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

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Ah yes.

That's the pepper mill.

[ex-kalymura481.livejournal.com]

Silly me! Of course it's obvious, now that I know I'm looking at a much larger object.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

And what you can see is only half of it. The top end was the salt shaker.