Absolut vodka has apologized for an ad which portrayed California and Texas as part of Mexico.
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Vodka is my favorite Russian word. The word for water is "vod." "Ka" is a diminunitive which gives it an endearing connotation, much like we would say, "my little Sally." So, this is saying "my little water." Which is funny to me because vodka certainly has little water and it has a diminunitive attached to it.
BTW, I'm not sure if any of you have ever had vodka (no need to confess or anything). My aunt once brought over some vodka in a pretty decanter. I was in my all-things-Western mode at the time and really wanted to try real mountain stream water. Innocent little me believed my aunt when she told me that the pretty bottle had some. She poured me a little bit into a glass and I took a sip. WOW does that stuff burn and taste nasty!
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Almost right. The word for water is "voda". The rest is accurate. And I find that amusing as well.
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Well, flip. Right you are arbi. I'm going to really bomb next month when I go back to Bulgaria and can't even get the word for "water" right. I'm sure my family will laugh at my attempts to speak the language.
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Probably not. At least, when I was in Ukraine they were usually grateful that someone was attempting to communicate with them in their language.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
BTW, I'm not sure if any of you have ever had vodka (no need to confess or anything). My aunt once brought over some vodka in a pretty decanter. I was in my all-things-Western mode at the time and really wanted to try real mountain stream water. Innocent little me believed my aunt when she told me that the pretty bottle had some. She poured me a little bit into a glass and I took a sip. WOW does that stuff burn and taste nasty! Just like that scene in Baptists at our Barbecue! Did you puke on the sofa?
BTW, the favorite vodka in the Ukraine is Stolichnaya. And they drink a lot of the stuff. They'll drink a 100 gram shotglass of the stuff without pause.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
Here's one of my favorite alcohol stories (and yes, I do have a few).
While on my mission, my district leader wanted to turn over some women they had tracted out to us. So, I go with my greenie, and my DL goes with his greenie to introduce the women to us. We have a nice discussion and decide to leave with a prayer. They asked the greenie Elder to give the prayer. This Elder had been in the country about 2 wks, so it took him a little time to say the prayer. As he prayed, he kept sniffling since he was getting over a cold.
Once the prayer was done, one of the women told him she has a cure for his cold. Bulgarians are really into herbs and natural cures. So, she comes back with a tray with amber colored liquids. Since herbal tea is so prevalent there, DL and I thought that what it was. She then instructs Elder Greenie to pour an amount into the palm of his hand and sniff it up his nose. It'll clear everything right up.
The Elder shrugged his shoulders, muttered, "When in Rome..." and began the ritual. Just as he placed it to his nose, DL and I got a whiff of it. It was whiskey! We couldn't yell fast enough and SNIFF! he snorted that right up his nostril. Oh the expression on his face was priceless. His face turned red, eyes watered, voice got very strained. He said it cleared up his sinuses. We laughed so hard that our face got red, our eyes watered, and our voice was strained. He chose not to imbibe any further.
I still laugh thinking of that.
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It's hard to convince Slavic people that you're not trying to offend them when you don't want to drink with them.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
Absolut isn't spelled correctly. In fact, it's incomplete, which would make me think that there is something wrong with it. There just seems to be something missing...
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I still laugh thinking of that.
