What got me was that this guy, in addition to using his drill sergeant tactics to frighten classes of well-behaved 8th grade honor students into terrified submission, actually broke a student's hand slamming his pointer stick down on a desk while bellowing for silence AND KEPT HIS JOB.

If it'd happened to me, either my mom would have owned that school, or he would have been nicknamed "Lefty" from that point onward.

AmyLiz, Slate did a review of vodkas: [link]

Grey Goose, Belvedere, and Ketel One are the most popular high-end vodkas in general bar usage.

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Stolichnaya is pretty swanky, isn't it?

Aw, tommy, I'm sorry.

And thanks, juliana! I forgot about Ketel One. Shows you how often I drink anything other than a cold beer.

Aw, Tommy, that's sad. I'm sorry.

AmyLiz, are you just looking for swanky overall, or can you be more specific? Like, I think a rich middle-aged person would possibly pick something different than a trying-to-impress person in their 20s.

Stolichnaya is pretty swanky, isn't it?

Not really, not any more.

I don't even think I've had it. It's one of those names stuck in my head. I think I've probably only ever had Smirnoff's and Absolut.

Stolichnaya is pretty swanky, isn't it?

Stoli and Absolut are both swank, but they've been so popular and around so long that they're mentally considered mid-range instead of premium. It's a strange mindset, but I've been watching it happen. It's not like there's much of a price difference, but the differentiation is there.

Personally, I like Skyy.

SKYY has a swanky website, but it's got too much flash, and I couldn't be arsed to look at the actual pages on the actual vodka. It supposedly has the fewest impurities.