Chapter 14
There Can Be Only One
One of our first running jokes as a team was about ouzo. No one remembers how or why, but one night out with Stefanos, Nikolay, and Matt, we wanted to do a round of drinks to celebrate and asked our waitress about Athens's local alcohols. Ouzo was mentioned, and I said I hated it. Immediately everyone clambered for us to do a round of ouzo shots, which we did, several times, yelling, “Ouzo!” It was ironic and stupid, but we all laughed. I'm sure I ordered rounds myself, as the joke got better as the trip went on. But later, even we got sick of not only drinking ouzo but talking about it. We made a rule: any mention of ouzo meant the person who said it had to stop whatever he was doing and have a shot. By Team ...
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