MASLENNICA, The Party
Part II

Ms. Beard, the lovely wife of the lovely Russian Program Director, and the lovely language assistant from Moscow State, Elena Ivanova, compare their recent dental work. Which do you think will be able to crunch the biggest ogurec? Well, tonight they will be able to put them to the test.
Angela eats the last blin
Karen Rockwell arrived just in time to see Angela eat the last blin. Don't rub it in, Angela! Can't you see how hard Karen is taking it?.
Kara tries to hide so Karen won't see that she still hasn't finished the next to the last blin. Came out of your state of deep contemplation, huh, Kara?
 Perlot acting bashful

THE 1,OOO WONDROUS EFFECTS OF RUSSIAN: EFFECT NO. 437
Ken forks without a fork
As a result of years of studying Russian, Ken would occasionally forget to pick up his fork on the way to his mouth. Oh, don't worry, Ken. It's a common enough occurrence. Does speaking Russian make those eyelids droop like that, too, Ken? Wondrous Effect No. 617.
Here's how you do it, Ken. Marina was the only party-goer to get her fork stuck in her tongue like this (Oy! Moy russkiy yazyk!!!). Don't worry, she finally wiggled it loose. Her friend finds this rather unusual but did not withdraw her application to Bucknell. Russians call it 'linguistic fun'. 





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