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R.I.P. Boris Yeltsin

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You were always good for a laugh, and I'd say you were good for Russia in the long run but authoritarianism has returned to your country...
Nemo me impune lacessit

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Yeltsin was good, far better than the Putin will ever be.
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Hmm, what are those wooden Russian dolls called where they open up and there is a smaller one inside, then a smaller one inside that, and a smaller one inside that? My Russian friend gave me one of those where the biggest one was Yeltsin and inside him was another high ranking government guy, then another then another and so on down the ranks. This just reminded me of my little wooden Yeltsin.

Yeah, in the wider perspective of things he was good, still a crook, but perhaps a lesser crook than the current one. Poor Russia, communism sure screwed the hell out of you and recovery is a long process. Two steps forward, one step back.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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They're called nesting dolls, and I've always loved those. They're so cool. Never knew they had a Yeltsin nesting doll, though. Hehe.

But, anyway, R.I.P.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Matryoshka_Russian_politicians.jpg

Mine was something like this, though not as nicely painted as these and considerably smaller, with the largest one (Boris) being only four inches tall. Now that I see pictures of them, I realize I was wrong, it is not the ranks of the existing political powers, but the political powers throughout Russian history. It has been way back in the early days Yeltsin was in office since I have seen that thing, now in his honor I'd like to dig it out, but I haven't a clue where it is.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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what he died, that really sucks, i loved boris yeltsin, simply cause his name was so awesome.
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Interesting reason to love him, but you have to admit his name isn't as cool as Gorbachev!

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Or Stalin!

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Nah, I think Yeltsin sounds cooler than Stalin, although Stalin sounds cooler than Lenin. But none of them beat Gorbachev!

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.