"Buck - the - Dog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> e-woofed: >And besides that, what *is* a cartoon coaster? Ah, those were the halcyon (and non-existent) days, when drinking was a social endeavor, and bartenders could mix drinks, remember _your drink_ and your name (pre-fern bar, wine spritzers, bottle juggling, etc.). Rather than advertising the liquor or beer that your in the process of drinking, a coaster might've been emblazoned with the some nifty '50's sort of cartoon (say, a shapely martini come-on, or some such). A mint example would probably fetch a fortune on ebay =:~) (There might be more on this in Joseph Lanza's _The Cocktail: The Influence of Spirits on the American Psyche_.)
>And what is >meant by "Constantly in the darkness, where's that at?" Her take on Willie the Shake (Willie with a twist): "But I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fixd and resting quality, There is no fellow in the firmament." (Julius Cfsar. Act iii. Sc. 1.) Denny
