When I was in a psych rock band we had a strict rule about keeping beers away from anything manufactured before 1980. This rule was instituted after the drummer stepped on one of my Silvertones.
Not quite the same.
But once, while sipping a Guiness on the porch of a stranger in Novia Scotia and staring at the ocean below the cliffs, one of my friends dropped a wine glass. We apologized and apologized, and the woman said "You drink alcohol out of them. They are going to get broken."
A pretty aphorism if I ever heard one.
-Lente
P.S. Sorry about your HD. A little more expensive than a wine glass.