>>>My loooong w/e was c. 2 weeks but feels just like a long w/e - and *I* remembered!
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>>>Besides, how can you get drunk on that Danish gnat's p*ss? :-)
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>>When I'm at home, I rarely drink Danish beer. I have the same meaning of Dansish beer as Monty Python had of English beer: "Just like making love in a canoe; fu**ing close to water"! :-)
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>>Personally I prefer some Norwegian beer, plus Foster, San Miguel and the original Czech Budweisser, in most countries sold as Budvar.
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>Because they have no clue how to spell or pronounce České Budějovice :). Budvar is probably the Hungarian version of the name of the place (the -var being equivalent to -burg, or even -fort), just like Budweis is the German version.
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>BTW, the place has another important product - Jaroslav Hašek's "Good Soldier Švejk" who was allegedly born there.

Actually I know how it's spelled, but I did not have my Czech map handy when I wrote the message. :-) I drove through České Budějovice June 2004 together with Ken Levy and his brother John David, on our way grat "European tour". http://blogs.msdn.com/klevy/archive/2004/06.aspx