Posted on 12/29/2014 7:13:56 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Remember when the ruble's biggest problem was that it was pornographic?
Such worries now seem enviable in a month that has seen the Russian currency plummet to historic lows of 80 rubles to the dollar, reeling from the one-two punch of low oil prices and Western sanctions.
Although the ruble has gained some strength since bottoming out, the battered currency remains the butt of many online jokes, as Russians cash in on one of their richest natural resources -- black humor:
Kremlin spin doctor Dmitry Kiselyov announces the news: "The price of the dollar continues to fluctuate. This proves what I've said all along -- that the dollar is the world's most unreliable currency."
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Everybody says you need to save your money in rubles. So that's what I did. I hid my money inside a big pile of rubles. There's no way anyone's going to look for it there.
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Where can I go hang out for 100 rubles? 1973.
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Just got done Skyping with a friend in Belarus. They gave their own ruble there but there has been a run on the banks and there are no dollars to be had. People drew them out and are hoarding them at home. We wired some Christmas money but when she goes to the bank they tell her they have no dollars, maybe January 15.
In Russia, Ruble devalues YOU!
Never carry your rubles in a wheelbarrow. Somebody may dump them out and steal the wheelbarrow.
That is like the Russian small business owner who put the very first ruble his new business had earned in a new picture frame behind his office desk. The next morning he returned to his office to find the picture frame gone with the ruble nailed to the wall.
Q: What are the currency rates nowadays?
A: One dollar is worth a pound of well dried rubles.
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