In PostScript two weeks ago I alluded to having a brief encounter with Smirnoff vodka during a visit to Moscow in 1977. Some offerings were straightforward enough, such as: "I Thought St Tropez Was A Spanish Monk … Until I Discovered Smirnoff." One read: "I Thought Kama Sutra Was An Indian restaurant … Until I Discovered Smirnoff." Another showed a young man sitting with a slinky, semi-naked lady and proclaimed "It Was The 8.29 Every Morning … Until I Discovered Smirnoff." From the early 1970s Vladivar vodka was promoted in a series of tongue-in-cheek television commercials as "Vladivar From Warrington.

Source: Bangkok Post July 22, 2017 22:30 UTC