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<blockquote data-quote="Old Fezziwig" data-source="post: 9397050" data-attributes="member: 59">I have a policy not to refuse food offered to me by my elders, born out of a very uncomfortable argument with an older gentleman working in the restaurant on the overnight ferry from Athens to Heraklion.&nbsp; We were jet-lagged and had run out of our initial burst of energy, and he was very offended that we didn't want candied oranges and raki.&nbsp; We tried to explain, to no avail, that we just couldn't do it.&nbsp; We ended up choking down some candied oranges and raki in order to avoid an international incident.&nbsp; It was a miserable dessert, too tired to think straight with an angry waiter and surrounded by the Greek military (at least I assume they were the Greek military; lots of youngish men in fatigues with mustaches).&nbsp; None of us were happy.&nbsp; For the rest of the trip, we just smiled and said thank you whenever someone offered us something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Fezziwig, post: 9397050, member: 59"] I have a policy not to refuse food offered to me by my elders, born out of a very uncomfortable argument with an older gentleman working in the restaurant on the overnight ferry from Athens to Heraklion. We were jet-lagged and had run out of our initial burst of energy, and he was very offended that we didn't want candied oranges and raki. We tried to explain, to no avail, that we just couldn't do it. We ended up choking down some candied oranges and raki in order to avoid an international incident. It was a miserable dessert, too tired to think straight with an angry waiter and surrounded by the Greek military (at least I assume they were the Greek military; lots of youngish men in fatigues with mustaches). None of us were happy. For the rest of the trip, we just smiled and said [I]thank you[/I] whenever someone offered us something. [/QUOTE]

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