[asofel]

A good friend of mine is Russian and would often tell me jokes sent to him by his mother. I soon learned that mothers-in-law were often the butt of many a good Russian joke. Someone here can surely save this thread with a good authentic joke?

just talked to that friend of mine. Here's an example of the common mother-in-law theme that americans aren't used to:

So this russian friend of mine was telling me Australia is a great country: 'there are beaches for the kids, shopping for the wife, and great whites for the mother-in-law.