I have never heard a Chuck Mangione record.
Simon & Garfunkel could almost convert me to christianity with their rousing rendition of "Go Tell It On the Mountain".
Tonight, despite having no bookshelves, it becomes absolutely necessary to start tearing into the book boxes and finding things.
Then to plan Big Things with the Planningest lady I know. Queen of Planning and Organization, I declare her.
Why is the martini glass shaped the way it is? For maximum spillage? The amount of the drink you consume would make it less likely to spill out, except that you are steadily getting drunker and less able to hold the damn thing upright.
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LA JEWDY mayhaps?
Dude: totally on the martini glasses. I went to a martini party at a friend's place and I swear it took them weeks to get the stick out of the floor. 100% alcohol/sugar + spilly spilly glasses + drunk people = icky, sticky floors.
My New Year's Party: Imagine me sloshing grape cosmopolitan all over my hardwood floors, no matter how full or not full the glass was. Yeah.
As to WHY the shape, supposedly the large surface area aided in being able to smell the boquet of the gin, and the stem helped keep the drink cold (by not putting your hand on the surface of the chilled glass where the booze is.)
But it pretty much became a 'standard' in the 20's and 30's; no doubt things like the extreme prominence of the martini being served in that style of glass in major culture icons like The Thin Man films pushed that along. (I also found a couple of places that mention the glass was particularly easy to empty if the cops came during prohibition.)
As I recall, the glasses weren't even originally used primarily for martinis, but for other cocktails. So I agree, it's probably a cultural fascination with the martini-as-idea that led to the association with the glass.
Seriously, tho, if people are going to be drinking enough that they have problems keeping the glass upright, consider switching to snifters or sippy-cups. If you have problems when you first get the drink, they've probably overfilled the glass. It's supposed to be something you enjoy, not part of a high-wire balancing act.
Of course, they may call it a three-martini lunch becuase few can hold up the fourth. :)
Sadly I have devolved to the point where one martini gets me well and happy. A three martini lunch would probably have me under the table.
The floors were gray-purple the next morning. There was a punch layer, and then there was a lint layer on top of that. I had to mop three times. :(
I also had an overall higher tolerance for dirty floors back then I think.