The departmental secretary is placing signs saying “Garbage” in different languages next to the trash cans and asked me to provide the Russian translation for the word “garbage.” I am sorely tempted to write “Putin” because the words are synonymous anyway.

18 responses to “Putin = Garbage”

  1. leahladygrey Avatar

    When I worked at a university languages department, my door had a variety of signs in different languages for “No smoking”, such as “Gracias Por No Fumar”, “Nie Palic”, “Défense de Fumer SVP”. I later found out that this was part of a passive aggressive attempt to get the secretary to quit her three pack a day habit. Which didn’t work, but it was a pretty cool decoration.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      People should know that guilt-tripping smokers into quitting is counterproductive. All it does is make them want to smoke more.

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      1. leahladygrey Avatar

        My first day on the job, the secretary told me that Jews controlled the World Bank and were responsible for every single war since the Sino-Japanese war, so I was actually hoping she’d keep smoking, until she croaked on the job. 🙂

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        1. Clarissa Avatar

          This is hilarious. 🙂 🙂

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        2. el Avatar
          el

          \ My first day on the job, the secretary told me that Jews controlled the World Bank and were responsible for every single war since the Sino-Japanese war

          Did she know you were Jewish? (Then or afterwards. )

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          1. leahladygrey Avatar

            She purposefully did that because I’m Jewish. It was her way of “humbling” me. I’m glad to be rid of that workplace.

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            1. Clarissa Avatar

              I hate such people. And when that starts being possible in a workplace, that’s time to leave. It’s good that you got out of there!

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  2. n8chz Avatar

    Just take this familiar logo, and replace “pitch in” with “put in”

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      WHAT???????????????? This has got to be some silly joke.

      I can’t believe this.

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      1. J. Otto Pohl Avatar

        No, it is appearing on multiple legitimate news sources in both Russian and English.

        http://www.rferl.org/content/nemtsov-death/26873635.html

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        1. Clarissa Avatar

          Yes, I just verified.

          WTF, WTF, WTF. I was never a huge fan but this is just insane. What is this, back to the 1990s?

          For those who don’t know: Nemtsov is a very high-profile politician and dissident in Russia.

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          1. Clarissa Avatar

            Thank you for telling me, Otto.

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            1. n8chz Avatar

              I clicked the RSS feed on the site posted by Otto. It seems a Ukrainian national has been taken in for questioning.

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              1. Clarissa Avatar

                See my new post that I just published.

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              2. Clarissa Avatar

                I see her photo 100 times a day but I still couldn’t help cryong when I saw this one. Thank you.

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