Sure, he hadn't won any notable events in his more than 25 years of competing, but he was always close, often tasting the spray of celebratory beer but not getting showered in it.
And advice for Parreira will flow like celebratory beer.
Why are celebratory beers so prevalent?
The centennial program began developing and producing one special celebratory beer in small batches.
The only person more relieved than Van Exel might have been Nelson, who sneaked sips of a celebratory beer from under the table at the interview podium.
After the game, a reporter asked if Harper would take advantage of Ontario's lower drinking age (19, versus 21 in the U.S.) by drinking a celebratory beer with his teammates.
I then passed on a celebratory beer and wandered back to the Hall of Justice.
Without hesitation, I quickly ordered my husband and myself a second celebratory beer and pocketed my calculator.
Before reaching our hotel, we stopped for a few celebratory beers at the Irish Lion, just off Bloomington's town square, and sat outside reminiscing about our 80-mile day.
Opening a celebratory beer, not his first, and playing a Conway Twitty CD, he smiled and said, "Ain't this the life?"