Re: apocryphal soviet screw factory

[Chris Doss <lookoverhere1@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Daniel Davies <dsquared@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> this was common practice in Russian universities,
> according to my mate Aziz.

That's not a Russian name -- is he an Ajerbaijani or
something?

> He claims that  they were given a brief tutorial on
> the subject in the first
> week of term, emphasising the difference between the
> rubbing alcohol (which
> was safe to drink) and wood alcohol (which wasn't)
> and advising them to mix
> plenty of orange juice with the stuff.
>
> dd

They don't need to do that anymore -- you can get a
can of vodka and OJ at any street kiosk for 65 cents
and drink it in the park. In fact that's probably what
I'm going to do this evening. :)




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