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    I sometimes mix cheap vodka with orange juice..................... because I am health conscious and also because I would not want to burn my vibrant, mellow, intoxicatingly sweet vocal chords with a straight shot of vodka.
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    The last time I drank vodka with a russian female friend of mine we mixed it with lemon sirup and water (and then we played chess and I won! ) I had never drunk it this way before. The most part of my friends drink vodka with apple juice; it changes to drink it with the orange juice!

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    For those of you with an adventerous soul, try adding a couple of cloves of garlic in a glass of vodka, let it stay a couple of hours and drink it. Tastes fantastic!
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    And garlic is good for you, too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
    For those of you with an adventerous soul, try adding a couple of cloves of garlic in a glass of vodka, let it stay a couple of hours and drink it. Tastes fantastic!
    Thanks for the tip! I'll try it one of these days.
    And by the way, remember: I know where you live...

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    I think I prefer it with lemon lime skittles over garlic

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    Those, who are really interested in russian drinking traditions, will probably enjoy reading about the drinking games:

    http://www.tazepam.ru/index.php?p=695

    (in Russian)
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    Quote Originally Posted by JB
    Maybe I just hang out with a lightweight crowd but only the men drink vodka and only on special holidays or celebrations. A woman throwing back shots would be considered low culture.
    Well, I guess my Russian female friends are "low culture" then!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKDMan
    Quote Originally Posted by JB
    Maybe I just hang out with a lightweight crowd but only the men drink vodka and only on special holidays or celebrations. A woman throwing back shots would be considered low culture.
    Well, I guess my Russian female friends are "low culture" then!
    Russians are divided into snobs and slobs. Get use to it!

    (I'm a slob, f.ex.)
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    Well, in many ways one of my friends would be considered a snob, but she likes to have FUN!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKDMan
    Well, in many ways one of my friends would be considered a snob, but she likes to have FUN!
    Rare and precious tipe of Russians. Cherish your relationship!
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    A girl getting snockered on shots of vodka is fun?
    Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

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    Ohhhhh, it definitely can be! (If you can cut her off at the precise moment, that is!)
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    And 9 months after the party she'll remember why Mama warned her not to drink with the boys!
    Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

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    Get your mind out of the gutter, JB! I was only talking about drawing a mustache on her face after she passed out!
    "Alright, brain, I don't like you and you don't like me, so let's just figure this out and I'll get back to killing you with beer."

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    Good try, fantom, but why would you cut her off at the right moment if she has already passed out?
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    So, Russians are divided into snobs and slobs? VM - snob or slob?
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    Quote Originally Posted by VendingMachine
    So, Russians are divided into snobs and slobs? VM - snob or slob?
    And who is he, btw?... Anyway, you should understand: these are relative categories. For people, who snobber, than VM (whoever he is), he is a slob. For people, who slobber, - he is a snob. A dialectics.
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    VM = VendingMachine

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