Russian

The year is 1976 in Moscow.
Boris the out-of-work worker goes into the Moscow
Vodka Factory in Russia and says....""Please give
me a job.""
""Sign here comrade,"" says the manager.
""I-m illiterate,"" says Boris.
""Get out of here! No job,"" snarls the manager.

The year is 2001 in New York.
Boris the Russian-American building inspector goes
into a New York jeweler-s and pays cash for a
20,000 necklace for his girlfriend. ""You could have
written a check for this purchase sir,"" says the
clerk.
Boris thinks to himself ""If I could write, I
would be working in a Moscow Vodka Factory.""