"As our beloved Chief likes to say, strike the iron before leaving the cash register!"
— The Diamond Arm

January 1, 1970

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It is a portmanteau of a proverb "Strike while the iron is hot" and an instruction for customers by each Soviet cashier's desk: "Count your money before leaving the cash register".