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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Surrendering for makhorka

 During the Winter War, Finnish troops along the front lines hear a Soviet commissar yelling with a megaphone "Surrender to us, and we'll give you some makhorka!"

One Finn grabs a megaphone and yells back "Surrender to us, and we'll give you a pack of real cigarettes!"

The commissar yells back "Join us, we have communism!"

The Finn replies "I bet you're lying about the makhorka, too!"

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