Old Russian Joke as told by one of my college professors who was Russian. Had a professor in college who was one of Gorbachev's and later one of 21 economic advisers under Yeltsin. He used to tell us these sort or stale Russian jokes that I always got a kick out of. Here is one of them: Jimmy Carter and Brezhnev were having a deep philosophical discussion comparing the freedoms of the west to the iron clad fist rule of Russian Communism. Jimmy Carter said ""you know, in our country we have prote…

How to sell toothbrushes Monday at school, the teacher lined up all the students and had them present their weekend homework: their assignment was to sell something and give a presentation on effective salesmanship. Sally was up first. ""I sold Girl Scout cookies and I made $30. My sales approach was to appeal to people's sense of civic duty and I credit that for my success."" ""Very good, Sally,"" said the teacher. ""Next?"" Jenny went next. ""I sold magazines and I made $45,"" she said. ""My a…

Teacher asks, ""If you could be president for 48 hours, how many of you would be able to sleep?"" One student raised his hand. The teacher addressed the student, ""You think you would be able to sleep through that responsibility?"" The student responded, ""I would be sleeping. With ever girl ever.""

The American Dream A teacher asks his students what there American Dream is. One kid says I want to be the president Another said I want a big happy family Then, the teacher asks the German exchange student if they had that sort of thing in his country and he replies; ""We had one but no one liked it.""