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Bottoms Up!: Toasts, Tales & Traditions Of Drinking's Long History As A Nautical Pastime | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Mckenna
Publisher: Flat Hammock Press
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
Buy New: $7.80
You Save: $8.15 (51%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 739992
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0975869922
Dewey Decimal Number: 082
EAN: 9780975869925
ASIN: 0975869922
Publication Date: May 30, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new. No markings. Perfect condition. Ships same day
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Product Description
From the "sun?s over the yardarm" to being "three sheets to the wind," Bottoms Up! is a sandbar hopping voyage through the centuries of toasts, quotes, slogans and sayings that mark drinking?s age-old relationship with sailors and the sea. Robert McKenna has spent years collecting hundreds of nautical-related drinking phrases and utterances. Here he distills them, stirs them with fun facts, and offers them up with amusing anecdotes to celebrate in high style this grandest of all maritime traditions.
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interesting and helpful March 9, 2007
I enjoyed learning the history of drinking and toasting. There are many good toasts and quotes to use, and to help you create your own. I've had occasion to use the toasts and received many compliments for their appropriateness and thoughtfulness.
A fun book, even for non-drinkers like me.
For the Host, with the Toast, that pleases the Most! July 12, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a fun book! I ordered one for my father (it arrived right away despite what the shipping information said). He's an old salt who swallowed the anchor long ago. Like many other boaters, he enjoys the occasional cocktail, and it was great to see him raise his glass and hear him bellow out in laughter. I ordered a bunch more for my all my friends with boats (so that they'll keep inviting me aboard).
A Great Gift July 6, 2005
This book was the "Perfect Gift" for my sailing buddies and family. I've used it for Fathers Day, brothers birthdays and also a "Bon Voyage" gift for a Coast Guard Commander departing for a new assignemnt. They were fun to present during a dinner party and immediately watch the happy recipient quickly thumb through pages then watch their expression as they latch on to one and belt out "raise your glasses I have a toast!"
I've depleted my supply and have an order in for more to keep on hand for the next occasion.
Must-have guide for every sailor and nautical enthusiast! June 6, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Get your copy, stuff it lovingly into a drybag, place in the saloon (or your bar ashore), and refer to it as often as possible (meaning, while raising a pint or uncorking a good rainwater Madeira with friends). You know Mr. McKenna has covered all the bases in this thoroughly enjoyable book, when (to my relief), he recounted the famous christening toast by Judge Smails in Caddyshack. Still the funniest nautical toast that I can recall. Great tidbits of lore, stuff you thought you didn't need to know, but are glad that you do now. This is a coffee table book that you can slip into your blazer pocket to impress the boys at the Yacht Club...or the tiki bar.
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