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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Dylan's Mishearing of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 11:54:55 +0000
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On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 21:48:00 +0000, Norbert wrote:
>
> I'm reading a merchant mariner's memoir, whose author made two voyages
> into Russian waters in the 70s.  One of the author's hard-drinking
> shipmates liked to challenge Russians to drinking contests with prizes
> at stake.  There was never a want for Russians who were eager to
> compete.  During the contests, the American sailor would play "Back in
> the USSR," to the delight of everyone.
>
> What the Russian contenders did not know is that the American guy had a
> supply of everclear, and that he would lace the bottles of Stolichnaya
> from which the Russians were served with the grain alcohol.
>
> He won every contest, to the great embarrassment of the Russians.

Interesting story, thanks.