Comments on: L’Chaim

By: Several of them

Several of them — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:05 +0000

Fnord is right, death toast would be a great name for a band.

By: Pinny

Pinny — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:39:38 +0000

I don’t get it…

Can someone please explain the phrase, “Here’s looking up your old address?”

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:08:12 +0000

Patrick - you’re very welcome.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:19:34 +0000

Thank you so very much, Bob. I’ve been saying “Here’s looking up your old address,” every time I raise a glass for the past 15 years or so and I can never remember who I stole that from. Thank you!

By: Zbicyclist

Zbicyclist — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:42:29 +0000

I always drink “To Excess!”

It’s a weak joke, but at least it’s short.

By: Kamino Neko

Kamino Neko — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:39:08 +0000

Wikipedia’s page on toasting has a fairly good list of common toasts.

Health seems to be the single most common topic. Luck and happiness are also very common. Simple onomatopoeia seems to be strangely common, too.

By: Cindi

Cindi — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:02:22 +0000

This was just a LOL to me.

I have simple tastes!

By: Pinny

Pinny — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:00:35 +0000

Maybe they are drinking the four cups of wine at the Pesach seder.

[Interestingly, the seder is the only place I can think of in which there is a liturgical reference to the Angel of Death by that name, ie, at the in Chad Gadya.]

By: Pinny

Pinny — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:56:48 +0000

“To us and our good fortune!
Be happy, be healthy, long life!
And if our good fortune never comes,
Here’s to whatever comes,
Drink L’Chaim, to life!”
-”Fiddler on the Roof”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:29:04 +0000

Here’s tae us, wha’s like us? Damned few, an’ they’re a’ deid!