Whata country.. You might remember comedian Yakov Smirnoff. When he first came to the United States from Russia he was not prepared for the incredible variety of instant products available in American grocery stores. He says, ""On my first shopping trip, I saw powdered milk -- you just add water, and you get milk. Then I saw powdered orange juice -- you just add water, and you get orange juice. And then I saw baby powder, and I thought to my self, ""What a country!""

Three men in an airplane... **My brother just reminded me of this joke I used to tell back in 2nd grade like 20 years ago:** There are three men in an airplane: a Russian guy, a Japanese guy and an American. As the plane is flying over Russia, the Russian says ""I love my country so much I'll drop a nickel."" So he drops a nickel and parachutes down and sees a girl crying. ""What's the matter little girl?"" ""My dad is choking on a nickel and he's dying!"" she exclaims. Back in the airplane, now…

I went to Russia, met a guy called Vladislav * **Baby, don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.**

A 'Cold War' joke I tought up today... It's early September, 1984. Children around the world are going back to school. Despite living on opposing sides of the Iron Curtain, two Mathematics teachers, one in the United States and the other in the Soviet Union, ask their respective classes the same question. ""OK class."" Said the American teacher, ""If I had three oranges, and I divided them fairly between four children, how many oranges would each child receive?"" Most of the children in his clas…