# Wow, that was a near miss

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-near-miss/543486>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 16, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-near-miss/543486 "2010-06-16T23:37:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-near-miss/543486/21 "2010-06-17T21:17:57Z")

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> [@Teacake](#):
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> My dad (who had just retired from the army) fell through a manhole cover in Russia.
> 
> I’m sure there’s a perfect Dope-ish joke in that… I’ll leave it to your ingenuity!

_In Soviet Russia, manhole falls into YOU!!_

You didn’t say _funny_ joke, you said perfect Dope-ish. 😉

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**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-near-miss/543486/22 "2010-06-17T21:54:31Z")

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I must confess, that’s the exact joke I was expecting!😃

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-that-was-a-near-miss/543486/23 "2010-06-18T01:10:01Z")

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In Russia, jokes expect _you_.

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