Great Toasts: From Births to Weddings to Retirement Parties ... and Everything in Between

by Frothingham, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781564145963
• ISBN10: 1564145964
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: CAREER PRESS

Summary

Full of deliciously witty lines and great sample toasts, this book provides you with practical advice about how and when to use these ideas.

Table of Contents

Introduction	10	(12)
About Toasting	12	(5)
Proposing your toast	12	(1)
Getting attention	12	(1)
Danger: flying glasses	13	(1)
To clink or not to clink	13	(1)
A few handy toasting phrases	14	(1)
How long should a toast be?	14	(1)
Being toasted	14	(1)
Where does toasting come from?	14	(1)
Where does the word `toast' come from?	15	(1)
How toasting is changing	15	(2)
Words for Weddings	17	(22)
Engagement Party	17	(1)
Wedding Shower	18	(1)
Bachelor Party	18	(3)
Bachelorette Party	21	(2)
Rehearsal Dinner	23	(1)
Wedding Reception	24	(12)
Who Gives the First Toast?	25	(1)
To Whom and to What You Toast	26	(1)
A Special Note to Bestmen	27	(1)
A Special Note to Bridesmaids	27	(9)
Gay/Lesbian/Transgendered Marriages/Commitment Ceremonies	36	(1)
Second/Third/Fourth Marriages	37	(1)
Older Marriages	37	(2)
Toasts for Special Occasions	39	(79)
Adult Education Graduation	39	(1)
Anniversaries	40	(1)
April Fools' Day	41	(1)
Art Opening and Exhibit	41	(1)
Award Presentation	42	(1)
Baby Shower	43	(1)
Banquet	44	(1)
Baptism/Christening	45	(1)
Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah	46	(1)
Bastille Day	47	(1)
Birthday	47	(7)
Bon Voyage party	54	(1)
Bris	55	(1)
Brunch	56	(1)
Building Dedication	57	(1)
Business Dinner	58	(1)
Christmas	59	(2)
Church Supper	61	(1)
Cinco de Mayo	62	(1)
Confirmation/First Communion	63	(1)
Consolation Party	63	(2)
Divorce	65	(1)
Easter	66	(1)
Election Victory	66	(1)
Family Reunion	67	(1)
Farewell	68	(3)
Father's Day	71	(1)
Fishing Party	72	(1)
Football/Soccer Event	73	(1)
Fourth of July	74	(1)
Fraternal Event	75	(1)
Friends Dinner	76	(1)
Fundraising	77	(1)
Funeral	78	(1)
Gambling Party	78	(1)
Golf Party	79	(1)
Grace	80	(1)
Graduation	81	(1)
Homecoming	82	(1)
Housewarming	83	(1)
Hunting Party	84	(1)
International Meeting	84	(1)
Kwanza	85	(1)
Launch	85	(2)
Library Dedication	87	(1)
Memorial/Funeral Gathering	87	(3)
Military Meals & Maneuvers	90	(2)
Air Force	91	(1)
Army	91	(1)
Marines	91	(1)
Navy	92	(1)
Mother's Day	92	(1)
Music Recital	93	(2)
New Job	95
New Neighbors	94	(1)
New Year's Eve or New Year's Day	95	(1)
Ordination	96	(1)
Passover	97	(1)
Peace Party	97	(1)
Political Parties	98	(1)
Project Completion	99	(1)
Promotion	99	(1)
Protest Meeting	99	(1)
Recovery	100	(1)
Retirement	100	(1)
Reunions	101	(1)
Roast	102	(1)
Roast---Returning Fire	103	(1)
Safe Return Party	104	(1)
Sailing Regatta	104	(1)
St. Patrick's Day	105	(1)
Sales Rally	106	(1)
School Function	107	(1)
Service Awards/Dinner	108	(1)
Smokers' Dinner	108	(1)
Sports Awards/Tour/Banquet	109	(1)
Store/Office Opening	109	(1)
Sweet Sixteen	109	(1)
Team Rally	110	(1)
Teetotalers Party	111	(1)
Tennis Match	112	(1)
Thanksgiving	113	(1)
Theater/Movie Opening or Wrap	113	(1)
Tribute	114	(2)
Victory Celebration	116	(2)
Toasts for Special People	118	(38)
Absent Friends	118	(1)
Accountants	119	(1)
Advertising Executives	120	(1)
Architects	120	(1)
Artists	121	(1)
Athletes	122	(1)
Aunts	122	(1)
Bankers	123	(1)
Benefactors	124	(1)
Bosses	125	(1)
Brothers	126	(1)
Builders	126	(1)
Children	127	(1)
Coaches	127	(1)
Clergy	128	(1)
Cousins	129	(1)
Critics	129	(1)
Dentists	130	(1)
Doctors	130	(1)
Farmers	131	(1)
Fathers	132	(1)
Friends	132	(7)
Grandchildren	139	(1)
Grandparents	140	(1)
Guests	140	(1)
Hosts	141	(2)
Husbands	143	(1)
Lawyers	144	(1)
Mothers	145	(1)
Mothers-in-Law	146	(1)
Parents	147	(1)
Politicians	147	(1)
Professors	148	(1)
Psychiatrists & Psychologists	149	(1)
Salespeople	150	(1)
Sisters	151	(1)
Speakers	151	(1)
Stockbrokers	151	(1)
Teachers	152	(1)
Uncles	153	(1)
Wives	153	(3)
Best Wishes Toasts	156	(12)
Humorous Toasts	168	(8)
Flirting Toasts	176	(6)
Patriotic Toasts	182	(4)
International Toasts	186	(8)
Different Toasts for Different Folks	186	(1)
Cautionary Tales	187	(1)
Some Handy Foreign Toasts	188	(2)
The World Cup of Toasting	190	(4)
Irish Toasting	190	(2)
Scottish Toasting	192	(2)
Diplomatic Toasts	194	(3)
US Diplomatic Toasting	195	(2)
Toasts about Drinking	197	(21)
Beer and Ale	204	(6)
Champagne	210	(1)
Coffee	210	(1)
Rum	211	(1)
Whiskey	212	(1)
Wine	213	(5)
Afterword: Toast Responsibly	218	(1)
Index	219	(4)
About the Author	223