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To: alpo

The Finns I know are much worse than the Russians I know when it comes to being a drunk.


52 posted on 01/02/2017 11:29:53 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: cornfedcowboy
The Finns I know are much worse than the Russians I know when it comes to being a drunk.

The Finns coined the term "Molotov Cocktail". It was a drink designed to accompany Molotov bread baskets.

From the Wikipedia:

The name "Molotov cocktail" was coined by the Finns during the Winter War.[1] The name was an insulting reference to Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, who was one of the architects of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact signed in late August 1939. The pact with Nazi Germany was widely mocked by the Finns, as was much of the propaganda Molotov produced to accompany the pact, including his declaration on Soviet state radio that bombing missions over Finland were actually airborne humanitarian food deliveries for their starving neighbours. The Finns sarcastically dubbed the Soviet cluster bombs "Molotov bread baskets" in reference to Molotov's propaganda broadcasts.[2] When the hand-held bottle firebomb was developed to attack Soviet tanks, the Finns called it the "Molotov cocktail", as "a drink to go with the food".[3]


73 posted on 01/04/2017 12:50:43 AM PST by cynwoody
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