Funny Stories

[Satellite 1]

you might wanna change you signature from "Русский форум член" to "ЧЛЕН РУССКОГО ФОРУМА"

It is right grammatically, and also makes a great difference in meaning,

just like the word "member" in English, the word "член" has several meanings,

the context of your original signature suggests the *body part* meaning (but not the leg/arm kind of body part)

I gave him the same suggestion a few months ago. To see his reply go to:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...4&hl=member

[katya_and_besik 0]

you might wanna change you signature from "Русский форум член" to "ЧЛЕН РУССКОГО ФОРУМА"

It is right grammatically, and also makes a great difference in meaning,

just like the word "member" in English, the word "член" has several meanings,

the context of your original signature suggests the *body part* meaning (but not the leg/arm kind of body part)

I gave him the same suggestion a few months ago. To see his reply go to:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...4&hl=member

i'm kinda new here

if he wants to be a член, that's fine with me

[Igor&Elina 0]

I think we don't have cumin in Russia. We have zafron which is much better.

We do, it's тмин

Actually there are two similar seeds that are often confused.

Caraway seed or Persian cumin = тмин обыкновенный или просто тмин

Cumin or Cummin = Зира, индийский тмин, римский тмин, кумин

Due to the confusion of the two very similar seeds by a translator many European language cookbooks do not distinquish clearly between the two.

[Lyuba 0]

That's absolutely correct.

Тмин - wonderful little seeds that give Russian bread this delicious smell.

Кумин (зира) is added to плов and gives it this yellow color and spesific taste.

[slim 1,530]

Moxcamel the most beautiful women for you supposed to be women you going to marry:)

Oops, I think I made a mistake. What I meant to say is that she (the red-head) was an ugly wart-covered troll with buck teeth and hairy arms.

But you are right, my girl is the most beautiful woman in Russia. I'm a little worried that Putin may declare her a national treasure and not let her leave.

Didn't they try to ban the export of Russian ladies last year sometime? That crazy guy in the Duma, I forget his name, but he tried to ban all foreign marriages saying Russia's gene pool was depleting due to the large number of brides leaving for the U.S. and other foreign countries. Anyone else remember this crackpot?

Women like her are so fun. Not on the job, but later, and preferably after a few adult beverages!!!

hey

you might wanna change you signature from "Русский форум член" to "ЧЛЕН РУССКОГО ФОРУМА"

It is right grammatically, and also makes a great difference in meaning,

just like the word "member" in English, the word "член" has several meaings,

the context of your original signature suggests the *body part* meaning (but not the leg/arm kind of body part)

There's a method to my madness.

you might wanna change you signature from "Русский форум член" to "ЧЛЕН РУССКОГО ФОРУМА"

It is right grammatically, and also makes a great difference in meaning,

just like the word "member" in English, the word "член" has several meanings,

the context of your original signature suggests the *body part* meaning (but not the leg/arm kind of body part)

I gave him the same suggestion a few months ago. To see his reply go to:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...4&hl=member

Click on the link to view the method.

[mox 298]

Didn't they try to ban the export of Russian ladies last year sometime? That crazy guy in the Duma, I forget his name, but he tried to ban all foreign marriages saying Russia's gene pool was depleting due to the large number of brides leaving for the U.S. and other foreign countries. Anyone else remember this crackpot?

I remember that guy.

Gotta say though, Russian men aren't exactly helping their cause. Every time I went to a night club, the dance floor was always filled with about 90% women, 10% men. All of the other men were sitting at tables huddled around themselves, getting drunk and completely ignoring the women. The night Nadya and I went out on a double date with her roommate, the roommate's boyfriend absolutely would not dance with her. I really didn't understand that at all.

Also, completely off the topic of evil westerners depleting the Russian gene pool: what's the deal with wrapping luggage in cling wrap? Never saw that until I got to Russia. I thought it might be to keep the luggage from getting scuffed up, but I noticed people with pretty ragged luggage doing it too. Are they just mistrustful of baggage handlers?

[Satellite 1]

That crazy guy in the Duma, I forget his name, but he tried to ban all foreign marriages saying Russia's gene pool was depleting due to the large number of brides leaving for the U.S. and other foreign countries. Anyone else remember this crackpot?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Zhirinovsky

[Satellite 1]

http://pytheasonline.blogspot.com/2005_06_12_archive.html

His proposed law.

[NavarreMan 10]

http://pytheasonline.blogspot.com/2005_06_12_archive.html

His proposed law.

Oh brother!!!

Someone's been dabbling in the LSD again

[katya_and_besik 0]

That crazy guy in the Duma, I forget his name, but he tried to ban all foreign marriages saying Russia's gene pool was depleting due to the large number of brides leaving for the U.S. and other foreign countries. Anyone else remember this crackpot?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Zhirinovsky

he is not crazy, he is a COMMUNIST

LOL

Edited October 12, 2007 by katya_and_besik

[mendeleev 68]

That's absolutely correct.

Тмин - wonderful little seeds that give Russian bread this delicious smell.

Кумин (зира) is added to плов and gives it this yellow color and spesific taste.

Yeah. I knew all that at the time. The store had none of these spices. The store detective didn't take it very kindly when I asked him to help me find it, either. It was a rather bizarre, frightening, kafkaesque esperience to have at 5 am...

Not funny at the time, but pretty funny now.

[mendeleev 68]

Also, completely off the topic of evil westerners depleting the Russian gene pool: what's the deal with wrapping luggage in cling wrap? Never saw that until I got to Russia. I thought it might be to keep the luggage from getting scuffed up, but I noticed people with pretty ragged luggage doing it too. Are they just mistrustful of baggage handlers?

Wrapping bags in Russia is a 100% rational response to some of the most brutal baggage handling practices I've seen anywhere on the planet. Now, that said, things are improving at a some Russian airports. But this "safety first" habit will take a long time to break.

[katya_and_besik 0]

Also, completely off the topic of evil westerners depleting the Russian gene pool: what's the deal with wrapping luggage in cling wrap? Never saw that until I got to Russia. I thought it might be to keep the luggage from getting scuffed up, but I noticed people with pretty ragged luggage doing it too. Are they just mistrustful of baggage handlers?

Wrapping bags in Russia is a 100% rational response to some of the most brutal baggage handling practices I've seen anywhere on the planet. Now, that said, things are improving at a some Russian airports. But this "safety first" habit will take a long time to break.

Russians are not the only ones who do that. In Turkey, I have seen plenty of Germans with wrapped bags

Edited October 13, 2007 by katya_and_besik

[slim 1,530]

Gotta say though, Russian men aren't exactly helping their cause. Every time I went to a night club, the dance floor was always filled with about 90% women, 10% men. All of the other men were sitting at tables huddled around themselves, getting drunk and completely ignoring the women. The night Nadya and I went out on a double date with her roommate, the roommate's boyfriend absolutely would not dance with her. I really didn't understand that at all.

That's just simple supply and demand. Over there, it's the women going to night clubs "trolling" for men.

Also, completely off the topic of evil westerners depleting the Russian gene pool: what's the deal with wrapping luggage in cling wrap? Never saw that until I got to Russia. I thought it might be to keep the luggage from getting scuffed up, but I noticed people with pretty ragged luggage doing it too. Are they just mistrustful of baggage handlers?

Strictly from a customs/agricultural standpoint, it could also be to keep anything in as well. No bugs or diseases or the like could come out of your luggage if it's securely shrink-wrapped.

Another angle is there is a lot of snow in Russia and maybe over the years folks have learned that wrapping their bags up will keep them dry.

Who knows. Gotta ask the wife about this one when she gets home. One thing I noticed is that she'll put anything going into storage into plastic bags first, even if it's going into the closet or her dresser drawers or the pantry shelves. Somewhere that would stay clean and dry, she still wraps it up in a baggy. Luggage was the same way. All her clothes, shoes, books, etc., were in plastic bags, then packed into the suitcases, boxes, and larger plastic bags. Could it be becuase sometimes things in storage and transit in Russia tend to get pretty dusty and dirty, sometimes even wet?

I also found it very funny when we went to the market or a small kiosk or something in Russia if we wanted a plastic "paketa" to put something in there was always a charge for it. A nice bag with handles on it would run us the better part of $.50. Being in the plastic bag manufacturing business, I was surprised at the disparity between the value of a plastic bag in our country versus the value in Russia. We're inundated with them (even outlawed in some metropolitan areas) but overseas they're still worth something. Maybe because they're so good for storage!

[mox 298]

Gotta say though, Russian men aren't exactly helping their cause. Every time I went to a night club, the dance floor was always filled with about 90% women, 10% men. All of the other men were sitting at tables huddled around themselves, getting drunk and completely ignoring the women. The night Nadya and I went out on a double date with her roommate, the roommate's boyfriend absolutely would not dance with her. I really didn't understand that at all.

That's just simple supply and demand. Over there, it's the women going to night clubs "trolling" for men.

I didn't get that impression. By the end of the evening most men were too drunk to go home with anyone but their other buddies. Most of the women hung out with each other the entire evening.

On the other hand, the men who did get out and dance with the ladies received no end of attention, and I'm sure didn't leave the club alone.

Alcoholism was the most surprising part of my trip. Going in, I knew it was a problem. But I wasn't prepared to see it so blatantly out in the open. You'd see guys staggering down the street at 9:00 in the morning, or any other time of the day.

In fact, speaking of funny stories that involve alcohol: My lady works as a nurse. We were walking to dinner one night and one of her patients spotted her and started calling out her name. The guy was 3 sheets to the wind. As he staggered up to us, he looked like he was going to grab her. I started to pull her back, thinking I was going to have to get myself into an altercation. Then all of a sudden she started yelling at him, and it was a scary site to behold. I've never seen that kind of fury and wrath. The guy stopped dead in his tracks and just slunk away. Hell, it scared me and I wasn't even on the receiving end. And then just like that she was completely re-composed, and we went on to have a nice dinner. There are times when I think I have a tiger by the tail, and then there are times when I think I only wish it were a tiger.

Edited October 15, 2007 by moxcamel