November 25, 2008

Okay, this is bad

I had no idea how dire this whole worldwide economic meltdown thingy was until now:

The global financial crisis has grown so bad that Russians are cutting back on vodka.

Stockpiles of Russia's national drink were six times higher at the start of the month than the same time a year ago because factories are producing vodka faster than they can sell it, an alcohol industry lobby and research group said on Monday.

"People are having to save money, including on drinks, and this is connected to the impact of the financial crisis on people's disposable incomes," Pavel Shapkin, president of the National Alcohol Association (NAA), told Reuters.

Now, this is serious, but I think we can all agree to keep calm until my people—the Irish—start cutting back on the hooch. Then, I'm sure we can all agree, it will be time to crack each others' skulls open and feast on the goo inside.

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