Russian Travel Restrictions

[Andrew Jameson]

Here is another version.
I like it because it is genuinely funny, and can be
understood by students learning Russian in the
first week of the course.

V Germanii, chto mozhno, to mozhno; a chto nel'zya, to nel'zya
V Amerike, chto mozhno, to mozhno; a chto nel'zya, to tozhe mozhno
V Rossii, chto nel'zya, to nel'zya; a chto mozhno, to tozhe nel'zya..

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> From: Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu>
> To: SEELANGS at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: Re: Russian Travel Restrictions
> Date: 21 April 1998 18:24
>
> >> Na to i suchestvujut pravila, chtoby ix narushat'
> >> Inache neinteresno zhit'.
> >
> >Tam u vas, da. No nie zdies'.
>
> Na pamjat' prishel starinnyj anekdot:
>
> Vo Francii mozhno vse, dazhe to, chto nel'zja.
> V Anglii mozhno vse, krome togo, chto nel'ja.
> V Gemanii nel'zja nichego, krome togo chto mozhno.
> A v Rossii nel'zja nichego, dazhe to chto mozhno.
>
> (A uzh kak vse ljubjat "ne pushchat' i ne razreshat'"!)