Q: I was at dinner with 11 friends, when one proposed a toast. The friends felt obligated to clink glasses with everyone else. This process was laborious and time-consuming. Is all of this glass ...

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You toast one another, you ‘cheers’, you clink glasses, and then the rest is (often forgotten) history. But why do we clink glasses while staring into each other’s eyes.

The robot is also seen steaming buns, pouring wine with careful control, and even clinking wine glasses in a toast, mimicking human social behaviors.

If a host wanted to prove to his guests that the wine wasn't poisoned, he would pour part of the guest's wine into his own glass and drink it. If the guest trusted the host, he would clink his glass.

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And there's a third theory. Though Dickson's research can't confirm or deny this one, many believe the clinking of glasses began as a way for nobles to avoid being poisoned. The tale goes that the ...

It was meant "to allow a drop from each goblet to jump into the other goblet," thus ensuring that the wine was not poisoned. "The clinking is thus a good-faith show that one has not attempted to ...