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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2006-02-08 03:41 pm

I Got To 55 Without Knowing This

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.

 

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2006-02-08 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Ah yes.

That's the pepper mill.

[identity profile] ex-kalymura481.livejournal.com 2006-02-08 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Silly me! Of course it's obvious, now that I know I'm looking at a much larger object.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2006-02-08 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
And what you can see is only half of it. The top end was the salt shaker.