What is a
“Short Snorter” You Ask …?
“Short Snorter” You Ask …?
A
short snorter is a currency (bank) note that has been autographed by various
persons meeting, working, serving, or traveling together. We believe that the
true short snorter origin occurred during the mid-1920s in Alasaka by Alaskan
Bush Pilots. From there, it spread throughout military and commercial aviation
circles, including the US Space missions.
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| Here's a SHORT SNORTER example |
Friends, colleagues, or even travel
companions would all pull out a note, usually a small denomination and usually
of the local currency. Each person would then sign each note (if there were ten
in a group, each note would have ten signatures). They would keep their signed
note with them at all times.
Upon request from one of the signers, the person
would have to produce the note, pay a dollar, or buy a drink (or a round of
drinks) for the requestor. In
other words, once the short snorter was signed, the collector would have to
produce it upon request; if not, they were obliged to give the signer money or a
drink which often meant buying a round of drinks for all of the drinking
buddies.
Snorter is a word
derived from “snort” which is a slang expression meaning strong alcoholic
beverage. Short, in this context, refers to something less than full. Thus,
“short snorter” is used to denote the drinks the person would have to buy, if
he or she did not produce the designated note.
For our US
military, short snorters were more than a drinking game or challenge; they were
a symbol of good luck, friendship, and camaraderie. Short Snorters also became
a unique keepsake and permanent historical record of persons with whom one served.
If notes could
talk, each of these signed and preserved short snorter’s would “speak” volumes;
every short snorter is a unique piece of history! Importantly, preserving this
history has become a mission of the Short Snorter Project.
The
Short Snorter Project is a tax exempt organization with a historically
inspiring mission. According to their web site, donations to their organization
are “used to further
educate the general public about short
snorters and the people who carried them.”
Their main goals are to … “place permanent displays in prominent museums
and to attend large gatherings to communicate the tradition of the short
snorter.”
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