2007-01-04 07:40:28 · 12 answers · asked by DAVID L 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Because when a person smokes a cigar cigarett etc, it tends to make ash. so you would need a tray to hold that ash. hence the name ASHTRAY. =o)
2007-01-04 08:06:38 · answer #1 · answered by godisamor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Long ago in the town of Tray lived a boy named Ash......... and the rest was history.
2007-01-04 07:59:51 · answer #2 · answered by Aces N 8's 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
300 years ago, they used to be called wine glasses. But everybody kept putting their cigarette ashes in their drinks. So they changed the names soon thereafter.
2007-01-04 07:44:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are trays for holding ash - fairly logical I would have thought.
2007-01-04 07:44:21 · answer #4 · answered by Ally 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a bit obvious isnt it,you put hard boiled sweets in them.Silly
2007-01-04 07:45:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm... let me guess. *GASP*.... maybe its because they hold the pathetic and disgusting remains of what was once a cig. what happens when something burns?.... what is left?..... ASH. bravo to me. hahahaha. come on now.... how bout a pat on the back :)
2007-01-04 07:45:13 · answer #6 · answered by Kate 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are trays that hold ashes!
2007-01-04 07:42:57 · answer #7 · answered by JoeH 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same reason dustbins are called dustbins
2007-01-04 08:48:48 · answer #8 · answered by Martin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we "ash" our cigarettes into them. Or cigars, doobies...whatever.
2007-01-04 07:46:02 · answer #9 · answered by Seven Costanza 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos its a tray u put ash in...
2007-01-04 07:44:30 · answer #10 · answered by ani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋