My (Canadian, natch) parents liked to tell about a rather snobbish party they went to once, where someone who didn't have a taste for the rarified alcoholic beverages being served, asked for a beer.The host's response was "They-as no be-ah he-ah, so THEY-AH!"
Kinda like pahking yer cah in harvahd yahd, costs you a nominal egg.
W-O