[laserbrain]

»A Soviet man is waiting in line to purchase vodka from a liquor store, but due to restrictions imposed by Gorbachev, the line is very long. The man loses his composure and screams, ›I can’t take this waiting in line anymore, I HATE Gorbachev, I am going to the Kremlin right now, and I am going to kill him!‹ After 40 minutes the man returns and elbows his way back to his place in line. The crowd begin to ask if he has succeeded in killing Gorbachev. ›No, I got to the Kremlin all right, but the line to kill Gorbachev was even longer than here!‹«

[insane_dreamer]

This is not a joke. I was in Russia during the Gorby era (and early Yeltsin) and people indeed hated Gorby for his attempt to crack-down on drunkenness by limiting the purchase of vodka.

[negus]

Have you heard about a single moment in time when people liked the leader of their country?

[seanw444]

Man, what people will do for alcohol.

[berkut]

That joke was told about many of the soviet leaders...

[dang]

I understand the activation but please let's keep internecine punctuation conflict off HN.