Comments on: Atambayev, the info war and Bishkek grafitti http://registan.net/index.php/2007/04/11/bishkek-protests-atambayev-and-the-info-war/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:17:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: teo http://registan.net/index.php/2007/04/11/bishkek-protests-atambayev-and-the-info-war/comment-page-1/#comment-374266 teo Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:18:28 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/04/11/bishkek-protests-atambayev-and-the-info-war/#comment-374266 Actually, I hadn't heard the first joke and neither had anyone local I knew. At first read, it isn't very funny but I guess it grows on you. For non-Russian readers, here's a broad-brush translation : A plane crashes in the ocean. Only three survive - a French, a Russian and a Kyrgyz. They swim to an island, where it turns out Robinson Crusoe has led a precarious existence for 20 years now. Crusoe greets them and sez: "Listen, I don't have much to offer or share with you, but here are some tools. Eke out your own existence." A few weeks pass and Crusoe gets curious about how they're doing. He peers through the forest and sees the French man in a nice house surrounded by vineyards. Then he checks out the Russian, who's put in some potatoe patches. Finally, he spies on the Kyrgyz, who's got absolutely nothing. Crusoe doesn't understand what's going on. The Kyrgyz is on the bank, surrounded by tribesmen chanting : "Crusoe Ketsin! Cursoe Ketsin!" Actually, I hadn’t heard the first joke and neither had anyone local I knew. At first read, it isn’t very funny but I guess it grows on you. For non-Russian readers, here’s a broad-brush translation :
A plane crashes in the ocean. Only three survive – a French, a Russian and a Kyrgyz. They swim to an island, where it turns out Robinson Crusoe has led a precarious existence for 20 years now. Crusoe greets them and sez: “Listen, I don’t have much to offer or share with you, but here are some tools. Eke out your own existence.” A few weeks pass and Crusoe gets curious about how they’re doing. He peers through the forest and sees the French man in a nice house surrounded by vineyards. Then he checks out the Russian, who’s put in some potatoe patches. Finally, he spies on the Kyrgyz, who’s got absolutely nothing. Crusoe doesn’t understand what’s going on. The Kyrgyz is on the bank, surrounded by tribesmen chanting : “Crusoe Ketsin! Cursoe Ketsin!”

]]> By: Botir http://registan.net/index.php/2007/04/11/bishkek-protests-atambayev-and-the-info-war/comment-page-1/#comment-374262 Botir Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:00:07 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/04/11/bishkek-protests-atambayev-and-the-info-war/#comment-374262 ooopps...forgot to tell... it is the kyrghiz revolution online ooopps…forgot to tell… it is the kyrghiz revolution online

]]> By: Botir http://registan.net/index.php/2007/04/11/bishkek-protests-atambayev-and-the-info-war/comment-page-1/#comment-374261 Botir Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:58:53 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/04/11/bishkek-protests-atambayev-and-the-info-war/#comment-374261 FYI.. http://webcam.saimanet.kg/index2.html FYI..
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]]> By: Nathan http://registan.net/index.php/2007/04/11/bishkek-protests-atambayev-and-the-info-war/comment-page-1/#comment-374256 Nathan Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:56:11 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2007/04/11/bishkek-protests-atambayev-and-the-info-war/#comment-374256 Again, thanks for these updates. Have you seen <a href="http://azamatreport.blogspot.com/2007/04/47-jokes-about-kyrgyz-people.html" rel="nofollow">this joke</a> that is apparently making the rounds? Again, thanks for these updates.

Have you seen this joke that is apparently making the rounds?

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