Friday, June 30, 2006
almost useless
Cheers - its a respect thing
Did you know, it shows a lack of trust to actually clink glasses when saying cheers... the practice came from drinking halls in days of old when gangs of men gathered, drank and plotted and planned.
Now I'm sorry to say it but not all these fellas were all that honest so, to prove everyone could trust that no one was trying to poison anyone's drinks it became the custom to smack their tankards of ale together, causing beer to spill from mug to mug, so meaning what one man drank everyone drank, quite clever really!
A slight addition to this is the showing respect bit. If someone in the group was beyond doubt his glass would be raised highest, or rather, everyone would clink their drinks below the top of his therefore stopping anyone’s beer spilling into his. He could then poison anyone but be poisoned by no one.
i.e. to click the top of someone's glass is a bit of a cuss, but to clink the bottom .... good form (unless they're trying to kill you!)
Did you know, it shows a lack of trust to actually clink glasses when saying cheers... the practice came from drinking halls in days of old when gangs of men gathered, drank and plotted and planned.
Now I'm sorry to say it but not all these fellas were all that honest so, to prove everyone could trust that no one was trying to poison anyone's drinks it became the custom to smack their tankards of ale together, causing beer to spill from mug to mug, so meaning what one man drank everyone drank, quite clever really!
A slight addition to this is the showing respect bit. If someone in the group was beyond doubt his glass would be raised highest, or rather, everyone would clink their drinks below the top of his therefore stopping anyone’s beer spilling into his. He could then poison anyone but be poisoned by no one.
i.e. to click the top of someone's glass is a bit of a cuss, but to clink the bottom .... good form (unless they're trying to kill you!)
