I have both:
and"Do you know why policemen always go in threes?" / "No, why?" / "It's specialization: one knows how to read, one knows how to write, and yet another one is there to keep a watch on the two smart ones."
I'm 99.9% certain that there ought to be Russian originals but I can't actually find the Russian originals anywhere... I've looked at dozens of political jokes on Anekdot.ru and Anekdoti.ru and have had no luck. Are these actually Russian jokes?A person on a bus tells a joke: "Do you know why policemen always go in pairs?" / "No, why?" / "It's specialization: one knows how to read, the other - how to write." / A hand promptly grabs him by the shoulder — a policeman is standing right behind him! "Your papers!" he barks. The hapless person surrenders his papers. The policeman opens them, reads, and nods to his partner: "Write him up a citation, Vasya."