A telegram was sent from Czeckoslovakia to the Kremlin with a request to help in setting up a naval ministry. The Kremlin was bewildered by this request as Czeckoslovakia was landlocked so why do they need a naval ministry. So the Kremlin asks the Czeckoslovians: Comrades, why do you need a naval ministry? You people don't have any seas or oceans bordering your country! The reply: Comrades, we need this ministry, after all you people have a ministry for culture!

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