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Let me say this about that.

The LMSTAT blog has only been published for a couple of months, but it only took a couple of days before we started getting responses from other countries.  Germany, Switzerland, Greece, a few Arabic countries, and Russia – especially Russia. 

You don’t see most of these responses, either because they are sent to me by e-mail (rather than as responses in the “Click Here To Leave Comment” section at the bottom of each post) or, they are set aside as possible ‘spam’ by my software.  This software is very wary of international responses.

Anyway, I wanted to share some of these with you – indirectly – without fear of spreading some potentially lethal Soviet Spyware to the LMSTAT readership.  Let me start off first by saying that…    there are some really weird ducks living in Russia.  I don’t know if some of their comments are a byproduct of their national obsession with drinking vodka, or that mental health is optional in the Russian national medical care program. 

Comments from the Russians started with the blog about Dale Earnhardt, Jr.  This surprised me because a) NASCAR isn’t real big in Russia and b) neither are cars.  But that didn’t seem to deter them from commenting. Let me give you an example.

Vladimir:  “Earnhardt gooder than camel dung.  Shambo stink !!”

What?  I realize that there may be a bit of a language barrier here, but exactly what is Vladimir trying to tell me?  If you read the Earnhardt piece, you know that I am no fan.  But do I agree or disagree that the man is “gooder than camel dung”?  I would have to say……… “YES”.

The next batch of Russian comments came with the blog on pharmaceuticals.  This was the first of a number of responses from Russian women.  One of the best ones came from a slightly confused Tatiana.

Tatiana:  “Spanking monkeys illegal under old Soviet system, but OK now.  You will interesting in learn I am spanking monkeys until Grandmother make stew.”

I have studied this response from every angle and decided that it was impossible to decipher while sober.  I figured if I had a couple shots of vodka, it might put me on a level playing field with sweet Tatiana.  Even though it was only 9:00am in the morning, I had a couple of belts and re-read her comment…….nothing.

‘The world’s toughest jobs” post generated a batch of Russian commentary as well as the one titled “Butt Quacks“.  I figured “Butt Quacks” would be popular because of the accompanying photo of the perfect posterior of Jennifer Lopez.  My favorite was a comment left by a guy named Dmitriy.

Dmitriy:  “Dmitriy butt quack master.  Have own style, unknown America.  First hold down mule with stick, then yell louder ‘go away!!’  Work every time.”

Oh lord.

It’s beginning to dawn on me why the Cold War went on as long as it did. 

And, that’s all I have to say about that.

Shambo