# New meaning for the term "Shooters" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meaning-for-the-term-shooters/265175 "2004-09-20T19:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meaning-for-the-term-shooters/265175/1 "2004-09-20T19:38:03Z")
[Kalashnikov Vodka](http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/20/kalashnikov.vodka.reut/index.html). The new drink of choice for terrorists? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meaning-for-the-term-shooters/265175/2 "2004-09-20T20:12:21Z")
It would be right next to the bottle of Colt .45. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meaning-for-the-term-shooters/265175/3 "2004-09-20T21:52:31Z")
I’m embarrassed to tell you where I thought this was going :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meaning-for-the-term-shooters/265175/4 "2004-09-20T22:01:59Z")
That’s nothing. They’ve had goofy vodka for years. My friend found out that Brezhnev would kick your ass like no ones business. I think that to the rarified palate of the Westerner, the nice thawy Gorbachev would work best, but he didn’t believe me. Detente is not something these vodka makers know about. ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meaning-for-the-term-shooters/265175/5 "2004-09-20T22:03:27Z")
So, would this be used in a fully-automatic “shot” gun? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meaning-for-the-term-shooters/265175/6 "2004-09-20T23:27:34Z")
In Soviet Union, Vodka drinks you! Sorry, I coudn’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meaning-for-the-term-shooters/265175/7 "2004-09-21T01:37:51Z")
I remember seeing Michael Palin get blitzed by homebrew vodka on “Pole To Pole.” The booze had slivers of GARLIC in it. I’m scared to think of what else they put in that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-meaning-for-the-term-shooters/265175/8 "2004-09-21T03:44:19Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I remember seeing Michael Palin get blitzed by homebrew vodka on “Pole To Pole.” The booze had slivers of GARLIC in it. I’m scared to think of what else they put in that stuff. Oh man, a friend’s father (they’re Polish of course) gets some stuff shipped from the starenarodni (or whatever) and when we were over at his house while they were having their Polish friends over we’d often hear, “Son, put the cap on the vodka, it’s evaporating.”:eek: