A rather dirty 15 minutes of fame.

September 6, 2006 9:24 AM

Have you ever seen the Choomuhzeek in the wilds of Russia?
posted by gcbv (16 comments total)

Do you know, a lot of us don't actually speak russian here... wtf?
posted by Squid Voltaire at 9:27 AM on September 6, 2006

I think the Choomuhzeek's behavior transcends the confines of language.
posted by gcbv at 9:30 AM on September 6, 2006

Very funny! Viral is so fickle and strange! Any background? Handicapped? Drunk?
posted by erebora at 9:31 AM on September 6, 2006

From the link: The “Choomuhzeekh” is not the front guy, but a guy on the background. What is being said by the guy in the foreground hardly matters.

Very amusing, especially the final comical yank as he disappears off the screen and into legend. I can see why this would be picked up as a meme/viral icon.
posted by slimepuppy at 9:38 AM on September 6, 2006

and it gets the photoshop treatment
posted by rut roh at 9:40 AM on September 6, 2006

Превед!
posted by ninjew at 9:44 AM on September 6, 2006

Does this strike anyone as kind of sad?
posted by geoff. at 9:46 AM on September 6, 2006

Nope, hilarious.
posted by letitrain at 9:47 AM on September 6, 2006

This reminded me for some reason of the guy who kept popping into view of cameras during the World Cup.
posted by Dr-Baa at 10:00 AM on September 6, 2006

Yet another example of Woody Allen's prescient genius. Today people would just write off Zelig as a Fark photoshopping contest on film.
posted by GuyZero at 10:02 AM on September 6, 2006

Quite possibly this guy could displace ceiling cat.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:05 AM on September 6, 2006

Wasn't the whole funny thing about the video that the guy was actually trying to deny there was a drinking problem at that plant to the news team? Or is that just bullshit?
posted by derbs at 10:20 AM on September 6, 2006

no, the main dude is talking about getting paid 4 months late and how the mgmt. keeps lying to all of them.
posted by dminor at 10:58 AM on September 6, 2006

I could only laugh at this if I knew that the man with the mud laughs about it himself, otherwise its just sad.
posted by Vindaloo at 11:09 AM on September 6, 2006

Just in case anyone's curious: чумазый [chumázyi] is an adjective meaning 'dirty, grubby, grimy, smeared all over'; chumazik is a derived noun with an affectionate suffix: 'the grubby guy.'
posted by languagehat at 11:35 AM on September 6, 2006

Meh. I've mocked sadder homeless people than that.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 2:35 PM on September 6, 2006