# 5399
A Russian couple was walking down the street in St. Petersburg the other 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. Just then they saw a minor communist party official walking toward them. " Let's not fight 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 answered 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!"