Not Another Russian Joke!
Three poor souls are languishing in Gulag and have violated the camp curfew. The punishment for the this is 10 lashes across the back. The camp warden is a somewhat compassionate and he allows the three to choose one item to place on their backs to minimize the injury.
The first prisoner was a German scientist and, thinking himself brilliant, asked that they spread motor oil across his back, hoping the lubrication would cause the whip to slide off rather than stic…