why do greeks smash plates

[x_eztiger_x]

i just went for a meal in a greek place and the guy gave me funny shot an said we should come back on a saturday cos the smash plates seen it in films but why do they do it?

[Harry!]

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Dont know

[Annie]

Love to waste money. I dunno

[xorr0]

aint it some sort of celebration thing for them... like when they get married they stamp on a glass..'thing' and smash it :s not sure.

[ange7]

I'm a Greek Australian.Not many restaurants in Sydney still do it. One that I know of. It usually happens spontaneously during the dancing where a man is soloing in that carefree drunken sort of way and he smashes a plate as a way to say "nothing matters, materialism doesn't matter, money doesn't matter....enjoy life". Then everyone cheers and joins in. I don't think many restaurants even in Greece still do it so if you get the oppurtunity got along and have a laugh.

[Mrluvaluva]

It saves on the washing up.

[pinkmichk]

Originally posted by Mrluvaluva
It saves on the washing up.

:laugh2: so thats where i have been going wrong

[x_eztiger_x]

not cheaper rippin paper plates lol