postal workers with guns

[Kern Lunde]

Okay, Okay, I can't resist...  I'm not able to answer that question, but a
seemingly obvious linguistic question is screaming to be asked:  When the
inevitable happens, what will be the Russian equivalent for 'going postal'??

Kern Lunde
Bloomington, IN
----- Original Message -----
From: "lynne debenedette" <lynne_debenedette at BROWN.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 6:32 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] postal workers with guns


>A question related to the recent decision to issue certain of Russia's
> postal workers "sluzhebnoe oruzhie" in the form of 9 mm pistols, mace,
> etc.:
> Clearly one of the main reasons behind the decision is Russian pensions,
> which are vulnerable to theft. My question is really about the pensions
> themselves:  if you're a pensioner, what exactly comes in the mail?
> --
> Lynne deBenedette
> Sr. Lecturer in Russian
> Dept. of Slavic Languages
> Brown University
> Providence RI 02912
> email: lynne_debenedette at brown.edu
>
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