OK, So I just got back from a store that sells strange and rare sodas. Among my better finds were "Not-See Kola" (The drink is clear, the label sports the German Eagle. Get it?) "Red Cola Revolution" and, last but not least, "Leninade." The leninade bottle has some Russian on it that I don't know, aside from Lenin's name, so I was hoping someone here could translate.
It's a rude allusion at famous phrase:
Ленин жил
Ленин жив
Ленин будет жить!
Lenin lived
Lenin is alive
Lenin will live
the sense is like Lenin for ever!
Jokes about Linin are very comon here and judjing by the picture above everywhere
Я так думаю.
I don't speak any Russian, I just know most of the alphabetOriginally Posted by Leof
Lenin drunk
Lenin drink
Lenin will drunk?
Тут говорится о "пить", а не "жить"
Leof wrote:
Lenin was alive
Lenin is alive
Lenin will be alive
«И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».
Oh my, we three make such a mess here!
«И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».
OK, between Rytom and Dimitri I think I get it.
Okay, I think the words translate best as:
Lenin drank
Lenin drinks
Lenin will drink
maybe a play off of the phrase Leof wrote - but i haven't heard that.
tdk
I meant the sourse of allusion and wrote "It's a rude allusion at famous phrase"Тут говорится о "пить", а не "жить"
Rtyom I thought the same firstly, but I doubted what will be right -
Lenin was alive - isn't it Ленин был живой(живым)((живучим!))
Я так думаю.
I guess the word "brisk" is what one needs to describe the leninade.
«И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».
Well, it does have a rather strong flavor. For those interested who've never seen the stuff before, I'll just start quoting the rest of the label.I guess the word "brisk" is what one needs to describe the leninade.
"Surprisingly Satisfying Simple Soviet Style Soda"
"Misha, Chill down this bottle & chill out!"
"Get really hammered and sickled!"
"Beware the repressed communist party animal who is really a proletarian in denial masquerading as a bourgeois cold war monger!"
"Our five-year plan: Drink a bottle a day and become a hero of Socialist Flavor."
Thank you for the quotations! I laughed like crazy!
Edit: I didn't understand the line about Misha, though.
«И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».
Not sure which part you're misunderstanding. To the best of my knowlege, there's not really a joke there.Thank you for the quotations! I laughed like crazy!
Edit: I didn't understand the line about Misha, though.
To "chill down this bottle" would be to make the bottle cold (and therefore make the drink taste better)
To "Chill Out" is to relax.
How are they not funny, Doc.?
I had no idea Leninade was real. I saw a piccie on the Web, imagined it was a joke. Мне нужно купить... some? I can't find an appropriate "some" in my словарь. Little help?
Ленин пил
Ленин пьёт
Ленин будет пить
I didn't mean that they weren't funny, just that there wasn't a pun or cultural reference involved.How are they not funny, Doc.?
I had no idea Leninade was real. I saw a piccie on the Web, imagined it was a joke. Мне нужно купить... some? I can't find an appropriate "some" in my словарь. Little help?
And yes, Leninade is very real. The good people over at popsoda.com will be happy to send you some.
Ah, right.
Ta muchly for the link there. Damn, I wish I had a credit card. Have to wait until my parents are drunk enough not to object to ordering communist lemonade from a capitalist pig Yankee Yahoo! shop
Ленин пил
Ленин пьёт
Ленин будет пить
немного, probably.Мне нужно купить
I don't know, probably quite a bit. Be a bit silly if I just bought a bottle for
Ленин пил
Ленин пьёт
Ленин будет пить
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