tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143237.post4715157652009983625..comments2024-03-24T13:20:00.708-05:00Comments on Marathon Pundit: 1990 bread line in Riga, LatviaMarathon Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994493157706065371noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143237.post-35014402640720233782011-01-31T10:51:28.522-06:002011-01-31T10:51:28.522-06:00When I was a USAF Russian linguist back in the ear...When I was a USAF Russian linguist back in the early 80's, I heard this joke in Russian, now translated as best I can into English:<br /><br />A man goes into a store and asks the clerk: "Excuse me, but you wouldn't have fish here, would you?"<br /><br />"Oh no," answers the clerk. "At this store we don't have meat. At the store across the street they don't have fish."Sir Galen of Bristolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249011691189216258noreply@blogger.com