Don’t skimp even if you get your vodka from the bottom of a river
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.
P.S. If this is your coat of arms, fighting for your food is in your blood:
