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:..."[1] The Kindziulis character was created by theatre director Vytautas Mikalauskas 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:

A tourist asks, why the Bundestag building is round?

Here comes Kindziulis and says: Where have you seen a circus of a different shape?[2]

Kindziulis jokes have become less popular in post-Soviet times.[3]

Sample jokes from the Union of Lithuanian Journalists website:[4]

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, a long-time editor-in-chief of Šluota, published the collections of jokes titled Čia priėjo Kindziulis several times (1970, 1972, 1982).[5]