Kindziulis is a fictional character from Lithuanian joke cycle commonly known as "Here came Kindzulis" ( Lithuanian: Čia priėjo Kindziulis). The punch lines of the jokes of this cycle start with the standard phrase "Here comes Kinzsiulis and says:..." [1] The Kindziulis character was created by theatre director Vytautas Mikalauskas and these jokes, written by collective efforts, were regularly printed in the Lithuanian satirical magazine Šluota. [2]
During the Communist times many of them were an element of Communist propaganda:
Kindziulis jokes have become less popular in post-Soviet times. [3]
Sample jokes from the Union of Lithuanian Journalists website: [4]
Journalist and writer Juozas Bulota , a long-time editor-in-chief of Šluota, published the collections of jokes titled Čia priėjo Kindziulis several times (1970, 1972, 1982). [5]
Kindziulis is a fictional character from Lithuanian joke cycle commonly known as "Here came Kindzulis" ( Lithuanian: Čia priėjo Kindziulis). The punch lines of the jokes of this cycle start with the standard phrase "Here comes Kinzsiulis and says:..." [1] The Kindziulis character was created by theatre director Vytautas Mikalauskas and these jokes, written by collective efforts, were regularly printed in the Lithuanian satirical magazine Šluota. [2]
During the Communist times many of them were an element of Communist propaganda:
Kindziulis jokes have become less popular in post-Soviet times. [3]
Sample jokes from the Union of Lithuanian Journalists website: [4]
Journalist and writer Juozas Bulota , a long-time editor-in-chief of Šluota, published the collections of jokes titled Čia priėjo Kindziulis several times (1970, 1972, 1982). [5]