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Myths and Truth about Russia - Discussion
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Soffie
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
haha, i already like it!!! haven't noticed any fools yet Wink
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Ender
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Soffie wrote:
haha, i already like it!!! haven't noticed any fools yet Wink

They are invisible up to the moment when they do something stupid.

For example two weeks ago I had to visit to a different than usual office of Sberbank because office near my home had some computer problem. So I went to the different office.

- I want to withdraw 2000 united states dollars from my account.
- clicking on the computer keyboard Here you are.
- What are you doing? Evil or Very Mad You are giving to me 2000 roubles (1 USD ~ 27 roubles). I don't need roubles, I need dollars.
- Oh. I'm sorry but we currently don't have necessary amount of dollars in the cashier's desk. We rarely perform any operations with dollars and we usually don't have dollars at all.
- But why did you give to me roubles? You are able to forewarn me about lack of cash, aren't you?
- If you don't like this I'll fix it. clicking on the computer keyboard Here you are.
- What have you done? You haven't canceled the operation but simply bought roubles back.
- Yes, I've put the money back to your account...
- Gr-r-r-r-r

I've lost about USD $5 because of this stupid girl. I thought to start a scandal but after a couple minutes of thinking I decided that my nerves worth more.

Be very careful in the Sberbank. Some of its clerks are stupid beyond imagination.
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koderr
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sberbank and Russian Post are known as branches of hell on earth. Very Happy
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hpesch
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:03 am    Post subject: Best vodka? Reply with quote
When Brezhnev visited West-Germany the last time he drank a lot of local Doppelkorn and announced: this is the best vodka ever!

Well, I'm no expert on vodka. But Russian icecream is the best in the world. If you like creamy icecream. And I like kvass more than coke.
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Ender
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Best vodka? Reply with quote
hpesch wrote:
When Brezhnev visited West-Germany the last time he drank a lot of local Doppelkorn and announced: this is the best vodka ever!

Many Russians drink cognac instead of vodka if they can afford it. There is good cognac from Armenia and from Daghestan (which is a part of Russia).
hpesch wrote:
Well, I'm no expert on vodka. But Russian icecream is the best in the world. If you like creamy icecream. And I like kvass more than coke.

Beware of kvass. If you drink it too much you can break wind easily.
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