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Life After Brown
Heard Any Good Ones: Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 422188" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Q: Why do people clink their glasses before</p><p>> drinking a toast?</p><p> </p><p>A: It used to be common for someone to try to</p><p>> kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink.</p><p>> To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it</p><p>> became customary for a guest to pour a small</p><p>> amount of his drink into the glass of the host.</p><p>> Both men would drink it simultaneously. When</p><p>> a guest trusted his host, he would then just</p><p>> touch or clink the host's glass with his own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 422188, member: 1246"] Q: Why do people clink their glasses before > drinking a toast? A: It used to be common for someone to try to > kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. > To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it > became customary for a guest to pour a small > amount of his drink into the glass of the host. > Both men would drink it simultaneously. When > a guest trusted his host, he would then just > touch or clink the host's glass with his own. [/QUOTE]
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