Beer And Perestroika
A Russian walks into a bar and orders a beer.
- That will be one ruble - says the bartender.
- One ruble! - the customer protests
- last week it was only fifty kopeks!
- Well - replies the bartender
- it's fifty kopeks for the beer and fifty kopecs for the perestroika.
Reluctantly, the customer gives the bartender a ruble, and is surprised when the bartender gives him back fifty kopecs and says:
- We are out of beer.