200 years ago, in 1817, Odessa gained the status of a free port. The famous "pearl by the sea" is an original city, unlike any other in the world. This can be seen by looking at the old photos of Odessa citizens and city buildings, and also reading local - typically Odessa - jokes and anecdotes.
Is it true that Odessa always answers with a question to a question?
"Who told you that ?!"
"Oh, your Abramchik is a pouring daddy!"
- It's not scary, I would be healthy!
On the market.
"How much does this horse cost?"
"But it's a chicken, madam." S.
- I'm looking at the price.
Odessa Opera House
The singer comes to the Odessa Opera House.
- Tell me, where is your sofa, where you check the votes?
"Sarochka, what about Sho's birthday present?"
"Oh, Fima, they even give her a fur coat for the holiday."
- If the Odessa child goes without a violin, then he plays the piano
At the Odessa customs.
"What are you taking, citizen Rabinovich?" Arms, drugs there?
- Now I'll look, it's just that my mother collected the suitcase ...
In the Odessa tram:
- Girl, give the conductor a ticket!
- So he goes for free!
In Odessa, on cigarette packs it is written: "Mom will find out - kill"
Odessa, Bazaar:
"I would not have bought this coat for half the price." Look - the fur is climbing!
"Madam, for that price in a couple of years you will have an excellent leather coat!"
Odessa. Bringing.
"Madame, buy live crayfish!"
"Oh, little child, I'm sorry to throw them in boiling water ..."
- And you close your eyes when you cook.
"Sho, everyone?"
Odessa went to Paris. He calls his wife and asks:
"Sara, have you stolen Ben?"
"And where did you get it from?"
- And what about his Gioconda, who hung in the kitchen, does in the Louvre?
Odessa Sea Terminal, 1960s
Two Jews are walking along the Odessa beach. One has lived in Odessa for a long time, and the other - a visitor.
Arriving to the local:
"Fima, and sho, is there a sea here?"
- Yes.
"But what was it that beat before the revolution?"
In the Odessa restaurant the waiter:
- Welcome! What will you order?
"I'd like to start a menu." - We do not serve the menu. If you want to read, go to the library.
Rabinovich is asked:
Is it true that Odessa is an international city?
- Of course. You only need to imagine for a second how many Jews of different nationalities live in it, and you still stop asking me these stupid questions ...