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Snow and Grog

PaulEberhardt

on Dec. 16, 2010

Tigers love snow. However, snow is very rare in Bremen, as it is so close to the North Sea (just like British weather, actually), so our Tiger needs a moment to remember his Siberian heritage.
This year we've had plenty of snow everywhere for a few weeks now, and there's me still doing a summer comic! Well, sort of, anyway. So now it's high time for a little fun in the snow. So next page will feature a Christmas cartoon, and we'll see what a tiger does in a garden thick with snow. And to put you in the right mood, click here to watch the best tiger video ever.

Grog was invented by an admiral in the British Royal Navy, and the recipe has quickly spread among seafarers of all nations. I don't know about most other countries, but we Northern Germans have sort of adopted it as our traditional drink for cold and wet weather (which is most of the year). I reckoned it was well known pretty much everywhere, until I discovered that virtually nobody has ever heard of it where I live now. So just in case I added the recipe. It's wonderful in cold weather, especially when you've been outside for a long time - it'll warm you up in an instant. However if you're not used to it you're very likely to forget the vast amount of alcohol in it until it is far too late… Well, don't say, I didn't warn you. I'm not responsible for anyone acting like that duck, if you get my meaning.