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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:56 AM
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Too funny! Vladimir Putin steals Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl Ring
BOSTON - Russian President Vladimir Putin walked off with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring, but was it a generous gift or a very expensive international misunderstanding?

Following a meeting of American business executives and Putin at Konstantinovsky Palace near St. Petersburg on Saturday, Kraft showed the ring to Putin — who tried it on, put it in his pocket and left, said Russian news reports.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8402895/
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:58 AM
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1. "I looked into his eyes, and saw the soul of a pickpocket"
:rofl:
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salinen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:59 AM
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3. Good one
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 10:58 AM
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2. That thing will be on eBay before you know it.
Seller's name: Pootypoot
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UncleSepp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 11:02 AM
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4. Maybe a misunderstanding
I had an odd experience in Russia about gifts. I'd met a politician there, and complimented his wife on her beautiful silver and jade rings. She showed them to me, and tried to give one to me. From my cultural perspective, I couldn't take such a gift from a person I had just met. From hers, it would have been rude not to offer. I can see how there could be a cultural collision over something like that.
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