{"id":70,"date":"2007-08-10T16:29:15","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T20:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=70"},"modified":"2007-08-10T16:29:15","modified_gmt":"2007-08-10T20:29:15","slug":"an-american-anecdote-for-russians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/an-american-anecdote-for-russians\/","title":{"rendered":"An American Anecdote for Russians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of corn fields in Wisconsin, some of them striped, dodging hills, others flat and monotonous.  In a very few of them an enterprising farmer has mapped out and reaped a large maze.  A maize maze.  You grab a pennant on a long wobbly pole, and enter the corn.  If it&#8217;s a good maze, it&#8217;ll have a few towers in it where you can climb up and see where you are from above.  If it&#8217;s a really good maze, you&#8217;ll actually get seriously lost.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m from Wisconsin, and this is more or less how I introduce my favorite joke to Russians.  Then I say, \u00ab\u0412\u044b \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0435, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043a\u0443\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0443\u0437\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043b\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0442 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0434\u0443\u0440\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0432?\u00bb<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n\u0413\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u044f\u0442, \u00ab\u041d\u0435\u0442, \u043d\u0435 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0435\u043c.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u041d\u0443&#8230; \u00ab\u041d\u0430\u0434\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0435\u0433\u043e \u0432 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0444\u0430\u0441\u043e\u043b\u044f.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u0418 \u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0443\u043c\u0430\u044e\u0442, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442.  \u0414\u0435\u043b\u043e \u0432 \u0442\u043e\u043c, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0444\u0430\u0441\u043e\u043b\u044f.  \u0412 \u0412\u0438\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0438\u043d\u0435, \u0435\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u043a\u0443\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0443\u0437\u043d\u043e\u0435, \u0442\u043e \u043e\u043d\u043e \u0441\u043e\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0435.  \u041a\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0447\u043d\u043e, \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0441\u043d\u044f\u044e, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0434\u0435\u043b\u043e \u0432 \u0442\u043e\u043c, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0441\u043e\u0435\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u0444\u0430\u0441\u043e\u043b\u044c \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0442 \u0434\u043e \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0435\u043d, \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0438\u0436\u0435.<\/p>\n<p>\u0410\u0430\u0430, \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u044f\u0442, \u0438 \u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d \u0434\u0430\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b, \u00ab\u0418\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u043e, \u043c\u044b \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0440\u0443\u0435\u043c\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0434 \u0438 \u044f\u0433\u043e\u0434\u044b.  \u0410 \u0442\u0430\u043c \u043a\u0443\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0443\u0437\u0430 \u0438 \u0441\u043e\u0435\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u0444\u0430\u0441\u043e\u043b\u044c.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u041c\u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0435\u0433\u043e \u0432\u044b\u0431\u043e\u0440 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430, &#8216;\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f&#8217;.  \u0415\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0432\u0435\u0449\u0438, \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b\u0435 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0447\u0430\u0435\u0448\u044c \u0432 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0435, \u043d\u043e \u0437\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u043a\u0430\u043a-\u0442\u043e \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0431\u044b\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0442.  \u041c\u0435\u0434, \u044f\u0433\u043e\u0434\u044b, \u0431\u0430\u0431\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0438, \u043b\u0435\u0441, \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0446, \u0432\u043e\u0434\u043a\u0430, \u0449\u0443\u043a\u0430, \u0441\u0442\u0435\u043f, \u0432\u0430\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435&#8230; \u0438 \u043a\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0435\u0449\u0435?  \u0418 \u0432 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0435, \u0443 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u043a\u0443\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0443\u0437\u0430, \u0433\u0430\u043c\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0440\u044b, \u043a\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0443\u0441\u044b.  \u0421\u043e\u043e\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u044e\u0449\u0435\u0435 \u044d\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u043e\u043a\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u043e\u0434\u0443\u0448\u0435\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0438 \u043a\u0443\u043b\u0442\u0443\u0440\u044b \u043f\u043e \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u043c\u0443.  \u041c\u044b \u043e\u0440\u0438\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0440\u0443\u0435\u043c\u0441\u044f \u043f\u043e \u044d\u0442\u0438\u043c \u043a\u0443\u043b\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0430\u043c, \u0438 \u044d\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0435\u0437\u0440\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0438 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e.  \u041f\u043e\u044d\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u044e \u044d\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0430\u043d\u0435\u043a\u0434\u043e\u0442.<\/p>\n<p>And for those of you what missed the joke, here it is in English:<\/p>\n<p>Do you know how to make a corn maze for idiots?<\/p>\n<p>You build it in a soybean field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of corn fields in Wisconsin, some of them striped, dodging hills, others flat and monotonous. 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