from Saxony, asking s do Dieto da?" (standard German Ist der Dieter da?, i.e. "Is Dieter there?", in Upper Saxon dialect) A Saxon sits at a table in a cafe. Another man takes a seat and kicks him in the shin. He glances up briefly but says nothing. The man kicks him again. Now the Saxon says: 'If you do this for a third time, I will switch to another table.' (Allusion to the Saxon's mentality.) See also DDR German German humour Russian political jokes References Further reading Ben Lewis, Hammer and Tickle: A Cultural History of Communism, London: Pegasus, 2010 Ben Lewis, "Hammer & tickle," Prospect Magazine, May 2006 East German culture German humour Jokes