tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post2475596424187203964..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: watch out for the poisonGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-59837634008655539952008-07-15T19:37:00.000+03:002008-07-15T19:37:00.000+03:00I made it sound like I lived in the gutter somwher...I made it sound like I lived in the gutter somwhere while in fact, I was enjoying the so called 'classnyi' lifestyle by average rooskie standards. I was driving a 'inomarka' and the year was 1989. <BR/><BR/>It was very 'kljova.'<BR/><BR/>Nothing has changed in Russia. Nothing. And nothing ever will.<BR/><BR/>Mark Ames never saw Russians thorugh and through. <BR/><BR/>Maybe when they cripple him he will.LPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397977705898254598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-87858127480147134202008-07-15T17:54:00.000+03:002008-07-15T17:54:00.000+03:00you forgot maikasyou forgot maikasDorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942338677951019959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-85696555649172915812008-07-13T22:46:00.000+03:002008-07-13T22:46:00.000+03:00My olfactory Russia associations and memories: die...My olfactory Russia associations and memories: <BR/><BR/>diesel<BR/>cheap tobacco<BR/>unwashed (female) hair<BR/>wet asphalt<BR/>trash<BR/>urine<BR/>alcohol breath (accompanied by tooth decay)<BR/>overburnt shachlyk<BR/>platskart railcar<BR/>public toilets<BR/>chlorine<BR/>ehxhaust fumes<BR/>expensive French perfumes<BR/>naphtaline<BR/>onions<BR/>wet fur coats and hats<BR/>partyankas and military boots<BR/>public banya<BR/>hospital (very peculiar)<BR/>samogon<BR/>salo<BR/>garlic<BR/>dill<BR/>mayonaise<BR/>vobla<BR/>sweaty smelling passports<BR/>boiled eggs<BR/>cabbage<BR/>vomit<BR/>girl sweat<BR/>club<BR/>pool table<BR/>bowling alley<BR/>april snow<BR/>...<BR/><BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>I have more than I can list here. <BR/>After all I lived there for some 7 years.LPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397977705898254598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-12902384929206783132008-07-13T22:01:00.000+03:002008-07-13T22:01:00.000+03:003) An Eastern Ukrainian (ditto Belarusians, rogue ...<I>3) An Eastern Ukrainian (ditto Belarusians, rogue Georgians) can be more treacherous than a Russian.</I><BR/><BR/>I agree, even Saakashvili is increasingly seen as a sketchy character, but the Russians seem to have a monopoly on being associated with poison.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-29274728007960230182008-07-13T21:37:00.000+03:002008-07-13T21:37:00.000+03:00Fear not: Hollywood will keep even ordinary Americ...Fear not: Hollywood will keep even ordinary Americans vigilant.<BR/><BR/>1) Poison doesn't have to be feared. A poison dart can be turned against the shooter, as Indiana Jones demonstrates. <BR/><BR/>2) Mind control and double agents are far more dangerous. <BR/><BR/>3) An Eastern Ukrainian (ditto Belarusians, rogue Georgians) can be more treacherous than a Russian.Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.com