See, the uniforms were black/white gingham, so that red scarf made a big difference.
Joanna
Chris Doss wrote:
>--- Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
>[WS:] How so? Can't you simply ignore or delete my
>postings if you
>feel
>trampled? Perhaps other people may want to read my
>rants.
>
>---
>
>I for one look forward to your rants.
>
>BTW, I'm listening to a CD of old Young Pioneer songs,
>including my favorites, "Lenintsy idut" (The Leninists
>are Coming) and that great song about how Pioneers
>should always be ready ("Pioner, bud' gotov, vsegda
>bud' gotov!") to serve the country of the Soviets. I
>assume Poland had a comparable child
>recreation/political indoctrination system, leading
>into whatever the Polish version of Komsomol was. Did
>you guys also have the Oktyabryata (the pre-Pioneers
>little kids organizations, the "October babies" I
>would translate it as)?
>
>Most of my friends here old enough to have been
>Pioneers have very fond memories of listening to
>boring lectures about Grandfather Lenin and then
>heading out to the playground. They were very proud of
>their uniforms. ;)
>
>I really like these songs!
>
>
>Nu, zayats, pogodi!
>
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