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Thanks, paulh

But I was just reminded that in the Soviet Union they sold vodka in grams. if you ordered a glass of vodka they woyuld usually serve you 100 grams

100 grams is a tenth of a liter. Therefore, a one-liter bottle will make ten such drinks. Somehow, I don't think 100 grams would do a very good job of quenching your thirst, as it's only about a third of a cup.

These are Russian grammes, where a Hippo weighs 1000 grams

Having just drunk some vodka ( my ma was pouring and she doesn't do small measures) I can vouch for the fact that 100grammes/ml doesn't quench your thirst - but it certainly makes you something else entirely...

I suppose a very small hippo could weigh 1,000 grams [1 kilogram].
The bigest ones would measure their weight in metric tons.

I don't think I've done vodka very much. A little probably goes a long way, which might explain why so many people prefer to dilute it with tomato juice or orange juice.

In Russia they dilute it in alcohol.

a hippo weighing 1000 grammes? not the hippo's I that I remember ..

There might be an island somewhere where the baby hippos are very very small.

100 grams of vodka is quite a lot for one . danish standard is 2 centilitres/20 grams

I wouldn't pour vodka on my danish.

the youngsters here dilute different kinds of candy in vodka

Vodka jelly (or jello for those who speak American) is something I'm told is popular with kids too.

More popular than Napalm even if it is more or less the same thing

Hint to the Captain - should he ever fly where the duty free is Smirnoff Lime Vodka - this is always an acceptable I find!

You sound as if the taste of that is sub-lime.

It is! No cocktail cabinet should be without some, and you can only buy it onboard an aircraft, which makes it the most expensive liquor I've bought so far!

Is there any way to make it yourself at home? If you mixed vodka with lime juice and maybe sugar, you might get lucky. :-0

*makes notes*

banana's, plums, damsons, rose petals, peaches, rasberries, a lot of apples, champagne yeast and 5 litres of vodka. Wait one day strain and keep for a long while.

The magic ingredient, alcoholic ice.

Is that the recipe for lime vodka?