DAVLENIE HAS FALLEN

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DAVLENIE HAS FALLEN

What it means

A blood pressure monitor displays a very low reading beside a black-and-white drawing of a distressed bespectacled man with a blue tear. The joke is a pun on the phrase “The empire has fallen,” replacing “empire” with the transliterated Russian word “davlenie” (“blood pressure”) to dramatize hypotension. EN: A blood pressure monitor displays a very low reading beside a black-and-white drawing of a distressed bespectacled man with a blue tear. The joke is a pun on the phrase “The empire has fallen,” replacing “empire” with the transliterated Russian word “davlenie” (“blood pressure”) to dramatize hypotension.

Objects

blood pressure monitor / тонометр low blood pressure reading / низкое давление distressed man / расстроенный мужчина glasses / очки blue tear / синяя слеза black-and-white drawing / чёрно-белый рисунок wooden table / деревянный стол arm / рука