White Sun of the Desert

April 27, 2007

Local Peculiarities

I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, who is working on one of the major oil and gas projects on the island.  One of his Russian employees was recently rushed to hospital for a stomach pump after he’d drunk a quantity of diesel.  His excuse?

“I thought it was petrol.”

Only in Russia.

Posted by - tnewman @ 3:14 am, Posted under: Sakhalin

1 Comment »

  1. That’s the spirit.

    Comment by dearieme — April 28, 2007 @ 9:54 pm

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