Putin at Passport Control

Destination? Helsinki. Occupation? No, just visiting.

Vladimir Putin sits at a passport-control desk while a police officer appears to question him. The joke treats Putin as a suspicious traveler entering Helsinki, with “No, just visiting” implying a tongue-in-cheek denial of any larger political or covert purpose. People send it as a reaction to jokingly deny involvement or claim they are only passing through. EN: Vladimir Putin sits at a passport-control desk while a police officer appears to question him. The joke treats Putin as a suspicious traveler entering Helsinki, with “No, just visiting” implying a tongue-in-cheek denial of any larger political or covert purpose. People send it as a reaction to jokingly deny involvement or claim they are only passing through.

• @about50posts / 1502 2018-08-12