I once heard someone say that the tradition of drinking "á votre santé," to your health, dates back to the days when it was considered a courtly gesture for a gentleman to drink from a lady's shoe. Apparently drinking to her health was an acknowledgement of the risk he was taking – if she had any funky foot diseases, he'd be drinking major cooties, so before he took a swig, he hoped she was healthy.
I sure hope that's apocryphal. Because, ew.
7 comments:
oh my............ nasty.........
Ew is right!
maybe they wore "glass slippers" ala Cinderella style?
well, ask Dr. Bob to drink from you shoe then! *LOL*
But yes: Ew!
kd: I kind of hope so, but I kind of doubt it.
el: why ruin a perfectly good pair of shoes?
( speechless )
You can use your new wellies!
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