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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.
http://www.leninade.com/images/label.gif
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 :)
I don't speak any Russian, I just know most of the alphabet :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by Leof
Lenin drunk
Lenin drink
Lenin will drunk?
Тут говорится о "пить", а не "жить" :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Leof
Leof wrote:
Lenin was alive
Lenin is alive
Lenin will be alive
Oh my, we three make such a mess here! :D
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"Quote:
Originally Posted by Dimitri
Rtyom I thought the same firstly, but I doubted what will be right -
Lenin was alive - isn't it Ленин был живой(живым)((живучим! :lol: ))
I guess the word "brisk" is what one needs to describe the leninade. :lol:
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
"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! :lol2:
Edit: I didn't understand the line about Misha, though.
Not sure which part you're misunderstanding. To the best of my knowlege, there's not really a joke there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
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.? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Faustus
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? :)
I didn't mean that they weren't funny, just that there wasn't a pun or cultural reference involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seventh-Monkey
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 :).
немного, probably.Quote:
Мне нужно купить
I don't know, probably quite a bit. Be a bit silly if I just bought a bottle for