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Monday, November 15, 2021

Celebrating Lenin's centenary

 To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Lenin's birth, plants and factories all across the Soviet Union design commemorative goods to honor him:

  • A perfume named "Scent of Lenin"
  • A soap named "All over Lenin's places"
  • A cosmetic powder named "Lenin's ashes"
  • A bed for newly weds named "Lenin is always with us"
  • A laxative named "Lenin's testament"
  • A candy named "Lenin in chocolate"
  • A bra named "Lenin's hills"
  • A wine named "Lenin in Razliv"
  • A sausage named "Lenin's cut"
  • A cuckoo clock with a Lenin figurine that, on the hour, pops out and says, "What to do? What to do?"
  • A fountain named "Lenin's jet"
  • A windup doll of Lenin that, when wound up, hops one step forward and two back
  • A tourist guidebook called Lenin's Favorite Siberian Places, for people who like telling jokes about Lenin

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