You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

Well lets hope the UK crooks do not know where you live.

Brian

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"Muddymike" wrote in message
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You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

On 24/09/2017 11:12, Muddymike wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

An old friend of mine was once on an extended trip to some Soviet
nuclear power stations with another senior manager who was quite
slightly built and not a particularly serious drinker.

They had a lot of experience of these sessions with the half litre crown
cap bottles. One of the hosts had a particular party trick which was to
open one of these bottles and drink it straight down. Right at the end
of the trip, the little guy repeated the "trick" to the astonishment of
the Soviets, and my friend. On the plane home he explained that he had
pinched an empty bottle and cap, filled it with water and replaced the
cap, and by sleight of hand use it for his performance.

On 24/09/2017 12:20, Brian Gaff wrote:
Well lets hope the UK crooks do not know where you live.

Brian


No matter if they do, we are not all going so the house isn't empty.

Mike

On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:12:35 +0100, Muddymike wrote:

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Sounds like an absolute hoot! Have fun.



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On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, Muddymike wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-and-security

On 24/09/2017 16:05, harry wrote:
On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, Muddymike wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-and-security


Or you could just go to London and increase your risks of getting killed
and meet loads of foreigners.

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On 24/09/2017 16:19, ARW wrote:
On 24/09/2017 16:05, harry wrote:
On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, MuddymikeÂ* wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-and-security


Or you could just go to London and increase your risks of getting killed
and meet loads of foreigners.

Last time I was in London I didn't see many snow capped mountains, salt
water lakes, none mechanical agriculture or any Yurts to stay in. Mind
you we are flying with Aeroflot...

Mike

On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 16:34:13 +0000, Huge wrote:

You're a boring ****, aren't you?

And you're a *thick* one.



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On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:35:51 +0100, Muddymike wrote:

Mind
you we are flying with Aeroflot...

Are you sure about the "flying" bit?
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On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:49:10 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
wrote:

On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:12:35 +0100, Muddymike wrote:

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Sounds like an absolute hoot! Have fun.

But not Absolut I'm sure :-)

Muddymike wrote:
On 24/09/2017 16:19, ARW wrote:
On 24/09/2017 16:05, harry wrote:
On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, Muddymike wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been
reading up on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking
amusing. "VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone.
Second, choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful
your hangover. Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried,
or fatty. This is so that the vodka is either absorbed by the food
or repelled by the fat. Fourth, open your bottle... but be
careful, once you open it you must drink it all (a good vodka
bottle doesn't have a cap that can be replaced), now pour your
shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast! Toast your friends,
toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their cars. Sixth,
drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat until
you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!" Mike

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-and-security


Or you could just go to London and increase your risks of getting
killed and meet loads of foreigners.

Last time I was in London I didn't see many snow capped mountains,
salt water lakes, none mechanical agriculture or any Yurts to stay
in. Mind you we are flying with Aeroflot...

Mike

Mind that you don't fall off your silly bicycle.

On 24/09/2017 18:23, PeterC wrote:
On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:35:51 +0100, Muddymike wrote:

Mind
you we are flying with Aeroflot...

Are you sure about the "flying" bit?

It's the landing that should concern you.

"Muddymike" wrote in message
...
On 24/09/2017 16:19, ARW wrote:
On 24/09/2017 16:05, harry wrote:
On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, Muddymike wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading
up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your
hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is
so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and
repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-and-security


Or you could just go to London and increase your risks of getting killed
and meet loads of foreigners.

Last time I was in London I didn't see many snow capped mountains, salt
water lakes, none mechanical agriculture or any Yurts to stay in. Mind you
we are flying with Aeroflot...

Or crashing with Aeroflot, anyway.

On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, Muddymike wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz...airline_status

On 24/09/2017 17:35, Muddymike wrote:

Mind you we are flying with Aeroflot...

You told your travel insurance!

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On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, Muddymike wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

Looks to be desperately poor on Google Earth/streetview.

On 25/09/2017 16:12, harry wrote:
On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, Muddymike wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz...airline_status


Relevance?

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Adam

On 25/09/2017 16:30, harry wrote:
On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, Muddymike wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

Looks to be desperately poor on Google Earth/streetview.


They kept that quite.

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"ARW" wrote in message
news
On 25/09/2017 16:12, harry wrote:
On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, Muddymike wrote:
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to
Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up
on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone.
I thought some of you may find the advice on social drinking amusing.

"VODKA

First, find someone to drink with. Only alcoholics drink alone. Second,
choose your vodka, the more you spend... the less painful your hangover.
Third, choose your zakuska, something salty, dried, or fatty. This is so
that the vodka is either absorbed by the food or repelled by the fat.
Fourth, open your bottle... but be careful, once you open it you must
drink it all (a good vodka bottle doesn't have a cap that can be
replaced), now pour your shots. Fifth, you will toast! You must toast!
Toast your friends, toast their futures, toast their sheep, toast their
cars. Sixth, drink! Drink it all! Now chase it with a zakuska and repeat
until you either can't see the bottle or it is empty!"


Mike

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz...airline_status


Relevance?

He said he was flying there and back.

On Sunday, 24 September 2017 11:12:36 UTC+1, Muddymike wrote:
... toast their sheep

I don't think my toaster's big enough.