"Lest the kettle boiling B
Filling the teapot spoils the T!"
- this one sounds like a winner to me! But why have it on a shot glass???! (Ed)
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| From Gary: I think it
means, don't fill the glass with whiskey right to the top because too much
whiskey is not good - rather the opposite of your suggestion that too much
water ruins the drink. You may be right, of course, but I think the legend may
be saying, don't drink too much. I guess one thing I am not sure of is, did
people typically pour water in the whiskey in the shot glasses (which are
relatively small and not highball glasses of course)? Or did they drink the
whiskey neat? I would have thought the latter, mostly, hence my theory, but I
am not sure! |
| From Alice (originally from her
grandmother): "Lest the kettle boiling B Filling the teapot spoils the T!" - this one sounds like a winner to me! But why have it on a shot glass???! (Ed) |