There is a Russian (crude) joke. It goes: what doesn't buzz and doesn't fit in your ass? It's Russian-made ass buzzer.
I grew up middle class, not too stupid to understand when he was being played and by whom. I had seen 15 countries before I was 20 because my dad was an international engineer. Many more since.
My mother was quite conservative leaving the US for university in the 60s. A time capsule of American, mostly southern, conservative values at that time like many expats/migrants.
