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I'm a fan of cursing when people can use it creatively. See Roddy Doyle The Barrytown Series.

Thanks- no salt to wound scenario was intended. As I have said, I have heard this phrase referenced a few times. But I merely wanted to clarify if it was a urban legend and if possible establish the...

Well, that I understood!![/quote]
It's also that this phrase is commonly used to demonstrate how brainwashed were the Soviet people [to only display the positive sides of the SU] that they couldn't...

Well, that I understood!!

It appears so since even after it's been said the phrase has been cut out of context, you still exclaimed: "[...] what a line!"

The truth is that there was no "line" at all. There were other very...

Одному мне кажется, что автор так ничего и не понял?[/quote]
Всем. Вообще, вырывать фразу из контекста - мерзкое дело.[/quote]
Have I caused offence?! And why does it appear that I have understood...

I'm glad to hear it actually happened. Even if no footage can be found, what a line!

I was told a story that this was said after the fall of the Soviet Union during a cultural exchange type of thing.
Is this the case and if so, does anybody know where I get the exact quote? у нас...