it was part of prison system, that slogan was hanging in the prisons (geared mostly towards criminal ones, the political ones did not buy that $hit), meaning that the hard labor will set your mind (and body!!! hahaha) free (from the prison)... this mentality was present not only in Russia (see chain gangs in the other countries)... supposedly, Arizona still has it... anyone from AZ who can confirm/deny?

here is a joke in russian -

Экскурсия по аду. Видят, в двух котлах варятся грешники. Около одного котла — ватага чертей с вилами, а около другого — никого. — Почему вы все у одного котла? — Да тут евреи варятся. Стоит на секунду отойти, как они все собираются, подсаживают друг друга, один вылезет — других вытаскивает. Если их не сторожить — все разбегутся! — А почему тогда второй котел не охраняете? — Там варятся русские. Отличные ребята! Если один пробует удрать, другие его назад тащат: «Ты чё, лучше других быть хочешь?!»

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tourists are visiting the hell and see two big pots with boiling water hanging over fire pits with sinners inside... one pot has bunch of devil assistants around it, with pitchforks and the other pot has none... Naturally, a question, Why all of you are at the one pot and none at the other?
oh, that is because this pot has bunch of Jews (russian jokes a lot of times are antisemitic, but not this one), and once we turn our backs to the pot, they jump one on the edge of pot and he helps the rest out...

What about the other pot?
oh, that one has Russians, they are good boys... as soon as one of them tries to escape, the other ones drag him back - "you are not better than the rest of us!! stay back!!!"

Ahahaha, russians lol
that's russian humour.

How do you say "In Before The Lock" in Russian?

:p:

Ha I was thinking same thing.

here we go...

in before the lock - кто успел, тот и съел (кто не успел, тот опоздал)

as a matter of fact, the thread really has gone off on a tangent... lol... we are not talking about the snow performance, nor chewing Alex for the seat belt anymore... went on talking about the russian mentality... no fun... lol...

so, locking it will make sense...

What's wrong with wearing Adidas outside the gym if i feel comfortable in it ? :D

How does it compare to all of american wear their pajamas outside their bedroom ? :stickpoke I didn't meet a lot of people in supermarkets in any of the other parts of the world i visited :D

I am sure if i saw someone with curlers on the head or PJs in tokyo or in geneva - I would have said, look, this gotta be an american...

when I see someone wearing Adi, not wearing a seatbelt and passing the traffic jam on the shoulder with a blinker, pretending to get ready to take an exit (next exit in 4 miles) - I say, look it is a russian... :rofl:... oh, and the best part is, when somebody pulls to the shoulder in an attempt to cut him off - now it your turn to guess, who that might be!!!...:nanana:

A new yorker???

It is terrible when NYers and Russians are same person. Shit is that me? No, I haven't worn Adidas in over 10 years. Where do you even buy it these days? All this talk makes me want a pair of them socks.