family toast

[NewEnglander]

For years our family has always used "Here's lookin' up yer kilt!" as a fun and informal family toast. But today was the first time I (or anyone for that matter) had ever worn a kilt to a family dinner and suddenly the toast took on an entirely different meaning!

That being said, after a few big grins and a couple quick jokes everyone seemed to readily get over my new bit of choice in wardrobe and I actually got several compliments on the MacPherson Hunting tartan I was wearing.

Yers aye,
-E-

[piperdbh]

You might have to change it to, "Here's mud in your eye," but not when it's as muddy outside as it has been here today.

I'm glad you enjoyed your day with the family.

[Tobus]

I'm glad the kilt went over well with the family. Often family can be the most judgmental of all, and not shy in expressing their thoughts.

I wore my kilt to dinner at a friend's house on Christmas, and she LOVED it. She thanked me several times for wearing it, so vehemently that my wife got several good chuckles out of it.

[Lachlan09]

How about the ever-popular

Here's tae us !
Wha's like us ?
Gey few !
and they're a' deid !!

[ohiopiper]

Here's to you and here's to me,
Best of friends we'll always be.
And if we ever disagree,
Bugger off!
Here's to me!

[Mr. MacDougall]

Here's champagne for our true friends, and true pain for our sham friends!

[piperdbh]

Here's to our wives and sweethearts:
may they never meet!

[macwilkin]

Here's to our wives and sweethearts:
may they never meet!

That is actually Saturday's Toast in the Royal Navy. Here are the other days of the week:

Sunday ............... Absent friends.
Monday ...............Our ships at sea.
Tuesday .............. Our men.
Wednesday ..........Ourselves (as no one else is likely to concern themselves with our welfare).
Thursday ............. A bloody war or a sickly season.
Friday ..................A willing foe and sea room.
Saturday ............. Sweethearts and wives (may they never meet).

T.