Rain or Snow?

A Russian couple were walking down the street in Moscow one night, when
the man felt a drop hit his nose. "I think it's raining," he said to his
wife. "No, that felt more like snow to me," she replied. "No, I'm sure it
was just rain," he said. Well, as these things go, they were about to have
a major argument about whether it was raining or snowing when they saw a
communist party official walking toward them.


"Let's not argue about it," the man said, "Let's ask Comrade Rudolph
whether it's officially raining or snowing." As the official approached,
the man said, "Tell us, Comrade Rudolph, is it officially raining or
snowing?"


"It's raining, of course," he replied, and walked on. But the woman
insisted: "I know that felt like snow!" To which the man quietly replied:
"Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear."