Leonid Brezhnev addresses local workers ^[[ ^This ^is ^an ^old ^Soviet ^joke. ^Brezhnev ^ruled ^from ^1964-1982, ^during ^which ^there ^were ^chronic ^shortages ^of ^everything ^]] Brezhnev begins his speech. *""Comrades, the State Planning Committee tells me that in a year, we'll run out of meat.""* *""We'll work 12 hours a day!"",* shouts a worker at the back. Brezhnev nods approvingly and continues, *""Comrades, the Committee tells me that in 6 months, we'll run out of flour.""* *""We'll work…

An older Russian joke, feel free to swap the leaders' names Leonid Brezhnev is visiting Jimmy Carter in Washington DC. Upon arriving in the oval office he is surprised by the luxury and asks: ""The Soviet people would love to know how can your government afford such niceties in the middle on an oil crisis."" Carter responds with ""Walk to the window with me. Do you see that bridge in the distance?"" ""Sure"" ""When we set out to build it, we had a budget of 100 million dollars. Through clever ma…

Leonid Brezhnev Soviet General Secretary