Comments on: Delightful old Soviet automobile ads are delightful http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923659 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923659 If you haven't , you can hear it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Xt-u6ptWA ..what were we supposed to do? If you haven’t , you can hear it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Xt-u6ptWA

..what were we supposed to do?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923661 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923661 PUT IT IN "H"!!! PUT IT IN “H”!!!

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923665 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923665 "The comrade's potato" made me spray my coffee this morning. Thanks, Xeni! “The comrade’s potato” made me spray my coffee this morning. Thanks, Xeni!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923679 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923679 Reminds me of that old soviet joke which I refound on the web: In Soviet Russia there was a farmer who managed to save enough money to purchase a car of his own. He made the journey to the local distributor of automobiles and waited his turn in queue. When he reached the counter the official told him, "Ok, you can come back to pick up your new car," the official ran his finger down a list, "you can pick up your car two years from tomorrow." The farmer asked, "Morning or afternoon?" The official replied, "What do you care, it's two years from now?" The farmer replied, "Well the plumber is coming in the afternoon." Reminds me of that old soviet joke which I refound on the web:

In Soviet Russia there was a farmer who managed to save enough money to purchase a car of his own. He made the journey to the local distributor of automobiles and waited his turn in queue.

When he reached the counter the official told him, “Ok, you can come back to pick up your new car,” the official ran his finger down a list, “you can pick up your car two years from tomorrow.”

The farmer asked, “Morning or afternoon?” The official replied, “What do you care, it’s two years from now?”

The farmer replied, “Well the plumber is coming in the afternoon.”

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923692 Jonathan Badger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923692 I don't know how it was in the USSR itself, but if the wait for Trabants in East Germany was any indication, the wait time for cars was measured in years, not months (the joke about the girls being toddlers that Stefan made was only a *slight* exaggeration) I don’t know how it was in the USSR itself, but if the wait for Trabants in East Germany was any indication, the wait time for cars was measured in years, not months (the joke about the girls being toddlers that Stefan made was only a *slight* exaggeration)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923486 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923486 Great photos, I love period advertisements, especially those that advertise strange products from foreign lands. That said, I do believe the "adjective noun is adjective" meme has officially been played out. You're going to have to wait two years for it to become retro-hip again. Great photos, I love period advertisements, especially those that advertise strange products from foreign lands.

That said, I do believe the “adjective noun is adjective” meme has officially been played out. You’re going to have to wait two years for it to become retro-hip again.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923488 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923488 Those women were adorable twin toddlers when their parents put their names on the list to order that car. Those women were adorable twin toddlers when their parents put their names on the list to order that car.

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923508 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923508 The <em>Top Gear</em> primer on Soviet automobiles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLW4tVGgz9o The Top Gear primer on Soviet automobiles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLW4tVGgz9o

]]> By: lipilee http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923513 lipilee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923513 oh, the sound of these "zaporozsec" cars (as we called them), nothing like it! oh wait, there is: petrol-powered lawnmowers. you had to wait several months to get one of these from the car dealership, that's consumer society socialist style :) oh, the sound of these “zaporozsec” cars (as we called them), nothing like it! oh wait, there is: petrol-powered lawnmowers.

you had to wait several months to get one of these from the car dealership, that’s consumer society socialist style :)

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923514 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923514 In America you drive car looking out front window with both hands on wheel. In Russia we drive car looking out of back window with no hands on wheel! WHAT A COUNTRY!!! In America you drive car looking out front window with both hands on wheel.
In Russia we drive car looking out of back window with no hands on wheel!

WHAT A COUNTRY!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923519 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923519 The ZAZ-968 Zaporozhets has an air-cooled V4 mounted in the rear. I think this shot is meant to be a visual gag on this fact? The ZAZ-968 Zaporozhets has an air-cooled V4 mounted in the rear. I think this shot is meant to be a visual gag on this fact?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923778 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923778 On the vintage ads note, I released a little app interface to vintage ad browser today (over 100,000 old ad pics): http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/app/ On the vintage ads note, I released a little app interface to vintage ad browser today (over 100,000 old ad pics):
http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/app/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923524 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923524 no Ladas? FAIL! no Ladas?

FAIL!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923533 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923533 Did you ever hear the song "Zazz Turned Blue?" Did you ever hear the song “Zazz Turned Blue?”

]]> By: Trent Hawkins http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923794 Trent Hawkins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923794 Probably has more to do with the fact that no one was in a rush to supply a bunch of former Nazis with the latest automobiles at the time. Probably has more to do with the fact that no one was in a rush to supply a bunch of former Nazis with the latest automobiles at the time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923544 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923544 wow...the girl in the aeroflot ad is quite the looker. so we get that, and a ride on the biggest airframe in the world? impressed! wow…the girl in the aeroflot ad is quite the looker. so we get that, and a ride on the biggest airframe in the world? impressed!

]]> By: Joe The Wizard http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923801 Joe The Wizard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923801 Put it in H! Put it in H!

]]> By: ackpht http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923552 ackpht Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923552 I'd love to fly in a Tu-114, too- but I'd bring earplugs. Supersonic propeller tips make lots of noise! The plane in the ad seems to be a Tu-124, though. I’d love to fly in a Tu-114, too- but I’d bring earplugs. Supersonic propeller tips make lots of noise!

The plane in the ad seems to be a Tu-124, though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923553 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923553 The one before last ad is indeed for a Russian car (Moskvitch 2140) but in Greek language. Title reads "Now the new Moskvitch 2140 leaves many european cars behind" The one before last ad is indeed for a Russian car (Moskvitch 2140) but in Greek language. Title reads “Now the new Moskvitch 2140 leaves many european cars behind”

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923577 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923577 <blockquote>The ZAZ-968 Zaporozhets has an air-cooled V4 mounted in the rear.</blockquote> I’d like to mount them in the rear! *rimshot* (literally) PS: What I initially wrote was a joke!

The ZAZ-968 Zaporozhets has an air-cooled V4 mounted in the rear.

I’d like to mount them in the rear! *rimshot* (literally)

PS: What I initially wrote was a joke!

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923616 oasisob1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923616 You mean to say that 'played out meme is played out'? I would love some hi-res scans for desktop pictures. Those would be horrorshow! You mean to say that ‘played out meme is played out’?

I would love some hi-res scans for desktop pictures. Those would be horrorshow!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923625 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923625 nice picture nice picture

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923631 gwailo_joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923631 Sure: so small. So weak. So (in retrospect) doomed to failure. But back in those days we made the biggest petrol-guzzlingest automobiles that have ever existed to prove our superiority: look around. . .we are (regressing?); certainly getting smaller as an automotive culture Don't laugh too loud: 50 years from now; your best vehicle ever will be comedic fodder for the masses. That being said; if you could roll today on first (or any) world streets in a pristine version of any one of these cars. . .you would be respected and admired by most if not all. Just because. It's like the snub nosed monkey of automotive history: ugly. unknown. not very adaptable. But lovable just the same. . . Sure: so small. So weak. So (in retrospect) doomed to failure. But back in those days we made the biggest petrol-guzzlingest automobiles that have ever existed to prove our superiority: look around. . .we are (regressing?); certainly getting smaller as an automotive culture

Don’t laugh too loud: 50 years from now; your best vehicle ever will be comedic fodder for the masses.

That being said; if you could roll today on first (or any) world streets in a pristine version of any one of these cars. . .you would be respected and admired by most if not all. Just because.

It’s like the snub nosed monkey of automotive history: ugly. unknown. not very adaptable.

But lovable just the same. . .

]]> By: Kerouac http://boingboing.net/2010/10/28/delightful-old-sovie.html#comment-923634 Kerouac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-923634 I wasn't sure if it was a car ad or a picture of a mail-order bride delivery wagon. Either way, I'll take two. I wasn’t sure if it was a car ad or a picture of a mail-order bride delivery wagon. Either way, I’ll take two.

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