A snowball? A Denver boot? A beer stein? A marijuana joint?
A beer stein? ![Huh? ???](https://bettermost.net/forum/Smileys/cowboy/huh.gif)
While I knew immediately what a beer stein is, I had to look up the Denver boot. On seeing the photos I remembered I had looked it up before.
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A beer stein is a big mug for beer with a lid on it. Traditionally made of stoneware, hence the name.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Beerstein.jpg/200px-Beerstein.jpg)
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_steinThe exact meaning can vary from region to region however.
Where I grew up, a "Stein" was simply a one liter glass filled with alcohol. Could have been either beer or white wine. And, in the case of wine, it had a small shotglass in it, standing on the bottom of the stein, filled with a stronger and colored type of liquor. It was popular with youth because it was set in the midddle of the table and shared by the whole group. Made a night out cheaper and it was fun, because we tried to not let the liquor flow out of the shotglass at the bottom.
My father had a small collection of beer steins, traditional ones like in the photo above. I have no idea where they are now. I'm afraid I gave them all way.
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Philadelphia could drop the Liberty Bell. It's broken already, so what difference would another crack or two make? ![Grin ;D](https://bettermost.net/forum/Smileys/cowboy/grin.gif)
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