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:..."[1] 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.
[2] During the Communist times many of them were an element of Communist propaganda: Kindziulis jokes have become less popular in post-Soviet times.
[3] Sample jokes from the Union of Lithuanian Journalists website:[4] 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).
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