Heres to honor if you can t come in her, come on her meaning

What are some witty toasts? January 12, 2005 6:33 PM   Subscribe

I do a bit of drinking, and I'm looking for a new toast. "Panties: Not the best thing in the world, but right next to it." is what my friends use, but it's getting a little old. Any suggestions? (Witty and sublime both appreciated)
posted by absalom to Food & Drink (104 answers total) 36 users marked this as a favorite

An old Scottish standby:
Here's tae us,
There's nae like us,
Some's tried,
Their all dead.
posted by RMALCOLM at 6:49 PM on January 12, 2005 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: RMALCOLM: OH, yeah, I forgot about that one! We use that one sometimes on special occasions. I'm quite a fan of it.
posted by absalom at 6:55 PM on January 12, 2005

"Here's to all the poor people, because without them we'd never look rich." Guffaw! Snort!
posted by riffraff at 7:04 PM on January 12, 2005

May those that love us, love us;
and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts;
if he can't turn there hearts, then may he turn their ankles,
so we'll know them by their limp.
posted by LeiaS at 7:33 PM on January 12, 2005 [1 favorite]

"To being single, seeing double, and sleeping triple!"
posted by geekyguy at 7:33 PM on January 12, 2005

To our wives and sweethearts - may they never meet.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 7:33 PM on January 12, 2005

"To toast! Light, with butter and cinnamon!"
posted by spinifex23 at 7:48 PM on January 12, 2005

I heard this given by a best man at a wedding: "May all your ups and downs be between the sheets"
posted by mmascolino at 7:51 PM on January 12, 2005

"Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends."
posted by Sinner at 8:09 PM on January 12, 2005 [3 favorites]

My bass player, Andy, usually says, "Cheers, Big Ears"
-klink-
posted by OneOliveShort at 8:11 PM on January 12, 2005

To Honor. Get on her and stay on her.
(have to say it out loud)
posted by bryanzera at 8:13 PM on January 12, 2005

Here's to a family history of alcoholism.
posted by rfordh at 8:18 PM on January 12, 2005

Then you drain the bottle, set down your glass, look deep into your sweetie's eyes and say, "Darling, this may be the wine talking, but I think I'd like another bottle of wine."
posted by mono blanco at 8:32 PM on January 12, 2005 [1 favorite]

L'etat c'est moi
posted by mdpc98 at 8:43 PM on January 12, 2005

To Fighting, Stealing & Killing:
Fighting for what you believe in,
Stealing a young girls heart and
Killing a bottle with your friends.
posted by whybesubtle at 8:45 PM on January 12, 2005

I have drunk from the cup of life,
from the brim, to the dregs,
but all I ever really wanted,
was what's between your legs.
posted by WolfDaddy at 9:02 PM on January 12, 2005

Come hither, my lads, with your tankards of ale,
And drink to the present before it shall fail;
Pile each on your platter a mountain of beef,
For 'tis eating and drinking that bring us relief:
  So fill up your glass,
  For life will soon pass;
When you're dead ye'll ne'er drink to your king or your lass!
posted by j.edwards at 9:07 PM on January 12, 2005

Wait, are you talking about the "pre-drinking" toast, or the "sing while you're chugging" toast? Cause I got lots of the latter category.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 9:42 PM on January 12, 2005

There are five reasons, I do think
Why 'tis good to have a drink,
Good wine,
A friend,
Or being dry,
Or lest we should be by and by,
Or any other reason why.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 9:43 PM on January 12, 2005

Here's to those
Who wish us well
And all the rest
Can go to hell!
posted by kamikazegopher at 11:09 PM on January 12, 2005

I've always thought that a good toast should be entirely extemporaneous, but then I have a complicated network of marginally sub-obsessive-compulsive rituals associated with The Drink that always annoyed the hell out of my friends, I think, back when we were living in the same countries and able to raise the wrist together.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 12:02 AM on January 13, 2005

May you...
Work like you don't need the money,
Screw like it's being filmed,
And drink like a true Irishman.
posted by justgary at 1:18 AM on January 13, 2005

Cheers! May you live 900 years!
And may I live 901 so I may remeber you.
posted by Fat Guy at 3:11 AM on January 13, 2005 [1 favorite]

"Ladies and gentlemen, The Queen."
posted by briank at 4:52 AM on January 13, 2005

To our our women, to our horses,
and the men who ride them.
posted by filmgeek at 5:14 AM on January 13, 2005

"Here's to looking like movie stars, partying like rock stars, and f*cking like porn stars"
posted by icey at 6:39 AM on January 13, 2005

I always toast "to interesting times". Old Chinese curse, IIRC. Then again it might just be one of those racial stereotypes.
posted by softlord at 6:39 AM on January 13, 2005

"Confusion to the French!"
posted by eriko at 7:36 AM on January 13, 2005

alright, i'll bite--i don't get the "it's a lawn chair" one...
posted by mdpc98 at 9:05 AM on January 13, 2005

Appropriate for weddings, but more so for bachelor parties before it gets rowdy: "To eating off a plate, instead of straight out of the pan."
posted by Plutor at 9:08 AM on January 13, 2005

krisjohn, norm, you win on the Groundhog day references. But I was totally gonna say it and you stole my thunder. *sniffle*
posted by u.n. owen at 9:09 AM on January 13, 2005

"Gentlemen... to evil!" --Mr. Black
posted by sonofsamiam at 10:26 AM on January 13, 2005

"Here's to old D. H. Lawrence" is (if memory serves) what Jack Nicholson, playing a left-wing alcoholic Southern lawyer, says prior to swigging out of a pint bottle while he & biker hippies Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper sit around their campfire. No real context, I guess--just a nice little character-development detail. Then again I could have it all wrong. Go ahead and see the movie, you'll be glad you did.
posted by scratch at 11:28 AM on January 13, 2005

Scratch
thanks, I have seen it, just not recently enough, I'ma have to see it again.
posted by Divine_Wino at 11:35 AM on January 13, 2005

Our family toast is 'Happy Faries'. (As in 'Good 'Elf'.)
posted by i_cola at 11:56 AM on January 13, 2005

...or even 'Fairies'...
posted by i_cola at 11:57 AM on January 13, 2005

'sláinte' is 'Cheers' in Irish and is pronounced quite similarly to "It's a lawn chair" said fast and somewhat slurred. That's where I think jimfl was going with that.
posted by OneOliveShort at 11:58 AM on January 13, 2005

"Here's to us, and those like us. Damned few of us left."
posted by ruddhist at 12:07 PM on January 13, 2005

KR and I have a shot of tequila every day after work. We clink and say either "Cheers" or the Turkish equivalent, pronounced "Sherefay."
posted by booth at 12:47 PM on January 13, 2005

Are there any humourous toasts that aren't for sexist pigs? I'm sensing a pattern here...
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 1:16 PM on January 13, 2005

Dorian
It's also a good Barenaked Ladies Song.
posted by Nenna at 1:52 PM on January 13, 2005

I always use 'Confusion to the enemy' with flexible enemies to match the company and occassion.
posted by prentiz at 2:50 PM on January 13, 2005

I used to know a clever toast,
But now I cannot think of it.
So fill your glass to anything,
And bless your souls, I’ll drink it!
posted by rxreed at 3:50 PM on January 13, 2005 [1 favorite]

gottabefunky
LA . . . . . . I’ll have another beer . . .
In our version, we use "LA... ger is a type of beer!". Avoids the repeat...
My father has always been fond of "Here's lookin' up yer kilt".
posted by coriolisdave at 9:05 PM on January 13, 2005

Original is "La, lalalalala beer."
"Far" is "a long long way for beer."
posted by NickDouglas at 12:27 PM on January 14, 2005

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