I have a serious (well kind of) bleg. Does anybody know if Dzerzhinsky’s Mauser was a C96 or a Model 1914? I came across it in a Soviet joke and it’s been bugging me.
A quartet of Russian violinists returns from an international competition. One of them was honored with the opportunity to play a Stradivarius violin, and cannot stop bragging about it. The violinist who came bottom grunts: “What’s so special about that?” The first one thinks for a minute: “Let me put it to you this way: just imagine that you were given the chance to fire a couple of shots from Dzerzhinsky’s Mauser…”
February 20th, 2014 at 9:33 pm
Well crap. I just got a lead on a Broomhandle I was planning on doing that to. Someone beat me to it :(.
February 21st, 2014 at 7:59 am
Aww man, Greedo’s gonna get it now!
February 21st, 2014 at 12:41 pm
I have a serious (well kind of) bleg. Does anybody know if Dzerzhinsky’s Mauser was a C96 or a Model 1914? I came across it in a Soviet joke and it’s been bugging me.
February 21st, 2014 at 4:12 pm
Inquiring minds now want to hear the joke, please.
February 21st, 2014 at 9:16 pm
A quartet of Russian violinists returns from an international competition. One of them was honored with the opportunity to play a Stradivarius violin, and cannot stop bragging about it. The violinist who came bottom grunts: “What’s so special about that?” The first one thinks for a minute: “Let me put it to you this way: just imagine that you were given the chance to fire a couple of shots from Dzerzhinsky’s Mauser…”