During the early 1980s, the Soviets believed they had thoroughly indoctrinated the people of the Baltic States in the ways of Communism. So one day the Soviets challenged the Baltic people to an American football game. The Soviets thought that beating them at a game loved by the country they admired would completely erase any traces of independence.
The game started. The Soviets marched down the field, but could not score. The Baltic people marched down the field, but could not score. This went on, back-and-forth, until a ship in the nearby harbor blew its whistle. The downtrodden Baltic people had been so completely indoctrinated that they thought this was the factory whistle signaling a lunch break. So they walked to the side of the field to eat lunch.
Three plays later, the Soviets scored.
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