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Why did Russia give US secretary of state John Kerry potatoes?(ok Freepers, open for comments)
daily telegraph ^
| 5/13/15
| t parfit
Posted on 05/13/2015 6:18:20 AM PDT by bestintxas
Things are so frosty between Russia and the United States these days that the slightest sign of warmth catches the eye – even a gift of spring vegetables.
Pictures from Sochi, on Russia’s Black Sea coast, on Tuesday showed Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, presenting John Kerry with two baskets of potatoes and tomatoes.
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KEYWORDS: kerry
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To: JoeProBono
Caption: Что мудак! (What an a$$hole!)
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:41:44 AM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: bestintxas
Perhaps potatoes are the Russian eqivalent of a Christmas gift of coal
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:42:26 AM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: bestintxas
I hope it's some kind of Russian style insult.
Any Russian experts here who can tell what it could mean?
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:43:00 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: bestintxas
Russians can have a bizarre sense of humor, and potatoes are popular as a subject matter. However, divining which potato joke was directed at Kerry is not easy, which in its own right is part of the joke.
Guaranteed it would be an off color joke. Americans can be very prudish at times.
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:44:51 AM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
To: bestintxas
Don’t know why they gave them to him but they told him, “This spud’s for you!”
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:46:39 AM PDT
by
choirboy
To: bestintxas
Did anyone check those potatoes for listening devices? Probably not knowing these morons.
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:53:03 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
To: bestintxas
It’s a gift for Tuh-ray-za. A Bloody Mary kit.
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:54:05 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: MIchaelTArchangel
Daring to ask..... Why is that?
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:56:24 AM PDT
by
X-spurt
(CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
To: McGruff
Did anyone check those potatoes for listening devices? In Soviet Russia, gift unwraps you!
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:57:23 AM PDT
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet stays on the internet.)
To: bestintxas
Just a little nightshade...
...only not enough.
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posted on
05/13/2015 6:58:21 AM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
To: BenLurkin
To: bestintxas
Spuds are a key ingredient in the manufacture of Botox ... Lurch was overdue for treatment ... the Ruskies saw a need and met it.
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posted on
05/13/2015 7:21:59 AM PDT
by
Zakeet
(Obama: fail ... deny ... blame ... golf ... distract ... lie ... repeat)
To: bestintxas
Because, it could be said, we are headed for famine. Between droughts and bird flu and piglet flu...things don’t look the best for food production in the US.
To: Zakeet
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posted on
05/13/2015 7:26:37 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
To: bestintxas
maybe they were radioactive?
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posted on
05/13/2015 7:26:44 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: bestintxas
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posted on
05/13/2015 7:27:01 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: bestintxas
They look more stately than Kerry’s beat up face.
To: bestintxas
It was an insult.
Kerry is an Irish name. The Irish came to the U.S. because of the Potato Famine.
Kerry’s wife’s family made a lot of money off tomatoes.
The Russians just called him a poor, gold digger.
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posted on
05/13/2015 8:10:52 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: bestintxas
He should have given him a salted herring instead.
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posted on
05/13/2015 8:14:20 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: bestintxas
He’s just a spud boy, looking for a real tomato.
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posted on
05/13/2015 8:15:41 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
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