This joke is probably one of the best which I ever read on relcom.humor (Russian newsgroup). Unfortunately i do not remember the name of the original poster. I took some freedom in translating it into English in order to make it more understandable to English-speaking auditory.
A line of Russian soldiers stands in front of a huge rectangular hole in the ground. Sergant commands:
- "Private Ivanov!"
- "Yes, sir."
- "Stand like this:"
O _|______ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-"Jump!!"
The soldier jumps into the hole. The sergant commands again:
- "Private Pyetrov!!"
- "Yes, sir!"
- "Stand like this:"
| | O \ -|-| | | | | \-\ | | | | | |-" Yes, sir!"
-" Jump!"
The soldier jumps and falls into the hole. The sergant commands again:
-" Private Sidorov!!"
-" Yes, sir!"
-" Stand like this:"
O |-|-| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-" Yes, sir!"
At this point a car with a colonel arrives to that place. Colonel, very angry, comes up to the sergant and tells him: "Comrad sergant, how many times do I have to tell you: STOP PLAYING TETRIS WITH THE SOLDIERS!!!!!!!!!"