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{{wikipediainfo}} | {{wikipediainfo}}An issue of ''[[Pravda]]'' bore the nonsensical headline “'''''Gorbachev''' sings tractors: Turnip! Buttocks!''” and was one of the items accumulated in the closet of [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]]'s apartment in [[Universe (Parallax)|one universe]]. When she and [[Kim (Parallax Universe)|Kim]] went through the closet to sort its contents, they found it again and ultimately tossed it out. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cleaning Day (short story)|Cleaning Day]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:23, 2 April 2023
An issue of Pravda bore the nonsensical headline “Gorbachev sings tractors: Turnip! Buttocks!” and was one of the items accumulated in the closet of Jenny's apartment in one universe. When she and Kim went through the closet to sort its contents, they found it again and ultimately tossed it out. (PROSE: Cleaning Day)
Behind the scenes
This is a reference to the comic strip Bloom County. In one of its most famous jokes, precocious computer whiz Oliver Wendell Jones attempted to remotely bring an end to the Cold War by introducing onto the front page of Pravda the headline, “Gorbachev Urges Disarmament: Total! Unilateral!”, only for faulty machine translation to cause the headline to read, “Gorbachev Sings Tractors: Turnip! Buttocks!”.
