Question: Why did Howard and Charlotte throw the drinking glasses into the fireplace on their anniversaries?
raywest
27th Jul 2023
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
22nd Jul 2023
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Question: Mrs. Teleton says that she won't divorce her husband, nor allow him to "obtain a divorce." What is the difference?
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Answer: It's an old custom. Throwing a glass into a fireplace and smashing it after drinking a toast is supposed to indicate that nothing can ever exceed that toast's importance. It ensures that the glass will never be used for another toast or even for an ordinary drink that would lessen what the previous toast represented.
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