who tried to bring this in here?

[asakiyume]

Some people have the gift of telling dreams so that, instead of a confusing mish-mash of incomprehensible (often even to them) signifiers, you instead get a well-turned, strange tale. sovay, for instance, can do this.

And so can Little Springtime--at least, she just did:

I dreamed we drove to Russia, and there were bears everywhere. We got to a train station, and there were bears there, too, and I said, "I'm sure glad we didn't bike." And then the customs people stopped us and one of them held up a potato and said, "Who tried to bring this in here?" And I said, "Are potatoes not indigenous to Russia?" And there were these magnificent fur coats, and I wanted to buy one, but I wasn't sure of the price conversion from rubles to dollars--like is a ruble half a dollar? Or twice a dollar? And so I tried to Google the conversion rate, but the results I got were totally unhelpful--like how many dollars to the pound, and how many pounds in a stone.

Don't try to smuggle potatoes into Russia
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Comments

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

I see these fine Russian cavalrymen are used to the weather: They know how to grin and bear it.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

You have to watch out, though, because if you defy customs, full force will be brought to bear against you.

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I hear the outcome is always dire and grizzly.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

And you had better not try to panda to their base instincts--these folks are incorruptible!

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Knowing these guys are on patrol and have the right to bear arms should give criminals paws.