>Stalin may not have said it, but I just bought a
>collection of Stalin-era jokes and anecdotes. I can
>translate some of them and send them to you if you
>wish. Some are quite funny.
Oh yes, please!
Another witticism from Uncle Joe: "Does the severed head mourn the hair?" I'm not sure what that means, but it sounds terribly ominous, in a lighthearted sort of way.
Doug ********************************
My understanding is that he liked this one, "A dog returns to his vomit." He didn't invent it though. I suspect a lot of the things attributed to Koba were actually bits of and riffs off fokloric wisdom which were in wide circulation during his life.
Maybe Chris can throw more light on this.
Regards, Mike B)
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