1528: Vodka
Vodka |
Title text: Or whatever's handy! I'm pretty much pure alcohol and water, so it doesn't really matter! |
Explanation
This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect: Probably needs some more distillation, ha ha. But also an explanation on what heads and tails means in the title text explanation If you can address this issue, please edit the page! Thanks. |
When people say "maybe it's the vodka talking" (or similar phrases), they usally mean that they are speaking under the influence of alcohol and are saying things they probably wouldn't say when sober. This is similar to the Latin saying in vino veritas (there is truth in wine). However, in this comic, it is as if the substance of vodka itself is talking, and discussing its origin (potatoes).
The title text gives the impression that the vodka isn't really sure it's made from potatoes. However, vodkas are often repeatedly distilled to remove the "foreshots" (the first few ounces of alcohol that drip from the condenser), "heads" and "tails," which contain flavor compounds. Removal of these leaves a clear solution consisting almost entirely of ethanol and water. This is in contrast to other distilled beverages like whiskey, brandy and rum.
Transcript
- [Ponytail and Megan sit together at a table with two small shot glasses on the table. Ponytail holds a large almost full bottle with label near to her mouth, while Megan's hand lies close to a larger glass, filled with liquid and an ice cube, close to her end of the table.]
- Ponytail: Maybe this is the vodka talking, but:
- Ponytail: Hi! I'm made from potatoes!
Discussion
Moving three comments below (between --- and ---) from the page 1528 that was not named correctly to begin with --Kynde (talk) 12:53, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
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Weirdly enough, 80 proof vodka and the human body are both about 60% water. If you replaced the remaining 30-odd percent of volume in your body with pure alcohol, you could sustain yourself purely on vodka! Or become vodka. Consumer (talk) 09:37, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
That Polytail is a pretty hardcore lady - it looks like she's drinking directly from the bottle. --RenniePet (talk) 12:39, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
- I kinda think she's looking into the bottle, to see if it is really 'talking', rather than drinking from it. 141.101.98.66 05:44, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
- She does not have a glas where she could drink from (Megan has one), so she must drink from the bottle. 108.162.230.191 13:11, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
- I see two small vodka glasses. Megan in holding a larger glass, probably containing a soda chaser. 141.101.88.221 18:53, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
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Fun fact: vodka is named by adding a feminine diminutive to the Russian word for "water." A somewhat more literal translation (for anime fans, at least) would be calling it "water-chan". —Robotech (talk) 14:46, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
- Somewhat like whiskey/whisky or akvavit or eau de vie, all of which mean "water of life."Taibhse (talk) 16:00, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
- Does that mean the Bene Gesserit were all just drunk off their collective asses on Whiskey the whole time? -Pennpenn 108.162.250.162 00:12, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
- Well, actually, "uisce/uisge" just means "water." The name comes from "uisge/uisce beatha" = "water of life" but they dropped the "life" part in English usage. Also, medieval Latinists gave the name "aqua vitae" to just about any distilled concentrated ethanol product. It doesn't really rain Johnny Walker or Jameson's on Whiskey.Taibhse (talk) 10:57, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
- Does that mean the Bene Gesserit were all just drunk off their collective asses on Whiskey the whole time? -Pennpenn 108.162.250.162 00:12, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
- I would like to say the "-k-" diminutive cannot be feminine itself: it's the word that ends with "-a" is gender neutral for people and "feminine" for things.bAlso... Saying "Oboronka" instead of "Oborona" even creates a new noun.162.158.183.145 20:26, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
- Polish people tried to claim vodka as own nation's invention, with a claim based on that "k" letter. Their logic was: Russian "voda" is Polish "vodka" minus "k" letter. I know some words indeed were derived that way ("flyaga" for flask was derived from "flazhka"), but "voda" is based on ancient "va".162.158.183.145