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The owner of Swedish vodka brand Absolut has launched legal proceedings against Absolute Radio, for infringement of its trademark.

A spokeswoman for Absolut said:

“The reason for this is that we consider there is a risk of confusion,” she said. “We have a well known brand and there is an obvious risk of confusion between Absolut vodka and Absolute Radio.”

In a related action, Absolut vodka has also announced a lawsuit against the International Bureau of Weights and Measures for its use of the term “absolute zero” to refer to the temperature 0 Kelvin.

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The scene:  Narva, Estonia, across the Narva River from Ivangorod, Russia:

The problem:  Local taxes make Estonian vodka three times costlier than imported vodka.

The solution:  Run a secret vodka pipeline under the river from Russia to Narva.

The end:  Smugglers arrested, pipeline dredged.  The vodka was just moonshine anyway.

The moral of the story:  Only authentic Russian vodka is worth smuggling drinking.

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