High-end vodka is keeping spirits up

IHT ^ | FEBRUARY 24, 2006

[Dashing Dasher]

I knew this crazy old drunk many years ago that used to have a poem that had a line in it about drinking anything from "Fine Wine to Turpentine".

She was something. The first time I met her, she was making snow angels in the snow outside the bar in her new mink coat.

[conservativebabe]

LMAO! Would have liked to party with her!

[Dashing Dasher]

I certainly did. For many years. Until she went to AA and stopped being fun.

She was also married 7 times. She told me that she didn't believe in sex outside of marriage - so, she kept getting married.

She was a HOOOOT!

[SweetCaroline]

When I drank, I liked Grey Goose. ;~)

How ya doin DD, I've not been on FR much lately, too busy helping my brother with his new house.

Miss all ya Freepers.

[dhs12345]

Line 1: K O H (phi) e T bl

Line 2: B E Y(or upside down lowercase h) E P H (backwards N) (backward N) 3 B O H

Spaces between each letter.
() = non-English letters.

[x5452]

Well...

if there's got to be a grape vodka then I suppose the French would know best. :)

[Dashing Dasher]

Honestly, I'm telling you - it's amazing vodka. The Frenchies are twits - but this is good stuff.

[x5452]

Phi. That's great! (It is the same as greek letter phi its true but its just an 'F' in Russian, the sound is feh)

It's Konfety Vechernii Zvon.

Konfety is Candy
Vechernii Zvon [is like ringing bell sound].

My wife says all Russian candy is great. :)
(But she's never heard of the name, it's from a famous poem, but not a famous candy)

[Gary have you heard of this candy?]

[Vor Lady]

Stoli is good and if you can find it Blue Ice is great.

[dhs12345]

Konfety = confection? Latin origins?

Love the fact that phi is common to both languages (Greek and Russian) and phonetically similar. It's a small world.

It was unusual (the candy). Kind of flat, powdery, with a hint of peanut. We probably just weren't familiar with the type of candy.

[x5452]

Russia inherited a lot from Greek influence.

Knfety/Konfetka (1 candy) certainly seems to come from the same word which confections do.

I don't have my dictionary of experssions here but there are quite a few old old saying about how 'they have everything in greece'.

A TON of the Russian names come from greece as well.

[GarySpFc]

No, I just eat the stuff. You can bet it's chocolate, because Russians are addicted to the stuff.