If you wanted to buy a car in Russia, you needed to order it 10 years in advance and pay for it. In Russia, if you wanted to buy a car you needed to order it 10 years in advance and pay for it. So a fellow goes to order a car, brings his cash, stands in line. The clerk says, “Very good comrade, you will receive your car on this day, 10 years from now”. The man asks “In the morning or afternoon?” The clerk responds irritably “Ten years from today, what difference does it make morning or afternoon?!” “Well”, the man says, “the plumber is coming in the morning.” \-stolen from R. Reagan