Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 31.08.2023 01:01

 AK>> BTW, have you seen my messages about barrels of apples and
 AK>> Cinderella's ashes? ;-)

 AH> No, but they sound quite intriguing. Can you repost them?

Well, it started when I read a Russian humorous novel "The Little Golden Calf". The main hero of that novel (his name is Bender, a great swindler personification) had learnt that a certain man (Koreyko), who looked perfectly ordinary, was in reality a great swindler and surreptitious millionaire. Bender was penniless, and he decided to investigate the Koreyko's frauds and get a million roubles blackmailing him. At first Bender decided to upset the Koreyko's balance and make him nervous. And he sent him some telegrams, like this:

"LOAD ORANGES IN BARRELS"

It sounds confusing and crazy in Russian, and I have thought for a long time it is crazy in English too. But all of a sudden I heard on American TV like this:

"Bad apple spoils barrel".

Aha, I thought, now I know where they load apples in barrels, not baskets, and probably they load oranges in the same way, too. So, Bender probably knew some English. ;-)

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2023

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