Hey, do you take submissions? If so, this is pretty interesting…as far as drinking and toasts go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_%28honor%29
This is great. Being a drunk, I can’t believe I haven’t looked this up yet!
Best subsections are Traditional Toasts and Worldwide, since I’m always looking to add to my repertoire of creative ways to justify getting hammered. In Ireland, it was “Slainte!” (“Good health!”) over Jameson; in Italy, “Chin-Chin!” (clink of the glasses) over wine; in college, “To the face!” (“Stop…hammered time”) over whatever we could find, and in China, it was “Gan bai!” (“Empty the glass!”) over baijiu, as I’ve documented previously.
(In the post referenced above, I failed to mention that one of these Chinese drinking sessions involved snake blood mixed in the baijiu. From a snake that was beheaded in front of us. Followed by a nice meal of fried snakemeat. To male virility!)
(yum)
Thanks to this article, I plan on toasting to “a bloody war or a sickly season” on Thursdays, as the British Navy does, and “Tzvertji nye vy Şorcj” (May death come swiftly to your enemies), as the South Ossetians do.
Thanks, Anonymous Formspring User!
