In a parallel universe, I've been laughing so much I just crashed my Trabant into a tractor factory. On Der Spiegel's site (mit Englische translation), they're running a story on Communist-era East German humour... as eavesdropped on by West German spies during the cold war.
How about this for Best East German Joke You'll Read Today?
"What would happen if the desert became communist? Nothing for a while, and then there would be a sand shortage."
Hilarious. And how about this for Best Sentence You'll Read Online Today:
The joke report was by far the most popular service the spies provided. "It was our biggest hit," recalls former BND spy Dieter Gandersheim, whose real name is of course quite different.