Posted by sigismund on January 17, 2014, at 19:36:56
In reply to Re: I hate people, who wants to join the club??, posted by sigismund on January 17, 2014, at 16:56:18
On the subject of the general ridiculousness of life, I laughed myself sick over this about Russia (Saltykov-Schedrin).
To begin with the Volga was kneaded with oat flower, then a calf was dragged to the bathhouse, then kasha was cooked in a bag, then the goat drowned in the malt-vat, then a pig was bought for a beaver, and a dog was killed for a wolf, then the best sandals went missing and were looked for in the courtyard: there were six sandals lost and seven were found; then a lobster was received with bell chiming, then a pike was driven away from the eggs, then a mosquito was chased for eight versts, but the mosquito was sitting on the Poshekhonet's nose, then a priest was traded for a dog, then the stockade was caulked with blinis, then a flea was put on a chain, then a demon was recruited as a soldier, then the sky was propped up with stakes, and, finally, they got tired and sat down to wait what would become of it all.
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