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...body a second train ploughed into it. Peasants laid the wounded on a parallel track, a freight train ran over them. Those who were able to appreciate the grim humor of the situation recalled that the cobbler's name was similar to the Russian word meaning gay (Vyesioliy) that when Russians say "drunk as a cobbler" they mean very drunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Drunken Cobbler | 2/1/1932 | See Source »

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