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Bad Table Manners
Etiquette Scholar ^ | 2015 | Yellowstone Publishing

Posted on 02/01/2018 4:05:22 PM PST by Textide

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To: Enten

AND not dragging the fork between your teeth!!!!!


41 posted on 02/01/2018 4:43:14 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

Is a good healthy fart allowed?


42 posted on 02/01/2018 4:44:32 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: Textide

1. Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain.

2. Don’t fantasize about punching people.

3. Don’t look down on normal people.

4. Don’t come to my house for dinner.


43 posted on 02/01/2018 4:46:09 PM PST by Mercat
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To: Textide

Textide, my post# 40 wasn’t meant to criticize you as the poster. It was meant for all the crybabies.


44 posted on 02/01/2018 4:49:04 PM PST by Randy Larsen (Trump IS MY president and I'm damn proud of him!)
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To: Textide

I often see people eating with their hat on, talking on a cell phone at the dinner table, talking into the cell phone with food in their mouth. I call that the trifecta of bad table manners. I have seen poor people in other countries who have excellent table manners, I don’t know why so many Americans are slobs.


45 posted on 02/01/2018 4:49:07 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Textide
Smacking and crunching. Eat as quietly as possible. For many, other people's smacking noises are cringe-making.

Slurping noodle soup is part of the enjoyment of noodles.

If you eat my noodle soup silently I am going to wonder what I did wrong that you did not enjoy the soup.

I probably hand pulled the noodles and made every bit of the soup from scratch.

After you leave I will probably go and cry.

46 posted on 02/01/2018 4:49:30 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Textide

#16. If you have a glass eyeball like do not scratch your eyeball with your fork at the dinner table.


47 posted on 02/01/2018 4:51:42 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Textide

Growing up we were taught all those things. I’ll never forget being corrected by my grandmother when I was about four years old for spearing my butterbeans onto my fork.


48 posted on 02/01/2018 4:53:23 PM PST by Ammo Republic 15
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To: Randy Larsen

Thanks Randy! Not getting much love in this one due to my own vulgarity. Appreciate the clarification!


49 posted on 02/01/2018 4:54:20 PM PST by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: Textide

When you sit down at the table, put your napkin on your lap. And I was married to an Italian. Sopping is a must.


50 posted on 02/01/2018 4:55:10 PM PST by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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To: Vermont Lt

Is sit, spelled with a “h” or a “p”


51 posted on 02/01/2018 4:56:46 PM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: Textide

Never tell very funny joke while others are taking deep drafts of liquids.

Tell the server “moh prrrunk myu” if your mouth is full and you can’t wave them off.

Dont adjust your tie even if it has somehow gotten on the table.

Never eat spaghetti with white shirt or light colored tie

Never clear food from your throat..even if choking, just smile and fall the furthest away from your companions.

When you have thorouhly enjoyed the food...make sure you get all of the flavor by sucking on your teeth and gums. Keep on saying...mmmm...goood..


52 posted on 02/01/2018 4:58:35 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find)
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To: Textide

Thanks for posting this. I frequently wonder when parents stopped teaching their children manners.


53 posted on 02/01/2018 5:01:04 PM PST by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: Eagles Field

I care.


54 posted on 02/01/2018 5:01:41 PM PST by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: Bigg Red

This is pretty interesting:

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55 posted on 02/01/2018 5:02:04 PM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: Textide
1 & 3 have driven me to fantasize about punching fellow diners in the throat!

Try to keep it a fantasy. And try the veal.


56 posted on 02/01/2018 5:02:56 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: Chainmail; Textide

Textide was being humorous about his violence, I am sure. Lighten up.


57 posted on 02/01/2018 5:03:05 PM PST by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: Vermont Lt

I missed that. I was thinking spit, but what do you have to do to get them to do the other in your food?


58 posted on 02/01/2018 5:04:20 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: Textide

Using your pocket knife to cut food in a restaurant seems to be a pretty common practice among people who post on bladeforums.com

Isn’t on the list. I don’t see myself ever doing that, list or no list.


59 posted on 02/01/2018 5:04:36 PM PST by FreedomForce
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To: Textide

I’ll be happy with just 1, 3 and 14 (to include sucking teeth). The rest are gravy.


60 posted on 02/01/2018 5:05:41 PM PST by mlo
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