Kindziulis
# Kindziulis

Kindziulis is a fictional character from Lithuanian joke cycle commonly known as "Here came Kindzulis" (Lithuanian: Čia priėjo Kindziulis). The punch lines of the jokes of this cycle start with the standard phrase "Here comes Kinzsiulis and says:..." The Kindziulis character was created by theatre director Vytautas Mikalauskas [lt] and these jokes, written by collective efforts, were regularly printed in the Lithuanian satirical magazine Šluota.

During the Communist times many of them were an element of Communist propaganda:

    A tourist asks, why the Bundestag building is round?
    Here comes Kindziulis and says: Where have you seen a circus of a different shape?

Kindziulis jokes have become less popular in post-Soviet times.

Sample jokes from the Union of Lithuanian Journalists website:

    Two citizens are talking: As the building materials became more expensive, it is simply impossible to build a house or an apartment!
    Here comes Kindziulis and advises: Build yurts.
    A company boss says to an applicant:
    - I hire only people with exemplary behavior.
    Here comes Kindziulis and says:
    - Well, he was just released from prison ahead of time for the exemplary behavior.

Journalist and writer Juozas Bulota [lt], a long-time editor-in-chief of Šluota, published the collections of jokes titled Čia priėjo Kindziulis several times (1970, 1972, 1982).

