tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7717485.post-5589334326396103652007-04-25T22:15:00.000-07:002007-04-26T21:00:35.603-07:00Ray recently started using a fairly clunky, white-plastic-bottle flask that bears an uncanny resemblance to the plastic canteens found locally in the stolen shopping carts of your neighborhood homeless.<br /><br />This does not bode well with me.<br /><br />Flasks should be shiny, sleek, stainless steel (or leatherbound), and, ironically, reek of old-money alcoholism though its main purpose is to trim down the bar tab. Even so, it has an air - something debonaire. And, as astutely observed by Tesauro & Mollod's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Gentleman-Guide-Essential-Manners/dp/1580084303">The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy & Vice:</a><br /><br />"Carry a flask in a breast or coat pocket... if this is not possible, you are underdressed for flasking."marvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16576207779795409057noreply@blogger.com