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Why am I craving ouzo all of the sudden?
Just a little question: IF YOU ARE HAVING OUZO.. I'm invited, right?!
Why am I craving ouzo all of the sudden?
he wasn't in the army, he was camping nearby and went to complain about the noise....................................:d
Why am I craving ouzo all of the sudden?
Because you are very wise.Why am I craving ouzo all of the sudden?
dub-ya I lov-ya this was great!... Dutch here; we arrived 1653 came over from Belgium on the ship "Dynasty" ( to New Amsterdam ) got run off by the da_n English so became a "Lord of Flatbush"; came to Ky. to build barns; anybody need a barn? --Well, I'm English born but have traces of Celtic blood (Scots and Irish), and if you go back far enough probably Pict or Viking
My great, great, great grandfather was in fact killed at the battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
He wasn't in the army, he was camping nearby and went to complain about the noise....................................
I tried ouzo once... I hated it. (sorry).
Teepotah felos, katalava Ouzo.
I spent two years as an advisor with the Greek Army and Ouzo was the wine of life,
drunk by the helmet-full splashed by a few drops of water. :eeek:
That's usually how it goes if you have a "ksenos" coming into the family, haha. My dad is also a convert to Orthodoxy. I just like the term Greek-American because obviously I'm Greek but I also have a love of the country of my birth, what it stands for, and I'm grateful for how well it has treated my family the past 50 years. I don't use the term because I can't think of myself as Greek enough to be "fully Greek," thus necessitating the inclusion of "American" as a suffix on my nationality, I use it because I really feel American too. Teddy Roosevelt wouldn't like me being a "hyphonated American" but I guess I'll just have to agree to disagree with him on that one.Didn't you know, all it takes is a single drop of Greek blood to call yourself Greek? Sometimes, all it takes is marrying into a Greek family. My grandmother was raised in an orphanage and had no idea of her heritage. She married my grandfather and became Greek We've had several people marry into the family and convert to Orthodoxy and adopt all the traditions and culture. My blood may be half Italian, but I consider myself Greek all the way!