Hypocrisy

Gemara states: “a kasha never killed anyone”. (“Kasha”, in this case, means a question or a logical paradox, not a cereal food from Eastern Europe. Because the latter has indeed killed people from time to time. Mostly by its bland taste, but sometimes through rat poison added by an angry wife. Anyway, back to the main point... By the way, be my guest to skip until the main point below.)

If grandmother had a beard...

... she would be a grandfather.

If Guy Ritchie was born in the Soviet Union, he would create a Sherlock Holmes like this:



If Soviet cartoonists were making a horror movie in Hollywood, they would make something like this:



I have to say, I prefer this version of the Soviet Sherlock Holmes trailer, with the original music:

A musical pause

Something Classical (I assume everyone knows Chopin):



Something classy (I assume everyone knows the tale of Bremen Musicians):



Something Russian (I assume most Americans don’t know Garik Sukachev):

The great trio

Excerpts from the cartoons based on the three books which were part of the green book that I would read while being sick (or when I just felt like reading it):

Number odin:

— I am a wolf. A wolf of a free tribe. My prey will be your prey.
— A brave heart. And a polite speech.

Number dva:

— Whom are we going to?
— You of course. … By the way, do you have anything to eat?
— I have another baloon.
— Maybe we will not go as guests to you. Because then I will be a guest, and you will not be one…

— Is anyone home?.. I said: “IS ANYONE HOME?”
—No there is not. And no need to yell. I heard well enough the first time.

“Congealed” — or “dense” — milk (consistency of caramel, but tastes better):



Number tri (my favorite of the three), with subtitles:

— Mom, when my brother grows old and dies, will I have to marry his wife?
— Why?..
— Well, I wear his old clothes, ride his bycicle…
— I promise you that I will rid you of his wife.
— Oh, that’s nice. Although, I have to say that I would much rather prefer a pet dog to a wife.

In retrospect, it is a bit creepy (the story, not marrying one’s sister-in-law). But then again, if I didn’t notice how creepy Brothers Grimm were, no wonder I was fine with this…

Aliens vs. French peasants

Did someone say extraterrestre? What? Here, have a tissue…

Scoop Volante from Pix'Elle on Vimeo.

On different responses

A response of a conservative and a liberal to what Obama is doing to the market:

Messed up we-know-better-than-you thinking

A perfect example of a messed up method of thinking representative of a certain political philosophy (click to enlarge):


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What’s a sign of a you-know-which political/economical philosopher? He thinks he knows better than a whole country of people what they really need.

“Who needs a new iPod? You need a new iPod? Are you kidding? No you don’t. What you really need is a big marble ball in the middle of a city and a park around it. To create which we will tax you, taking your iPod money away.”

In light of the current situation with climate

Bolero

Another example of Russian crazy cartoons:



Russian take on badminton, aerodynamics and metamorphosis (some past nisht images):



A story in the style of Chechov:

Lodgers of an Old House

In order to produce something like this in the US, one has to be on drugs or clinically depressed. And still, one won’t make it…

In Russia, stuff like this is in the air (or used to be):



I mean, what the hell is this?..



Or this…