Subby has no idea vodka make them forget something like that


To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems.

Moscow's former mayor, Yury Luzhkov, devoted enormous effort to dreaming up snow-fighting schemes.

The man who commissioned this made questionable decisions?

Sybarite: Moscow's former mayor, Yury Luzhkov, devoted enormous effort to dreaming up snow-fighting schemes.

The man who commissioned this made questionable decisions?

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That's awesome. You know, not the kind of awesome that inhabits greatness, but the other kind.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Any health effects, you might ask? Probably. Is that ever discussed? Nope.

Sounds like Russia alright.

Better than having rain on your wedding day.

SNOW? THE F*CK IS THIS SH*T COMRADE?

One of my favorite lines from the old Astronaut days was one of them saying that before a trip to Russia, they set up who is the designated drinker each night because they could not keep up. Another Astronaut mentioned that he had to have killed hundreds of plants pouring otu his vodka. I will say that the first time a co-worker of my wife's came over (he immigrated from the USSR), I had a couple of vodak sets where you freeze the "single serving" tall shots. He saw the two sets, his eyes lit up, he hugged me and went "Someone with breeding!" and plowed through both sets - boom - boom- boom (repeat 20 times...). I was amazed he stood upright after all that booze.

7wolf: I always thought the "vodak" thing was people implying they'd had too much of it to be able to spell it... is there some other significance to it that makes people actually care?

It started with one thread many years ago with the word misspelled in the headline or the first few comments or something and the thread exploded. It became a Fark meme and people have been getting their panties in a twist about it ever since.

Day_Old_Dutchie: Subby has probably never driven in Toronto.

The morons there get surprised by the snow every winter. Excellent business for the body shops, though..

But for sheer hilarity, you should see when DFW or Austin TX gets an ice storm.

That's nothing. Judging by the roads here, Seattle drivers get surprised and confused by rain. It rains a bit here.

TFA is full of it, typical Brit anti-Russian snark. Everywhere I've lived, people are caught by surprise when seasons change.

Also, October is still early for snow in Moscow. Snow in October would be surprising. And TFA missed the real story in all this -- in recent years, snow has been coming later and melting off sooner than normal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Moscow (new window)

So when most of the rest of Europe changes to daylight saving in two weeks' time (Monday 17 October 2011 15.00 EDT)

Apparently Europe is now in the southern hemisphere.