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   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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