haha, i kind of agree, i don;t drink so on the odd occasion i'm in a bar i have a soft drink and this over clinking does get a bit monotonous and increasingly meaningless the more it's done. back home we'll maybe say 'cheers' when we first sit down with a drink but that's it. anyway OP, it's not something i'd get too worked up about, i have an approach that seems to work; everyone to their own, live and let live.