Kindziulis
Kindziulis is a fictional character from Lithuanian joke cycle commonly known as "Here came Kindzulis". The punch lines of the jokes of this cycle start with the standard phrase "Here comes Kinzsiulis and says:..." The Kindziulis character was created by theatre director and these jokes, written by collective efforts, were regularly printed in the Lithuanian satirical magazine Šluota.
Journalist and writer, a long-time editor-in-chief of Šluota, published the collections of jokes titled Čia priėjo Kindziulis several times. Other people, printed books with the same title as well, such as and, Kindziulis byloja: arba ant bėgių gulsim, arba išpuikusius ponus pulsim, Atsargiai: Kindziulis viską mato! ).
Kindziulis jokes have become less popular in post-Soviet times.
Examples
During the Communist times many of them were an element of Communist propaganda:Sample jokes from the Union of Lithuanian Journalists website: