Re: Dylan's Mishearing of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"

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I'm reading a merchant mariner's memoir, whose author made two voyages
into Russian waters in the 70s.  One of the author's hard-drinking
shipmates liked to challenge Russians to drinking contests with prizes
at stake.  There was never a want for Russians who were eager to
compete.  During the contests, the American sailor would play "Back in
the USSR," to the delight of everyone.
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What the Russian contenders did not know is that the American guy had a
supply of everclear, and that he would lace the bottles of Stolichnaya
from which the Russians were served with the grain alcohol.
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He won every contest, to the great embarrassment of the Russians.