OT: terribly bad joke to share

[Luno13]

Originally Posted by MaxGunz

Sorry, I should have noticed. It is related to the Santa Claus story. A very old Northern European winter solstice tradition where gifts given are said to come from Santa. He has a sled pulled by reindeer that fly and in a new twist the lead reindeer is named Rudolph and has a red nose that shines brightly.
So you grow up in this culture, you know the song and learn it is all a game to get children to behave in order to get presents.
Very Capitalist, no? So here is irony that in Soviet Russia the sounds are said in completely different meaning.

Such plays on words and meanings help English speakers deal with a language that seems more exceptions than rules.

Don't be so quick to assume that Russians don't know about Santa. They just call him Father Frost, and he comes on January 7th, but it's the same basic idea with the same historic origin. Rudolph came about in the 40's I think, so it's understandably not a part of Russian culture.

[MaxGunz]

I was hoping for some shared parts and figured there would be some given where reindeer come from and where the Rus came from.

Do the Finns have the gift-giver with the sleigh? Is Father Frost a gift-giver?

[MiloMorai]

Go to the link I posted Max.

"In Russia, under the influence of communism, St. Nicolas evolved into the secular Father Frost. He distributes toys to children on New Year's Eve."

[EJGr.Ost_Caspar]

I thought, Rudolf was an invention of Disney!

This is Rudolph the Red, BTW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Sl%C3%A1nsk%C3%BD
Guess, he was on vacation in Moscow at that time.

[KG26_Alpha]

Ye gads.............

[MaxGunz]

Leaves me wondering just what the words "knows rain" refer to.

[MiloMorai]

Originally Posted by MaxGunz

Leaves me wondering just what the words "knows rain" refer to.

There is no wondering when you face into the wind.

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by EJGr.Ost_Caspar

I thought, Rudolf was an invention of Disney!

This is Rudolph the Red, BTW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Sl%C3%A1nsk%C3%BD
Guess, he was on vacation in Moscow at that time.

Father of RayBanJockey (monobrow) trim on a slider .............

[ATAG_Dutch]

Blimey, first time I log on here in months, and a really decent (but corny) joke turns into an analysis of the religious and secular influences resulting in a fat bloke in red.

Only at Banana!

Great joke mate!

[MaxGunz]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Blimey, first time I log on here in months, and a really decent (but corny) joke turns into an analysis of the religious and secular influences resulting in a fat bloke in red.

Only at Banana!

Great joke mate!

And maybe a bit of cross-culture understanding between the flames.