Why do Trabants have heated rear windows?
To keep your hands warm as you push it.
The "Soviet joke," or anekdot , was a common staple of life east of the Iron Curtain. It was common among all walks of life, from ...
A man goes into a Trabant dealership, goes up to the dealer, and asks, "Hello, do you have any Trabants with a two-tone paint job?"
"As a matter of fact, we do," the dealer replies. "It also comes with power steering, cruse control, adjustable power seats, heating, air conditioning, and a digital instrument panel."
"You're joking!" replies the man.
"Well, you started it!"
Why would a Trabant be stopped at an intersection with a green light?
There's some gum on its tires.
A man's driving his Trabant when his windshield wipers break. He pulls into a service shop, goes up to a mechanic, and asks "Wipers for a Trabi?"
The mechanic pauses for a moment and says, "Sure, seems like a good deal."
Yesterday in East Berlin, two Trabants collided with another.
There were fifty-two injured: two drivers, and fifty fighting over the parts.
How is a Trabant like a pregnant teenager?
They're both fifteen years old and the shame of the family.
A wealthy Arab sheik hears of the Trabant, a car so rare that people are willing to wait ten years to get ahold of one. He figures that it must be incredibly desired, and places an order for it.
The factory gets word of the order, and they're so excited that they make it a top priority. After only a month, the car is ready and it's shipped off to Arabia.
When it arrives, one of the sheik's aides goes to tell him the news. "Sire, you know the car you ordered? They already sent you a cardboard model of it!"