I Got To 55 Without Knowing This

[poliphilo]

Here's some English drinking lore.

Can you see the difference between these two glasses?

No, neither could I.

But the one on the left has a bit of a shoulder to it , which makes it a "gentleman's glass", whereas the other has a smoother contour, which makes it a "lady's glass".

Ailz (who used to be a pub landlady) pointed this out in the nick of time and saved me from committing a terrible social blunder.

 

Comments

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Gosh. I could see the difference, but had no idea it had any significance! Luckily, I don't drink pints anyway, so have passed a life so far blissfully free of involuntary breaches of gender boundaries.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't often drink pints either.

This was a brew called Black Sheep- and very nice it was too.