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"I Would Like to Propose a Toast"

What are some of your favorite toasts?

Toasts can be used for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, football matches, office parties, retirements, promotion ceremonies. Etc, etc. (*I like to teach them in class...without alcohol, of course).

 

Here are a few to start it off:

 

AMERICA: "To the United States of America...where immigration is the sincerest form of flattery".

 

FRIENDS: "To goodbyes...may they never be spoken. To friendships...may they never be broken"

 

EDUCATION: "To our professor- a person whose job is to solve the problems of life which he himself avoided by becoming a professor".

 

PRAISE: "To our old buddy who came through when we needed him most proving the old saying- when it gets dark enough, you will see the stars".

 

FAMILY: "To the sap in our family tree".

 

ADVERSITY: "With this goblet rich and deep, I cradle all my woes to sleep".

 

ACCOUNTANTS: "To the accountants, may they always make brilliant deductions".

 

BEAUTY: "Never lose an opportunity to see anything beautiful. Beauty is God's handwriting".

 

AMERICA AND ENGLAND: "Here's to America and England- two countries separated by the same language".

 

GOOD FORTUNE: ""May Dame Fortune smile on you but never her daughter Miss Fortune".

 

LOVE: "To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight, To every faithful lover too, I wish a trusting lady true"

 

DENTISTS: "To the man who deals with the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth".

 

MARRIAGE: "To marriage- the last decision a man is allowed to make."

 

ENEMIES: "May we treat our friends with kindness and our enemies with generosity."

 

DRINK: "Here's to swearing, lying, stealing and drinking. Wheen you swear, swear by for country. When you lie, lie for a friend. When you steal, steal away from bad company. And when you drink, drink with me."

 

HUMOR: "To the laughter we have all shared because ....laughter is the shortest distance between to people"

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Comment by Richard Roman on July 1, 2012 at 11:39
A toast to toasts!
Comment by CCF Beijing on July 1, 2012 at 9:36
A toast to Canada's birthday today!

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