Weird stuff in Russia (2)

- Attaching his belt in a taxi is perceived as an offense (as if the driver doesn't drive well)
- the fact that there are more control agents in museum than visitors
- Russian channels make their own version of US TV shows such as Married... with children and The Nanny
However they are real copies of the originals: same episodes, same scripts, same characters...
An article about this phenomenon found in the NYT website.
- there is a train which goes to the North Pole (in Murmansk) and it lasts 28 hours
- the urban legend about the opening of the bridges (when do they close ? 3 o'clock or 6 o'clock ? who knows ?)
- the fact that KFC is opened 24/7 (Mc Donald's closes between 4 and 7 a.m.)
- Russian blinis are just like French crêpes
- there is a clothing shop called OGGI and Russians are persuaded that is Italian-style but actually it's a local company
- when you order a hot chocolate in a café, you'll have melted tablet-chocolate in a mug

That's it for today.