I was having lunch at Yolki-Palki (a Russian restaurant chain). Suddenly, over the radio playing in the dining room, they announced a contest called "Chastushki from a Car". The title struck me so much that I immediately decided to come up with a chastushka (a short, humorous Russian folk verse) myself, if only to better understand the kind of people who take part in contests like that. I couldn't do it. I couldn't even come up with the first line. Nothing would come into my head except "Girls, don't go getting married."
