Funny Stories

[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 1,533]

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.

[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 69]

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 69]

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 1,533]

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!

[Buck and Natalia 0]

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.

My understanding and observation is that russian women usually fast dance together while the russian men "reserve" themselves for the slow dances with the women. The men will watch the women fast dance and, if they see one they like, they will ask her for a slow dance. Is that really the way it works? C'mon russian women (and men) .... we are waiting for you to tell us how it really is?

[Kotenochek 0]

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.

My understanding and observation is that russian women usually fast dance together while the russian men "reserve" themselves for the slow dances with the women. The men will watch the women fast dance and, if they see one they like, they will ask her for a slow dance. Is that really the way it works? C'mon russian women (and men) .... we are waiting for you to tell us how it really is?

Yes thats how it works.guys watching and then coming up..but again most of girls in Russia go to dance in club,not to hook up with men..I know sounds insane for americans.My husband did not believe me at start too.But thats true,i would go with my girls just to dance all night long till we fall over.and believe me or not without drinking alcohol at all.it helps to loose few pounds a night and relieve stress.

and normal girls never leave phone numbers and hook up at club,.guys there are nasty..i am talking again about Moscow..We used to go to the club fabriq.

[katya_and_besik 0]

Yes thats how it works.guys watching and then coming up..but again most of girls in Russia go to dance in club,not to hook up with men..I know sounds insane for americans.My husband did not believe me at start too.But thats true,i would go with my girls just to dance all night long till we fall over.and believe me or not without drinking alcohol at all.it helps to loose few pounds a night and relieve stress.

and normal girls never leave phone numbers and hook up at club,.guys there are nasty..i am talking again about Moscow..We used to go to the club fabriq.

We would let guys pay for our drinks, give them fake phone numbers and then escape... that was fun

Rule #1 Do not ever hope to meet a normal guy in a club, because all those beasts wanna do is f%$k you

Edited October 16, 2007 by katya_and_besik

[slim 1,533]

Basically, the roles in Russian night clubs are reversed from those here.

You could compare the semi-sober Russian male to the overweight, but yet, semi-attractive American female. "They all get prettier at closing time." (The Russian equivalent to this would be "well, he's sober enough for his equipment to still function.")

Since this is the "stories" thread, I'll share a story from Moscow that pertains to the issue at hand. Whilst drinking a few too many beers with some new friends in the park across from the Pushkinskaya McDonald's, my buddy and I were amazed when the guys in our group (about 6 of us) encouraged us to accompany them down to Red Square so they could show us the sites of their country. They had two pretty nice looking girls with them, and the girls wanted the two guys they were with to take them home. The guys said a few words to them, hailed them a cab, then sent them on their way and said "Come on, let's go!"

My buddy and I couldn't believe that these young men had just dismissed two young women that were obviously only interested in the one thing most American guys go to a night club for, casual sex. We were like "are you guys serious? You're going to go walking down the street, drinking beer and singing songs, with more DUDES as opposed to taking those girls home and doing nasty things with them?"

I will never forget their reply, and to this day I believe it sums up the current state of affairs for young attractive women in Russia. They said "those are just b!tches. We only just met them last night. Anyways, we will find more tonight!" My buddy and I were like "you mean you just let them go, knowing they were going to have sex with you guys.... you just told them you'd see them later?" And they said "Of course. And anyway, we never will see them later. There are so many more, those girls were nothing anyway. They were just $luts we met in a club. There are much hotter and better ones out there. You'll see when we take you guys with us to the club tonight."

And they were right. There were more.

Now I'm not going to say that's the way it is everywhere in Russia. But, I've known a lot of girls from a lot of different places in Russia and they've all told me pretty much the same story; "Russian men have better things to do than pay attention to the women." A (single) man with a decent job that stays sober most of the time and doesn't beat them up isn't exactly easy to find. They are out there, but there are way more gorgeous girls that stay sober and don't eat all the time.

Edited: For all those offended by the content or language of this post, I presented it as it happened for the sake of illustrating the reality of what I saw while in the presence of real people. If you're offended by reality, please don't partake in it.

Edited October 16, 2007 by slim