"No drinking goes on at my establishment..."

[Cobra]

Hi guys,

I can't remember if I've shared this one before, but it's been lying about my hard drive for months. In the original e-mail that it came in, it gives the story behind the movie. Read it before clicking on the link, as it will make a lot more sense.

There was a notorious Russian mining pit where there had been a lot of accidents, and many injuries. There had been rumours going around that there was a lot of drinking going on in this pit, leading to all the trouble. A news crew turned up to interview one of the guys in charge of the pit, who was busily denying that there is any drinking whatsoever going on there...

https://www.videohelp.com/~cobra/nadrbany-kolega.mpg

Cobra

[thecoalman]

ROFL

[canadateck]

That is F***ing Funny.....

[canadateck]

Cobra, Thanks for that. best laugh I had all week..

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

Now I know where all the missing pub members are!!!. Stucked in a mine in Russia!

[Bodyslide]

That was Funny...Thanks for the laugh

[Xylob the Destroyer]

from the look on his face (not to mention the mud...), I would surmise that dude was drinking straight fuckin' turpentine!

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

Or absynth

[Cobra]

Whatever he had, it was strong. I think it's the hand coming in and dragging him off the shot that's the icing on the cake.

[JSB1]

Hi guys,

I can't remember if I've shared this one before, but it's been lying about my hard drive for months. In the original e-mail that it came in, it gives the story behind the movie. Read it before clicking on the link, as it will make a lot more sense.

There was a notorious Russian mining pit where there had been a lot of accidents, and many injuries. There had been rumours going around that there was a lot of drinking going on in this pit, leading to all the trouble. A news crew turned up to interview one of the guys in charge of the pit, who was busily denying that there is any drinking whatsoever going on there...

https://www.videohelp.com/~cobra/nadrbany-kolega.mpg

Cobra

That story/video is a classic!

But I sent the story/video to my friend that spend several years in Russia (now lives in China).

Yes, this is Russian language, and Russians have a reputation for drinking and denying facts that can be readily demonstrated. This reputation is well deserved, I might add. However, that's not quite what's going on in this interview. Here's the translation:

Worker: Last time we got paid was March 6, for...for the month of November.
Reporter: And when did you go on strike?
Worker: Last month, November 17.
Reporter: So you've worked almost a whole year without getting paid?
Worker: Yeah.
Reporter: Why did you seek this present course of action?
Worker: Because they don't pay us! Same thing all the time--
Reporter: Do you think it will help?
Worker: I don't know. We hope so.

As you can see, there's nothing in the dialogue about accidents, drinking, or even that this is a mining operation, but I don't think that makes the video any less funny. Whoever posted the background story obviously could not understand Russian. He might consider writing for MXC, though.

-Chip

JSB

PS I have no idea what MXC is....

[BJ_M]

thats funny - snopes urban myths must of copied your friends translation back in july



http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/miners.asp