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From: Rusty <russjunkmail@netscape.net>
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core_dump wrote:

> Rusty <russjunkmail@netscape.net> wrote in 
> news:0VR0b.209868$o%2.96803@sccrnsc02:
> 
>>That's just a "In Soviet Russia..." joke waiting to happen
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Just curious, where did that "In Soviet Russia ... owns you" stuff come 
> from?
> 
<x-post snippage>(has Tran always cross-posted?)

this Expains it fairly well:

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?InSovietRussia

More or less it originated from a comedian named Yakov Smirnoff