December 10, 2003
Words of wisdom
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Rob has a collection of discoveries from his journey through 3 consecutive days of Christmas parties. Words to live by. Here's my favorite:
2) Never EVER feel pressured into drinking Vodka just because you are at a Polish party and that's all there is to drink... they invented it and as such have the necessary genes to process it succesfully. Non-poles on the other hand do not have said genes and as such will wake up the following morning with a hangover that makes you want to rend your brain from your freshly splitting skull and gives you the distinct impression that, at some point the previous night, an elderly male moose mistook your mouth for a urinal...
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As a member of a waaaay too Polish family, I can say - YES. Do not try to outdrink us. We will dust your liquer-sipping ass and leave you for dead!
Mmm, vodka. Is it bad to crave a v & tonic at 8:30 a.m.?
Yes, it's bad. Very bad. All vodka is bad.
At one time vodka was my alcohol of choice. That was until the Very Bad Experience. Now you should not bring vodka near me unless you also have a handy emesis basin.
Drinking with Russians or Ukrainians = also out.
It's bad enough they can tolerate more vodka than I can, but when they switched to tequila . . . man, that ain't right, to put me on the floor with a beverage from my own continent like that.