A Russian and an American died and went to hell.

Satan told them that they each had the choice of spending eternity in American hell or Russian hell.

"What's the difference?" they both asked

"In American hell," the devil explained, "you must eat one shovel of shit per day. In the Russian hell, you must eat two shovels of shit per day."

With that the American opted for American hell, but the Russian headed for Russian hell.

Many years later, the two met by chance.

"My friend ," the American said, "you made a poor choice. I eat my shovel of shit in the morning and do what I want to do the rest of the day."

"No, comrade, It is you who made a poor choice," the Russian said. "half of the time in Russian hell there's no shovel, and the other half of the time there's no shit."