CollegeHumor: Fortey http://www.collegehumor.com/user/3454227 Funny Videos, Funny Pictures, Funny Links! /article/3773407 http://www.collegehumor.com/article/3773407/pioneers-of-booze---the-history-of-7-famous-alcohol-names Pioneers of Booze - The History of 7 Famous Alcohol Names Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:17:42 -0500
Peter Smirnoff – Everyone's favorite vodka and occasional paint thinner, Smirnoff was made by honest to goodness Russian boozehound Peter Smirnoff back in the 1800's. His vodka was so good he became the official distiller of Czar Alexander III, which would be the equivalent today of Dick Cheney entrusting you to warm his milk at night.

By the 1900's, Smirnoff was rolling out one million bottles per day and everything is about as cool hookers who take food stamps until the Russian Revolution. The distillery is confiscated and the Smirnoff in charge is sentenced to death. However, he manages to escape to Turkey and continue making hooch, demonstrating either dedication or a weird kind of insanity.

By 1934, in the midst of the Great Depression, Smirnoff sells the company to Rudolph Kunett who brings it to the US. Decades later, a near infinite number of college girls stumbling around with fruit juices and steadily lowering inhibitions are his legacy.


...]]> /article/3718628 http://www.collegehumor.com/article/3718628/the-hobo-dictionary-a-guide-to-transient-identification The Hobo Dictionary: A Guide to Transient Identification Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:32:27 -0400

Most people who live in large, urban centers, or anyplace where the population has cracked 100 or so, probably have at least one hobo around town. And while the popular sentiment is that homelessness is a problem and we need to help, there's also the pervasive monkey on the back of every hobo: namely that they're a raving loon who thinks they have a monkey on their back. But this is just a stereotype and the fact is there are many stereotypes that deserve equal consideration. And thanks to the current economy we're all enjoying, the future of hoboing is brighter than ever.  Thus, in the tradition of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, we offer you this guide to identify and catalog hobos.

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