Thread: I don't make the rules - Я не делаю правил ?

Valda, are not you native to Kenya?

Originally Posted by Anixx

Valda, are not you native to Kenya?

That's a bit strange thing to ask, I'd say.

Originally Posted by Lampada

That's a bit strange thing to ask, I'd say.

This is plain simple, just deductive method, popularized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

As she lives in Israel, but works in a coastal toilet, she is not Jew. But she is also not Arabic because she speaks Hebrew. This means that she is most likely black. But as she is black but lives in Israel, this means she is Christian. Once she is Christian, her father was possibly from Kenya. As she learns Russian, that means she loves a Russian man. But if she had contact with him, he probably could teach her Russian and there would be no purpose to ask in the forum. So she possibly wants to find her lost love. Am I right?

Originally Posted by Anixx

This is plain simple, just deductive method, popularized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

As she lives in Israel, but works in a coastal toilet, she is not Jew. But she is also not Arabic because she speaks Hebrew. This means that she is most likely black. But as she is black but lives in Israel, this means she is Christian. Once she is Christian, her father was possibly from Kenya. As she learns Russian, that means she loves a Russian man. But if she had contact with him, he probably could teach her Russian and there was no purpose to ask in the forum. So she possibly wants to find her lost love. Am I right?

What's the difference?

Originally Posted by Anixx

This is plain simple, just deductive method, popularized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

As she lives in Israel, but works in a coastal toilet, she is not Jew. But she is also not Arabic because she speaks Hebrew. This means that she is most likely black. But as she is black but lives in Israel, this means she is Christian. Once she is Christian, her father was possibly from Kenya. As she learns Russian, that means she loves a Russian man. But if she had contact with him, he probably could teach her Russian and there would be no purpose to ask in the forum. So she possibly wants to find her lost love. Am I right?

Woah...couldn't be more off.

1) I didn't say I work in a coastal toilet, I said I work in the coast

2) I'm a paramedic, my first aid unit is located near the toilet in the coast I work.

3) I am American and my parents made Aleya (immigration) to Israel. I'm Jewish by roots (though I don't practice any religion). I was raised in Israel.

4) Yes, I do have a Russian lover (you did get that right ), Russian friends, and I ask them tons of quesitons as well, but sometimes it's fun to be be engaged in the forum...the grammatical explanations here are more accurate and it's fun to have back and forths with other people.

5) Do I look black!? Blacks mistake me for Russian :P
I'm whitish-moca

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I wouldn't like to get my answer too involved to the people who approach me, I often just say "I have nothing to do with it" to some Americans or Israelis who ask me. Which, according to google translate is "Я ничего не имею к этому никакого отношения"... is that right? It's just a bit rude when they ask me for shekel to pay for the toll guy (who is Ethiopian btw! Or Eritrean, I'm not sure. He can barely speak Hebrew).

The best reaction to the fact the toilet coast a shekel I heard from a Russian tourist once.

"One shekel?? One shekel to pee!? Hah, I go pee in ocean!"



Anyway, back to the question at hand!

I guess the most accurate translation would be


..."Правила не я придумываю"


придумываю is a nice word. Although there is also "устанавливаю"

I guess it's the difference between "I don't come up with the rules" and "I don't set the rules"... which is essentially the same thing.

Wouldn't it be better syntax-wise to say "я не придумываю правила"?... The sentence sounds more flowing to me this way.

Yes. Here "льгот нет" basically means that nobody including the needy, retired, schoolchildren etc., is allowed to pay less, say, 15 rubles. Take it or leave it.

I'm pretty sure they let those in for free.

It is in fact very cheap compared to Moscow.

Really? How much is it in Moscow?

Originally Posted by Valda

Really? How much is it in Moscow?

15-25 rubles. Although I know one state-owned toilet remaining from Soviet era where it is... 2 rubles. But it is very dirty there.

Originally Posted by Anixx

15-25 rubles. Although I know one state-owned toilet remaining from Soviet era where it is... 2 rubles. But it is very dirty there.

Belarus was awesome in this respect. There were quite a lot of public loos, they cost practically nothing. Some were quite old but stilll reasonably clean. Some were new and spotless. No queues like in London or insane prices like in Stockholm. Stockholm has the disgusing habit of just mixing men and women inside the facilities, instead of having a separate section for each gender. That should be illegal IMHO. I don't massively mind no-sitting toilets as long as they are clean. That was the standard in Belarus. In Belarus, I forgot my handbag with quite a lot of money in a public loo. I did not realise it until 15 minutes later. Can you imagine, I got it back!

Ukraine gets a thumbs-down from me in this respect. The public toilets were dirty and smelled. People using them were complaining that they were disgusting. In some places there were plastic one-unit toilets of the type that are used on carnivals etc.
I noticed that there were old ladies sitting outside asking for money. Not sure if they were maintenance staff or just begging. They did not appear to clean it at any rate.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Belarus was awesome in this respect. There were quite a lot of public loos, they cost practically nothing. Some were quite old but stilll reasonably clean. Some were new and spotless. No queues like in London or insane prices like in Stockholm. Stockholm has the disgusing habit of just mixing men and women inside the facilities, instead of having a separate section for each gender. That should be illegal IMHO. I don't massively mind no-sitting toilets as long as they are clean. That was the standard in Belarus. In Belarus, I forgot my handbag with quite a lot of money in a public loo. I did not realise it until 15 minutes later. Can you imagine, I got it back!

Ukraine gets a thumbs-down from me in this respect. The public toilets were dirty and smelled. People using them were complaining that they were disgusting. In some places there were plastic one-unit toilets of the type that are used on carnivals etc.
I noticed that there were old ladies sitting outside asking for money. Not sure if they were maintenance staff or just begging. They did not appear to clean it at any rate.

good for the cultural differences topic

Originally Posted by Valda

The best reaction to the fact the toilet coast a shekel I heard from a Russian tourist once.

"One shekel?? One shekel to pee!? Hah, I go pee in ocean!"

I guess that tourist was quite drunk to take a sea for an ocean... Or was his intention to hold himself until he crosses the sea and gets to the Atlantic?