Quotes / Vodka Drunkenski

"Oh, I'm not saying that alcohol is perfect. It has caused its share of problems. Russia is only one example."

— Dave Barry, I'll Mature When I'm Dead

"I drink to prepare for a fight. Tonight, I am VERY prepared!"

— Soda Popinski^note the original Vodka Drunkenski; his name was bowdlerized for console releases, Punch-Out!!

"Badass Russians only have three emotions: revenge, depression, and vodka."

— Larry Correia, Monster Hunter Alpha

Commander Donnelly: Since I figure cops are cops the world over, how do you Soviets deal with all the tension and stress?
Ivan Danko: Vodka.

— Red Heat

"Vodkaaaaaaa~"

— Russia, Hetalia: Axis Powers

"The Yamato is loaded... and so am I!"

—The (Russian-accented) Terran Battlecruiser captain, StarCraft II

Bart Simpson: So you're from Russia, huh?
Russian IOC representative: (proud) Da!
Bart Simpson: You drunk yet?
Russian IOC representative: (ashamed) Da...

— "The Old Man and the C-Student", The Simpsons

Olive: Look carefully ladies, this is your future.
Lily: Is it vodka?
Olive: Water.
Lily: Hm. As in Russian for vodka?

— Pushing Daisies

"You're all on my checklist, even Russian guys who drink vodka for breakfast."

— Your Favourite Martian, "The Stereotype Song"

"Based on the evidence, including video footage and witness interviews, Mr. Lesin entered his hotel room on the morning of Nov. 4 … after days of excessive consumption of alcohol and sustained the injuries that resulted in his death while alone in his hotel room,” said a statement issued by the chief federal prosecutor in Washington. Lesin “died as a result of blunt force injuries to his head, with contributing causes being blunt force injuries of the neck, torso, upper extremities, and lower extremities, which were induced by falls amid acute ethanol intoxication."

— Statement from Washington DC medical examiner on the death of Mikhail Lesin

Those who drink are giving more to help solve social problems such as boosting demographics, developing other social services and upholding birth rates.

— Aleksei L. Kudrin, Finance minister of Russia, 2010

"History has shown us that alcohol plays an important role in life, health and death in Russia."

— Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, laboratory chief at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

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