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    Cherith CutestoryMarina Galperina
    4/13/16 1:17pm

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen Lenin in color before. Is it me or does he look like Hamilton Nolan?

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      corey3rdCherith Cutestory
      4/13/16 1:19pm

      Put a tiny hat on his head and you could just prop him up at any bar in Brooklyn as a regular.

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      JeususMessiahComplexCherith Cutestory
      4/13/16 1:21pm

      Or Bernie Sanders

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    Quasar FunkMarina Galperina
    4/13/16 1:20pm

    Between the 1950's and the 1980's, a team of 200 biochemists, surgeons, anatomists, and researchers worked on preserving “the look, feel and flexibility of Lenin’s body.”

    Um...isn’t just “the look” enough?

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      VtDkDudeQuasar Funk
      4/13/16 1:23pm

      Go big or go home.

      Totally had the same thought. Like do people pinch his cheek or something? And doesn’t he smell. He must smell.

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      Syphilitic Scalia SaysQuasar Funk
      4/13/16 1:25pm

      It takes a lot of work for the Russian version of “Weekend At Bernies’”

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    Cam/ronMarina Galperina
    4/13/16 1:18pm
    GIF
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      DougQ8Cam/ron
      4/13/16 1:25pm

      This is all I think of whenever I see pictures of Lenin in his tomb

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      Ed SpockCam/ron
      4/13/16 2:47pm

      I’m just glad the Russian government stopped stalin on this issue and decided to get something done.

      Enjoy the buffet.

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    MontoviroMarina Galperina
    4/13/16 3:11pm

    For your consideration, ladies and gentlemen: the red commie version of Theseus’ paradox.

    When all the deteriorated bits of Lenin’s body have been replaced, will it still be Lenin’s body?

    Discuss.

    (Sidebar for Deadspinners: What’s the over-under for the year by which all the original bits of Lenin will have disappeared?)

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      Shablam Two Tokyo DriftMontoviro
      4/13/16 5:10pm

      I can't imagine there's any reason to replace the bones. So, he'll have that going for him in a "preserved Catholic saints" kind of way.

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      2016Shablam Two Tokyo Drift
      4/13/16 9:07pm

      A preserved atheist. That’s priceless.

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    Fabian KnockwurstMarina Galperina
    4/13/16 1:21pm

    On a taxi ride a few years back i was assured: “Теперь, Он полностью воска.” (Apologies for my sorry translation: ‘now he’s entirely (made of) wax’) So, at least a few folks believe nothing remains but happy memories and an (entirely wax) Madam Tussaud special.

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      nachotacoFabian Knockwurst
      4/13/16 1:32pm

      There’s a “in Mother Russia” joke in there somewhere.

      But seriously, nearly $200K a year, and I bet he’s BEEN made of wax for 30+ years, and they’ve just rigged the system to keep getting paid for “keeping him up,” but hell, that’s de rigueur for Russia.

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      ARealCadFabian Knockwurst
      4/13/16 2:39pm

      Back in the good old days of the Workers Paradise Lennin shared his space with Uncle Joe Stalin. I think Khrushchev pulled him out in 1964. And the Chinese were so in awe of Soviet ingenuity that they asked them to embalm Mao who was on display for a while. Not sure when The Great Helmsman was boxed up. It might of been before 1980.

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    butcherbakertoiletrymakerMarina Galperina
    4/13/16 1:29pm

    All the breath has leaked outta ya.

    When your friends gather ‘round the bed and say,

    “mm, mm, mm, don’t he look natural?”

    When that happens to you daddy,

    Jack, you’re dead.

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      Toddler Meat Hunterbutcherbakertoiletrymaker
      4/13/16 4:38pm

      Are you quoting something here? I like it

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      Zaz Zuh ZayToddler Meat Hunter
      4/13/16 5:38pm

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    Sean BrodyMarina Galperina
    4/13/16 1:09pm

    ....

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      toothpetardSean Brody
      4/13/16 1:10pm

      nitrates.

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      Rasantoothpetard
      4/13/16 2:21pm

      Nitrites. A nice amyl dip would keep him fresh and provide big loads of fun for tourists.

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    Sluicer's ghostMarina Galperina
    4/13/16 1:29pm

    Put in a wax replacement, burn the "corpse" in a vodka fuelled fire. Problem solved!

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      PeeEssAySluicer's ghost
      4/13/16 1:32pm

      They should just let him rot away so they can start selling Lenin relics to fund the government.

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      2016PeeEssAy
      4/13/16 9:08pm

      Relics of communism? Or of atheism?

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    JewLawJDMarina Galperina
    4/13/16 1:32pm

    I've seen it in person. Looks like a fake. If it is him, he was a short dude.

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      GeorgeGeoffersonLivesJewLawJD
      4/13/16 1:34pm

      Everybody was a short dude in Russia at the time. lol Hell, I think Stalin was actually 5'4" and wore heels to make him look taller.

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      Ole Slew FootGeorgeGeoffersonLives
      4/13/16 1:52pm

      Were they Cuban heals?

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    GeorgeGeoffersonLivesMarina Galperina
    4/13/16 1:23pm

    Wouldn’t it be funny if the government switched his body out for a wax figure years ago and they are just keeping up a ruse? lol

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      BosoxBobGeorgeGeoffersonLives
      4/13/16 1:35pm

      Something tells me that the 13 million rubles are going towards preserving "the look, feel and flexibility" of Putin's body instead.

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      LongtimelurkerfirsttimecommenterGeorgeGeoffersonLives
      4/13/16 1:42pm

      Having seen the actual one in 1988, I would say he looked like a candle back then. A friend of mine joked that all he needed was a wick coming out of his head. (Far away from the mausoleum, though, those guards were no joke.)

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