Wot No Glasses?

[allenlondon]

When did the uncivilised habit of drinking beer out of bottles catch on?

Back in the 60s or 70s, if a barman had given you a bottle and no glass, you would have complained. Now it seems to be the norm.

So what happened?

[Jackdaw33]

The newspaper was only an outer insulating wrapping. The fish and chips themselves were on white paper inside.

[allenlondon]

MartinMillar. No, I’m interested in any answers to my question about the origins of this strange modern habit. People who just write ‘You’re wrong, and this is why...’ don’t interest me as much.

[sanmac]

Barry at 1025, my local bar uses those types of glasses. I don't like to drink out of a bottle for the simple, and maybe strange, reason that I don't like tipping my neck and head back every time I take a drink...It's way too much work:)

[ummmm]

I agree there, Sanmac. Glass for me every time.

[Mozz71]

Personally, I find this whole thread a tad snobbish. As long as people are behaving, I'm not bothered if they are drinking from a glass, the bottle or lapping it from a bowl. "Uncivilised" indeed. Meh.

[allenlondon]

Meh?

I never have really understood 'meh', although I suspect it goes with drinking out of bottles...

[ummmm]

Meh = whatever, fuss about nothing.

[Mamyalynne]

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/meh


Milk and Pop from bottles as a child with a straw or maybe two if it was a special occasion ;-)

[retrocop]

//I think American TV is to blame where ales are drunk straight from the bottle. //

I agree Danny. I first noticed youths drinking from bottles (mainly buds) in pubs after Tom Cruise and his buddy( Maverick) were drinking from their bottles in the bar scene of the film Top Gun.

[Old_Geezer]

Yeah but that wasn't ale, it was Buds for crying out loud :-)

[retrocop]

Agree. :-)

[New Judge]

//...I'm not bothered if they are drinking from a glass, the bottle or lapping it from a bowl.//

Different people have different standards. It makes them neither "snobbish" nor "yobbish". Just different.

[davebro]

"I never have really understood 'meh', although I suspect it goes with drinking out of bottles..."

A tad snobbish!

[allenlondon]

Well, davebro (A tad snobbish!), not sure about that.

I’ve spent 75 years or much of them trying to speak and write ‘good’ English, which I’m afraid does not include ‘meh’, ‘wow’, ‘poo’, ‘like’,or ‘sort of’ - or ‘literally’ (unless I’m describing something that did not happen figuratively).

Snobbish? I don’t think the pursuit of excellence is snobbish.

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