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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Two Red Army soldiers enforcing curfew

 Two Red Army soldiers are standing guard on a street, with the order to shoot anyone who's out past curfew.

They notice a man walking on the other side of the street. One of the guards raises his rifle and shoots the man immediately.

The other asks, "Why the hell did you do that? Curfew doesn't start for five more minutes!"

The soldier replies, "I know he lives ten minutes away, he wouldn't have made it home in time!"

Variants often change the time until curfew, or the relationship between the soldier and the victim.

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