Short Story
Posted on February 27, 2008 - Filed Under Funny, Politics |
ONE evening, a Soviet joke relates, Stalin decided to see if he was as beloved as his cronies insisted, so went to a Moscow cinema in disguise. Sitting in the dark as the newsreels began, the tyrant was moved to tears as the audience stood—apparently unbidden—and wildly applauded his image on screen. His reverie was cut short when his neighbour leaned down and hissed: “Comrade, we all hate him too. But it’s safest to stand and clap.”
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