Radio Yerevan jokes
The Radio Yerevan jokes, also known as the Armenian Radio jokes, have been popular in the Soviet Union and other countries of the former Communist Eastern bloc since the second half of the 20th century. These jokes of the Q&A type pretended to come from the Question & Answer series of the Armenian Radio. A typical format of a joke was: "Radio Yerevan was asked," and "Radio Yerevan answered."
Examples of Radio Yerevan jokes include:
- Radio Yerevan was asked: "Is it true that the poet Mayakovsky committed suicide?"
- Radio Yerevan was asked: "It is true that there is freedom of speech in USSR, just like in the USA?"
- Radio Yerevan was asked: "How many people of Russian origin live in Finland?"
- Radio Yerevan was asked: "Comrades, will there be war?"
- Radio Yerevan was asked: "Could an atomic bomb destroy our beloved town, Yerevan, with its splendid buildings and beautiful gardens?"
- Radio Yerevan was asked: "Why did they establish a Ministry of the Navy in landlocked Armenia. Do you have a sea?"
- Radio Yerevan was asked: "What is the socialist friendship of nations?"
- Radio Yerevan was asked: "Is it correct that Grigori Grigorievich Grigoriev won a luxury car at the All-Union Championship in Moscow?"
- Radio Yerevan was asked: "When will life be better in the USSR?"
