It's just a quite popular joke in Russia.
Actually, in the Russian army such kind a "humor" really takes a place.
For example:
"dig a ditch from the fence till the dusk"
On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:18:42 +0300, Martin Harriss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Alexander Sychev wrote:
In the Russian army:
Sgt.: Who is a painter here?
Soldier: I'm the painter.
Sgt.: Well, take this axe and draw me a stack of firewood in the
morning.
That one sounds like it was written by Milligan.
Martin
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