Stalin was visiting a small town in Russia.
Huge crowd was there to receive him, holding signs with words of praise for Stalin, Party, Union etc.
Among them, secret police officers spotted a particularly old man holding a sign saying "Thank you comrade Stalin, for a happy childhood!"
Officers approached him angrily. "What is this, some kind of mockery!?
You must be at least 80 years old, comrade Stalin wasn't even born when you were a child!"
Old man said - "That's exactly what I'm thankful for!"