St Paul MN… are they heading for a hot Juicy Lucy (it’s a hamburger, you dirty-minded pervert)?
******
Bismarck ND… “40 Below Keeps the Riff -Raff Out”… actual bumper sticker that I saw in Bismarck many moons ago… betcha they’re still on sale!
******
Minneapolis MN… no, it ain’t Nome AK… betcha it was warmer in Nome!
******
Coloma WI… “It’s not winter yet! It ain’t comin’ until 21 December?” “Waddaya want… go complain to God… now, get back to work!”
******
Duluth MN… I always thought that you called somebody’s brother-in-law, who always had jumper cables…
______________________________
Brrr… bring out the woolies, snuggies, and long johns! Temps in the Midwestern USA were about 19 degrees (40 degrees F) below normal… now, that’s COLD. All aboard for the “Siberian Express“… via Calgary, Nome, Unalaska, and Cape Anadyr! Don’t forget the jug and don’t forget your mittens…
BMD
1 December 2013. Sergei Yolkin’s World. Events of the Week in Cartoons by Sergei Yolkin: 11-15 November 2013
Tags: cartoons, editorial cartoons, Interior ministry, meteorological observations, Meteorology, Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia), Moscow, MVD, police, Police of Russia, political commentary, politics, Russia, Russian, Russian winter, Sergei Polonsky, Sergei Yolkin, Snow, weather, weather in Moscow, Weather Phenomena, weather phenomenon, winter
Events of the Week in Cartoons by Sergei Yolkin: 11-15 November 2013
Sergei Yolkin
2013
******
In the original Russian text of the cartoon, Yolkin uses the word Милиции (Militsii: literally, “Militia”), the old name for the cops (now, they’re called полиция: politsiya). The former term remains in widespread colloquial use, so, I rendered it as “Cops”, the nearest English analogue.
BMD
______________________________
Sergei Yolkin considers the themes of the week just past… the first snow, the capture of businessman Sergei Polonsky, and MVD Staff Day.
15 November 2013
Sergei Yolkin
RIA-Novosti
http://ria.ru/caricature/20131115/977148577.html