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Here's Mud In Your Aye-aye
By Joe Pivetti

Over the lips, past the gums, watch out stomach here it comes. Cheers, toast, roast and boast: what's best for raising a drink off the coast? Afya njema is swahili, achchha svaasthy is hindi, and minoby is (by all means) malagasy. While over in Zibo and Kobe, both gānbēi and kanpai go with baijiu and sake. Linksmai in Lithuania puts them at hole number 19 the most. Vodka enthusiasts tee up (while not out to drive) with a na zdorovie, a skol, or a prost. On Sráid Grafton, just one of you lifts two fingers, in order to share a pair of vicker collared sláintes. While up in Evan-of-Snowdonia's Llanfair, you'll never welsh...on a round of iechyd das. Vino is primo for felicidades, salud, l’chaim and...cin cin, But you'll need a little ouzo or retsina...for an opa with kin. Voisine says there's noroc without him in a Romanian bar. But in Helsinki and Lappland...it's winners kippis so far. The Deschutes' Jubel pales...in comparison to Carlsberg's jubel in Oslo. And if it's a Thai to the bar, you might offer to buy, and then toast with a chịyo. If you're thinking of drinking more in Estonia, you might do it near an inn with a rõõmuhõisked. But while in Sarajevo or Zagreb, you go out for a živjeli or two...before going home and to bed.