Bulă

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::summary Fictional stock character of Romanian humor ::

Bulă () is a fictional stock character of Romanian humor.

Bulă, a buffoon and coward, was "born" during the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime of Communist Romania. The name, among other interpretations, is a one-letter deformation of "pulă", a Romanian vulgar slang for "penis". Bulă is young, he is funny, he has an attitude, and he has an answer for everything. He can be a hero with modesty and, equally, he can fail with dignity; no one can firmly say whether he is stupid or just a trickster. Bulă is the descendant of Păcală and , friend of , less educated, but with an equally sharp tongue.

In 2006, TVR conducted a vote to determine whom the general public considers the 100 Greatest Romanians of all time. Bulă was voted to be the 59th greatest Romanian.

Silvian Centiu, commenting on his show, A Transylvanian in Silicon Valley, wrote: "When in San Francisco and in New York I mentioned Bula, the omnipresent character in Romanian jokes, I was delighted to hear audience members laugh before I finished the joke – I knew they were Romanians."

Sample Bulă jokes

At school: "Children, who can tell what is the main goal of Socialism?" Bulă raises his hand. The teacher groans, "Oh no, Bulă, none of your nonsense." – "But I do know the answer! The main goal of socialism is the well-being and happiness of the man... And I even know who this man is."

Bulă's April Fool's Day joke: "Mommy, mommy! Dad hung himself in the garage!" – The mother rushes to the garage, finds nothing, and Bulă is laughing. – "Ha-ha fooled you! He hung himself in the attic."

Bulă was walking down the street one day and a man asked him: "Bulă, where are you going?" – "Huh, how do you know I'm not coming?"

References

References

1. Popescu, Adam. (March 29, 2009). "Viața și destinul lui Bulă". [[Evenimentul Zilei]].
2. Volkan, V. D. (1995). "[https://www.karabakh.co.uk/international/totem-and-taboo-in-romania-a-psychopolitical-diagnosis/ Totem and taboo in Romania: A psychopolitical diagnosis.] {{Webarchive. link. (2019-11-28 " ''Mind and Human Interaction'', 2: 66-83.)
3. "A Transylvanian in Silicon Valley".
4. Tănase, Monica. (April 20, 2006). "Cu nostalgie despre Bulă".
5. [https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2005/12/26/23324-kto-vy-mister-pupkin КТО ВЫ, МИСТЕР ПУПКИН?], ''[[Novaya Gazeta]]'', December 25, 2005

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