Brrrrr…

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Oh, how quaint are these Czechs with their holiday customs and habits… In temperatures of minus 15° men gather round huge tubs on the street corners. 24-hours a day they stand by, smoking cigarettes, ensuring a steady supply of water and on the killing day, they machete away. The British eat turkey (incl. turkey neck and turkey gizzards!!!) on the day in question. Kapr is the Czech delicacy; Carp; 3,000 of them drowning, gasping for air in these street tubs. And then along comes Babicka (Granny), who points, and then Whack, Crack, and into a plastic bag. Next comes...
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