are a few planets like Earth out there, there might also be life." / "Watson, you idiot, it means that somebody stole our tent!" The preceding joke won second place in the World's funniest joke contest. Combining characters and plots is not uncommon: At a ball. Natasha Rostova dances with Andrei Bolkonsky: "Natasha, would you accept my proposal to become husband and wife?" / "I'm afraid I wouldn't. You are as handsome as Dr Watson, but not as smart as Sherlock Holmes." / Natasha Rostova dances with Pierre Bezukhov: "Natasha, I'm in love with you, please be my wife!" / "It's quite impossible. You are as smart as Sherlock Holmes, but not as handsome as Dr Watson." / Natasha Rostova dances with Poruchik Rzhevsky: "Natasha, you're such a sweetie, why don't you become my wife?" / "Ah, Rzhevsky, you're neither handsome, nor smart!" / "Sure! But I fuck like the hound of the Baskervilles." Fantômas Some older jokes involve Fantômas, a fictional criminal and master of disguise from the French detective series, a character once widely popular in the USSR. His arch-enemy is Inspector Juve, charged with catching him. Fantômas' talent for disguise is usually the focus of the joke, allowing for jokes featuring all sorts of other characters: From the days when Prime Minister Golda Meir led Israel: Fantômas sneaks into Mao Zedong's private chamber as the latter is on his deathbed, and respectfully removes his mask. / Mao muses: "Well, Comrade Petka, fate sure does have a way of scattering friends all over the world, doesn't it?" / "Ah, if you only knew, Vasily Ivanovich, what our Anka has been up to in Israel!" Bogatyrs Bogatyrs are heroes of Russian folk tales: impossibly strong and brave warriors, but often portrayed in jokes as arrogant, cunning and cruel. The three bogatyrs are usually Ilya Muromets, Alyosha Popovich, Dobrynya Nikitich or a combination thereof; the jokes often include other folk characters (such as Baba Yaga, Koschei or Gorynych) and enemies of Rus (most often the Golden Horde), usually defeated by the end of the joke. As with most other jokes, most of these are not meant for children despite folk characters associated with kids' fairy tales. Ilya Muromets to Gorynych: "I envy you, Gorynych; you dragons have three heads, so you can drink in company even when alone! / Nothing to envy here, Ilya: I only got one liver". Three