@Steve and Platapus:
. Thanks, my collection of Soviet jokes just improved. I wonder if I can use these in my thesis somehow...
Anyway...
Three men are in an art gallery. One of them is from France, another from Britain and the third one from the Soviet Union. They admire a painting depicting Biblical view of Adam and Eve in the paradise.
"Look at how elegant and sophisticated they are", says the Briton. "I'm sure they were British! Only a Briton can have such majesty!"
"No no no", the Frenchman objects. "Look how beautiful they are! Everyone knows that the French are the most beutiful and stylish people in the world, so they obviously must be French!"
"You're both wrong", the Soviet man snorts. "They have no clothes and no homes to live in. They grow apples but are not allowed to eat them. And all they while they are being told by a higher authority that they are living in a paradise. They must be from the Soviet Union."