Thread: Анекдоты

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Hmmm, in "standard" Russian, if I'm not mistaken, it would be more correct to say Штирлиц увидел как голубые ели if the meaning is "Shtirlitz saw the gays eating", right? So dropping the как makes the meaning ambiguous (and is an example of "grammatical ellipsis").

absolutely right, It must be either Он увидел, как голубые ели.... or Он увидел, что голубые ели.... - and in this case it will have nothing to do with trees.. so this joke technically is not a joke because the basic grammar rule is broken here...

but another one i like: Штирлиц шёл вдоль берега, поскользнулся и упал на гальку. Галька тихо взвизгнула и убежала.

Originally Posted by alexsms

Штирлиц шёл вдоль берега, поскользнулся и упал на гальку. Галька тихо взвизгнула и убежала.

If I understand this one correctly, one could very loosely "translate" it as follows:

"Barney, have you seen Fred?" -- asked Wilma Flintstone.
"He said he was taking the children to the lake, to throw pebbles into the water." -- answered Barney.
Wilma screamed and fainted.

(The word "галька" = "pebbles" , but "Pebbles" was also the baby daughter of the cartoon character Fred Flintstone. And in Russian, "Галька" is a nickname for the feminine name "Галина".)

P.S. A similar (but quite disgusting!) joke in English:

"Let's go back to my house and blow bubbles," said Michael Jackson to the little boy.

Explanation --> "blow bubbles" normally means "пускать мыльные пузыри", but in the context of Michael Jackson, one could interpret it to mean "делать минет моему шимпанзе Баблзу". <--