Comments on: Political All-Stars of Romania http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/ Dispatches from an American in Romania (was Transylvania) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tiberiu http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/comment-page-1/#comment-30363 Tiberiu Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:04:07 +0000 http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/#comment-30363 The picture is a blatant distortion of historical truth. From what I remember, the original "saniuta" was using only the standard 1/2 liter Romanian communist bottle, usually the green and clear glass variants. The label was a piece of cheap paper (no fancy glossy paper). Using just green ink, on the label you could read only "Vodca" and beneath was a simple drawing of a winter sled and some snowflakes. Just like the cheap wine in 1 liter bottles known as "corabioara" (diminutive of "corabie", meaning sailing ship), owning it's name to the little drawing of a full rigged ship on the label, people started calling that vodka "saniuta" (diminutive of "sanie", meaning winter sled) because of that little sled on the label. The picture is a blatant distortion of historical truth. From what I remember, the original “saniuta” was using only the standard 1/2 liter Romanian communist bottle, usually the green and clear glass variants. The label was a piece of cheap paper (no fancy glossy paper). Using just green ink, on the label you could read only “Vodca” and beneath was a simple drawing of a winter sled and some snowflakes. Just like the cheap wine in 1 liter bottles known as “corabioara” (diminutive of “corabie”, meaning sailing ship), owning it’s name to the little drawing of a full rigged ship on the label, people started calling that vodka “saniuta” (diminutive of “sanie”, meaning winter sled) because of that little sled on the label.

]]> By: Romer!can http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/comment-page-1/#comment-30333 Romer!can Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:24:22 +0000 http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/#comment-30333 frank - Hahaha... You're right, I should think about adjusting the sunglasses. I've got to publish some more cards in the 2007 series because they're coming to me quite quickly since the blog has taken a sudden political turn. BTW, shoot me if I don't write you this weekend... I haven't forgotten there's much to discuss. Musculin - Hai, sa bem! Noroc! Yeah, Saniuta escaped me during the first iteration, but I agree that Stalinskaya would have made an excellent choice. You're too funny. And, hey! That post I spoke of has not yet appeared... you'll be particularly interested in one that's been on the backburner (but not for long). frank – Hahaha… You’re right, I should think about adjusting the sunglasses. I’ve got to publish some more cards in the 2007 series because they’re coming to me quite quickly since the blog has taken a sudden political turn. BTW, shoot me if I don’t write you this weekend… I haven’t forgotten there’s much to discuss.

Musculin – Hai, sa bem! Noroc! Yeah, Saniuta escaped me during the first iteration, but I agree that Stalinskaya would have made an excellent choice. You’re too funny. And, hey! That post I spoke of has not yet appeared… you’ll be particularly interested in one that’s been on the backburner (but not for long).

]]> By: Musculin http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/comment-page-1/#comment-30186 Musculin Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:28:39 +0000 http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/#comment-30186 Great poster featuring the greatest poster-child of early 1990s Romania. When I first saw the poster you've made, I wanted to suggest you change the vodka brand from "Stolichnaya" to "Stalinskaya", as I considered the latter to be more appropriate. But now I see you came up with an even better option: "Saniuta". Hai noroc, dom' presedinte! Great poster featuring the greatest poster-child of early 1990s Romania.

When I first saw the poster you’ve made, I wanted to suggest you change the vodka brand from “Stolichnaya” to “Stalinskaya”, as I considered the latter to be more appropriate.

But now I see you came up with an even better option: “Saniuta”.

Hai noroc, dom’ presedinte!

]]> By: frank http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/comment-page-1/#comment-30175 frank Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:01:09 +0000 http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/#comment-30175 E.T. Nicolae needs the darker shade on the upper half of the sunglasses, just like all his PDSR buddies from the mid 1990s. ;-) Seriously - I never got over the sensation, when watching TV, that the entire upper strata of PDSR of that time was cast from a time-trapped Italian mafia of the 1970s. Just look at the sunglasses and the suits. You tell me! And wouldn't you know it, along the lines of posting yesterday, Nicolae, Doru Ioan, and Viorel, not to mention George Prisacaru, are all back for an early Halloween in April. :D Romania, or at least Romanian politics - the gift that keeps on giving... E.T. Nicolae needs the darker shade on the upper half of the sunglasses, just like all his PDSR buddies from the mid 1990s. ;-)

Seriously – I never got over the sensation, when watching TV, that the entire upper strata of PDSR of that time was cast from a time-trapped Italian mafia of the 1970s. Just look at the sunglasses and the suits. You tell me!

And wouldn’t you know it, along the lines of posting yesterday, Nicolae, Doru Ioan, and Viorel, not to mention George Prisacaru, are all back for an early Halloween in April. :D

Romania, or at least Romanian politics – the gift that keeps on giving…

]]> By: Romer!can http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/comment-page-1/#comment-30097 Romer!can Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:55:01 +0000 http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/#comment-30097 Lies! CNSAS has already revealed my long file. I've actually been a double-agent seeking to expose all you anti-communist traitors bent on overthrowing the will of The People. Lies! CNSAS has already revealed my long file. I’ve actually been a double-agent seeking to expose all you anti-communist traitors bent on overthrowing the will of The People.

]]> By: Costi http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/comment-page-1/#comment-29835 Costi Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:02:37 +0000 http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/#comment-29835 I guess that you will soon get a "record" with "Secu" http://new.ablog.ro/2007-03-24/eu-si-securitatea.html I guess that you will soon get a “record” with “Secu”
http://new.ablog.ro/2007-03-24/eu-si-securitatea.html

]]> By: Romer!can http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/comment-page-1/#comment-29783 Romer!can Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:28:04 +0000 http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/#comment-29783 shadowchase - Livin' la vida loca; just don't let him touch you with his glowstick. Lumi - If I throw enough posts at the wall, one or two might stick. But, hey, while you're in the mood, why not <a href="http://romerican.com/?s=%22political+all-stars+of+romania%22" rel="nofollow">collect the set from 2006</a>? shadowchase – Livin’ la vida loca; just don’t let him touch you with his glowstick.

Lumi – If I throw enough posts at the wall, one or two might stick. But, hey, while you’re in the mood, why not collect the set from 2006?

]]> By: Lumi http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/comment-page-1/#comment-29782 Lumi Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:28:03 +0000 http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/#comment-29782 Good one! Pocket stolen dollars! LMAO Man, you've got some talent! Glad to see you well enough to post daily! Love your blog. Good one! Pocket stolen dollars! LMAO
Man, you’ve got some talent!
Glad to see you well enough to post daily! Love your blog.

]]> By: shadowchase http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/comment-page-1/#comment-29760 shadowchase Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:19:56 +0000 http://romerican.com/2007/04/26/political-all-stars-of-romania-5/#comment-29760 Looks like E.T. is alive and well and in exile? Looks like E.T. is alive and well and in exile?

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