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In "Pro Wrestling", object != predicate nominative

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	'''In Soviet Russia''' is a pattern of usually nonsensical jokes about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federated_Socialist_Republic Russian SFSR], originally devised by Russian comedian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Smirnoff Yakov Smirnof], and turned into a stupid Interweb meme by Slashdot nerds.		'''In Soviet Russia''' is a pattern of usually nonsensical jokes about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federated_Socialist_Republic Russian SFSR], originally devised by Russian comedian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Smirnoff Yakov Smirnof], and turned into a stupid Interweb meme by Slashdot nerds.

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	'''In Soviet Russia''' is a pattern of usually nonsensical jokes about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federated_Socialist_Republic Russian SFSR], originally devised by Russian comedian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Smirnoff Yakov Smirnof], and turned into a stupid Interweb meme by Slashdot nerds.		'''In Soviet Russia''' is a pattern of usually nonsensical jokes about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federated_Socialist_Republic Russian SFSR], originally devised by Russian comedian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Smirnoff Yakov Smirnof], and turned into a stupid Interweb meme by Slashdot nerds.

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 * "In Soviet Russia - CANADA BLAMES YOU!"
 * "In Soviet Russia, you are not a winner. A WINNER IS YOU!"
-**A reference to the NES game "Pro Wrestling", when those wacky Japanese mixed up the grammatical ''subject'' with the ''object'' whilst translating text on the victory screen.
+**A reference to the NES game "Pro Wrestling", when those wacky Japanese mixed up the grammatical ''subject'' with the ''predicate nominative'' whilst translating text on the victory screen.
 * "In Soviet Soviet, Soviet soviets Soviet! ...I got nothin'."
 * "In Soviet Holland, weed smokes YOU!"

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 * "In Soviet Russia, subliminal messages YOU!"
 * "In Soviet Animutation List, the offtopic hits YOU!"
-* "In Soviet Russia, animutation@coollist.com unsubscribes from YOU!"
+* "In Soviet Russia, animutation@coollist.com unsubscribes from YOU!"  (This one is actually true.)
 * "In Soviet Russia, you do not have Russian font. Russian font have you."
 * "In Soviet United States, spammers sue YOU!"

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    In Soviet Russia, {object} {verb} YOU!
-Although Smirnoff's jokes made actual sense -- "In America, you can always find a party; in Soviet Russia, the Party can always find ''you''!" -- most modern ones do not, having nothing actually to do with Russia.
+Although Smirnoff's jokes made actual sense -- "In America, you can always find a party; in Soviet Russia, the Party can always find ''you''!" -- most modern ones do not, having little or nothing to do with actual life in Soviet Russia.
 On the [[Animutation Mailing List]], Soviet Russia jokes enjoy occasional surges of popularity.

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 * "In Soviet Russia, nobody listens to techno. Techno listens to YOU!" (The title of [[Andrew Kepple]]'s mashup of the Dr Spin Tetris remix and Eminem's "Without Me"; it is a reference to the part of "Without Me" in which Eminem informs us that nobody listens to techno.)
 * "In Soviet Russia - CANADA BLAMES YOU!"
-* "In Soviet Russia, you are not a winner. A WINNER IS YOU!" (A reference to one time when those wacky Japanians mixed up the grammatical ''subject'' with the ''object'' whilst translating video game text.)
+* "In Soviet Russia, you are not a winner. A WINNER IS YOU!" (A reference to the NES game "Pro Wrestling", when those wacky Japanians mixed up the grammatical ''subject'' with the ''object'' whilst translating text on the victory screen.)
 * "In Soviet Soviet, Soviet soviets Soviet! ...I got nothin'."
 * "In Soviet Holland, weed smokes YOU!"

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	* "In EVERYWHERE, Yakov Smirnoff stopped doing that bit fifteen years ago."		* "In EVERYWHERE, Yakov Smirnoff stopped doing that bit fifteen years ago."

−	And on Soviet Wiki, that's quite enough.	+	And on Soviet Wiki, that tired old gag has had quite enough of YOU!