From time to time, I do enjoy some political humor. Here is a sample.
"In the book Gulag Archipelago, author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn recounted how a fellow prisoner in the USSR labour camps told how he came to be arrested. At a local party conference, someone toasted Stalin and 'stormy applause, rising to an ovation', broke out. Even though the great leader was absent, it continued. 'But palms were getting sore and raised arms were already aching... However, who would dare be the first to stop?
'Then, after eleven minutes, the director of the paper factory assumed a business-like expression and sat down in his seat.' That same night, he was arrested."
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | A short history of long speeches:
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