Old joke.
American officer and a Polish officer meet at a diplomatic function
Over dinner the American asks the Pole what Poland would do if attacked by Germany and Russia at the same time.
"Fight Germany first, then Russia."
"Why?"
"Business before pleasure."
Another old joke:
A polish man finds a magic lamp. He wishes for a horde of Mongolians to come to Poland, pillage, and go home.
The genie thinks this is odd, but obliges. The mongolians arrive after many months, pillage, then return home.
The man refuses to make another wish for a few months. Then, as his second wish, he wishes for a horde of Mongolians to come to Poland again.
The genie, really not understanding this man at all, snaps his fingers, and then another horde spends many more months travelling to Poland to pillage once more.
The pole, after a few more months of waiting, makes his final wish: another Mongolian horde to pillage Poland.
The genie, completely dumbstruck, complies.
The genie asks, "Why? Why would you want Mongolian hordes to come to your land to kill and pillage?"
The pole responds, "If they came to Poland three times, it means they went through Russia 6 times."
I knew it the second I saw the words 'magic lamp...'
Still funny.
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