The Confessional

[teapeebubbles]

Q: Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a
toast?

A: It used to be common for someone to try to kill an
enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. To prove to
a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary
for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into
the glass of the host. Both men would drink it
simultaneously. When a guest trusted his host, he
would then just touch or clink the host's glass with
his own.