From: glen mccready 
  To: Dead Beef <0xdeadbeef@substance.abuse.blackdown.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 17:52:15 -0400

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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 14:05:02 -0400
From: Keith Bostic <bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
To: /dev/null@python.bostic.com
Subject: JOTD

Forwarded-by: good@pixar.com (Craig Good))
Forwarded-by: lennon@silly.com (Michael Krakovskiy)
Forwarded-by: funny@clari.net.

This joke is probably on of the best which I ever read on relcom.humor
(Russian newsgroup).  Unfortunately I do not remember the name of the
original poster.  I took some freedom in translating it into English in
order to make it more understandable to English-speaking auditory.

A line of Russian soldiers stands in front of a huge rectangular hole
in the ground.

Sergant commands:- "Private Ivanov!"
		- "Yes, sir."
		- "Stand like this:"

			  O
			 _|______
			| |
			| |
			 | |
			 | |
			 | |

		- "Jump!!"

The soldier jumps into the hole.  The sergeant commands again:

		- "Private  Pyetrov!!"
		- "Yes, sir!"
		- "Stand like this:"

			|  
			|  O
			\ -|-|
			  | |
			  | |
			  \-\
			   | |
			   | |
			   | |

		- "Yes, sir!"
		- "Jump!"

The soldier jumps and falls into the hole.  The sergeant commands
again:
		- "Private Sidorov!!"
		- "Yes, sir!"
		_ "Stand like this:"

			     O
			   |-|-|
			   | | |
			   | | |
			    | |
			    | |
			    | |

		- "Yes, sir!"

At this point a car with a colonel arrives to that place.  Colonel,
very angry, comes up to the sergeant and tells him: "Comrade sergeant,
how many times do I have to tell you: STOP PLAYING TETRIS WITH THE
SOLDIERS!!