A conversation I had a couple of weeks ago with a young Russian dancer about gas lines and rationing in NYC following the storm:
Me: Yesterday I waited on line an hour and a half for gas, and now they've started gas rationing.
Her: Rationing? What do you mean?
Me: The City says only some people can buy gas on certain days. And there's long lines at the gas stations.
Her: Wow, that's crazy!
Me: What do mean that's crazy. You people invented the idea.
Her: Huh?
Me: You know, like back in the old days, Soviet Union, bread lines and all that.
Her: Oh yeah . . . so you stole our idea!
I guess that classic Cold War Russian attitude toward Americans lives on!
Me: Yesterday I waited on line an hour and a half for gas, and now they've started gas rationing.
Her: Rationing? What do you mean?
Me: The City says only some people can buy gas on certain days. And there's long lines at the gas stations.
Her: Wow, that's crazy!
Me: What do mean that's crazy. You people invented the idea.
Her: Huh?
Me: You know, like back in the old days, Soviet Union, bread lines and all that.
Her: Oh yeah . . . so you stole our idea!
I guess that classic Cold War Russian attitude toward Americans lives on!