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[MattJack]

When I worked at a liquor store way back when, I had a 45 year old russian sailor come in one day and school me on vodka.

He slowly went down the line picking up the bottles, and telling me where they were from and why you shouldn't buy them. We went through Smirnoff, Stoli(chnaya), Kettle One, Armadale, and everything in between. He paused as he picked up the Absolut bottle and with a thick russian accent he says, "This.. This my friend is the best vodka. If you buy vodka, buy this vodka."

I wanted to question him about why that one and not the super expensive ones, why Absolut and not Greygoose, why all the "in soviet russia" jokes that had recently been beaten to death?

I didn't ask him anything though, I just figured the vodka cologne he was wearing validated what he said.