Four people are travelling by train, in the same compartment. They share a few drinks, and start talking trash about the party and the government. One of them decides to play a joke on the others: he finds the car’s conductor and asks them to bring four cups of tea to the compartment at exactly eight o’clock.
Meanwhile, the others in the compartment continue to insult the authorities.
“Aren’t you afraid to criticize the party so openly?”, asks the first guy.
“Who will hear you here?”, responds one of the others.
“All compartments in the train are bugged, you know”, says the guy.
“Don’t bullshit us like that”
“You don’t believe me? Okay then. Comrade colonel, please send four cups of tea to the fifth compartment”, speaks the guy loudly.
A couple minutes later, the door opens, and the conductor brings in four cups of tea. The others in the compartment fall silent, and hurriedly go to sleep.
In the morning, the guy wakes up and discovers himself to be the only one in the compartment. When the conductor comes around, he asks: “Where have the others gone? They were supposed to be travelling further than me.”
“I don’t know about that”, responds the conductor, “But comrade colonel really liked your joke.”
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