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Guess how much vodka a visiting friend expected Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee to consume in a single day? Three litres! When he called on him the other day, Oleh Bilorus, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian Parliament, gifted Chatterjee a jar used traditionally in Ukraine to drink vodka. 8220;You should use it thrice a day,8221; Bilorus quipped, while handing over the traditional double-handle, 1-litre vessel. The comrade could only muster a grin in response to the bacchanalian temptation.