# Toasting to things

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-to-things/1007321>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 15, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-to-things/1007321 "2024-09-15T22:59:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-to-things/1007321/21 "2024-09-16T13:27:48Z")

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Years ago my husband and I were tourists in Germany and a friendly German who wanted to practice his English sat down with us. He and my spouse were drinking beer, I was drinking something non-alcoholic. He proposed a toast and raised his glass to clink it with my husband, but when I attempted to join in with my beverage he was shocked - “You can’t toast without alcohol!!!”

Technically I guess that’s the rule but in my circles it gets broken all the time. Increasing public awareness of the perils of excess alcohol consumption and the desire to be supportive of people “on the wagon” probably contributes to greater acceptance of non-alcoholic toasting than there used to be.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-to-things/1007321/22 "2024-09-16T13:44:17Z")

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> [@Ellecram](#):
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> I don’t think I want to live 100 years though lol…

I’ve always said I’m here for a good time, not a long time.

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-to-things/1007321/23 "2024-09-16T13:44:25Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SXyrYMxa-VI/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - To Alcohol! The Cause Of, And Solution To, All Of Life's Problems") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXyrYMxa-VI)

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-to-things/1007321/24 "2024-09-16T13:50:19Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> > [@Ellecram](#):
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> > I don’t think I want to live 100 years though lol…
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> I’ve always said I’m here for a good time, not a long time.

I’m stealing that one!

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-to-things/1007321/25 "2024-09-16T20:08:01Z")

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> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> Fair winds and following seas.

Or the British sports car version, “To green lights, blue skies and high oil pressure!”

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