal translation would be "a dump truck quietly arrived" or "a dump truck quietly approached him".  What's the reason for "dump-body" - is there something I'm not getting here?  -Seth Mahoney 02:23, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Runglish :-). mikka (t) 04:04, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure I understand.  -Seth Mahoney 02:03, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dump trucks? 

message: Although I'm not sure of the Russian, I do remember one from studying the era:
"What do you think of Comrade Stalin, friend?"
:"Why, the same as you do, comrade!"
"In that case, I must arrest you!"
EvocativeIntrigue TALK | EMAIL 21:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Example of a joke during rule of Stalin. 

message: Hello, 
What does everyone think about merging this Russian humour page with the Russian jokes page? They have overlapping information and I think elements from this page could be easily integrated into the introduction of the Russian jokes page. Let me know your thoughts. 
Cactusbites (talk) 13:41, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging "Russian humour" and "Russian jokes"