The Humour of Eastern Europe

Under the oppressive regimes imposed by the occupying forces of the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1989, the inhabitants of the countries behind the former Iron Curtain turned to humour, as well as the occasional revolt. Here are some examples of that humour.

Dan Fizedean of Arad, Romania offers the following:

A communist, a capitalist and a socialist agreed to meet to discuss their different economic systems. The socialist was late and explained that he had been queuing for cheese. “What's a queue?” asked the capitalist. “What's cheese?” asked the communist.