Drinking
In former Soviet countries (mainly Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine), varieties of Troynoy Eau de Cologne are widely used as a surrogate alcohol among poor alcoholics especially because it is very cheaply priced compared to vodka.
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Famous quotes containing the word drinking:
“The drinking and fighting of the Heroic Age have retreated to the slums.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“A pragmatic race, the Japanese appear to have decided long ago that the only reason for drinking alcohol is to become intoxicated and therefore drink only when they wish to be drunk.
So I went out into the night and the neon and let the crowd pull me along, walking blind, willing myself to be just a segment of that mass organism, just one more drifting chip of consciousness under the geodesics.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)
“When drinking water, think of its source.”
—Chinese proverb.