That's a pretty drastic action just to get your hands on some really nice glasses! :D
I think the thing that surprises me here is that Monica can't tell you where those glasses came from. Practically anything in our house, Peg can easily tell you where we got it (and usually can give a close...
I had a friend a year or so ago who drank a ginger beer--thinking it would be like a root beer or ginger ale--and honestly thought he was going to have to go to the emergency room afterward.
That is the absolute truth!