Posted on 10/23/2001 2:10:52 PM PDT by Notwithstanding
Keep this in your rolodex for use when etiquetter-than-thou types make noise: the first rule of etiquette is that you never draw attention to yourself or to the mistakes of others.
I had high-end formal etiquette training as a military cadet, and we were taught that if someone on unfamiliar turf (like a guest) were to commit a faux paus (like spill a drink) the very best thing we could do would be to do the same thing a little later on in order to make that person feel less like a boob.
If anything else , you do not correct others' mistakes. The mistakes of others end up catching up to those who make them - no help is needed.
It is no different than informing an ignorant sheeple that it is HOGWASH when a person refuses to tolerate conservative ideas in the name of tolerance.
Yes, thank you ofMagog, I will have a bit of cheese.It is exceptional with these fresh apples from the grove.And isn't this wine a nice dry one with just the right amount of bouquet I think don't you. Shall we let the music be Vivaldi while we sit on the veranda today or what would you prefer.
Thank you ever so.
So you are trying to appeal to liberal intolerance ... with etiquitte?
Woof.
Just don't drop it or the moose will get you...
Of course it is also not proper to tell you there is no proper etiquette for cheese.
You must also be reminded that asking about etiquette concerning cheese is also not proper.
Niether is it proper to remind you that it is not proper.
The only proper thing to do is throw the damn cheese away so that we can again restore proper etiquette.
I was a kid and was fascinated by the frequent answers of Bret Summers and Charles Nelson Riley: boobs, buns & 'make whoopie'.
The problem is everyone around here presumes they are the teacher and everyone else is the student in dire need of these pompous pedantic prigs to point out their errors.
Here is the best rule of etiquette I know, "mind your own business." Its a good rule of life too, since most of the trouble in the world is due to people breaking this rule.
Hank
Another example: my daughter's math workbook had a wrong answer in the teacher's answer key. I wrote to the publisher and they thanked me. Should I have written, or just kept silent?
Here's the question:
The first modern Olympic games were held in Athens in 1896. The seventh Olympics were held in Paris. If the Olympics are held every four years, when were the seventh Olympics held?
Their answer was 1924. However, it's absolutely wrong. The 1924 Olympics WERE held in Paris, but those games were the EIGHTH Olympics. The right answer is 1920 in Antwerp Belgium.
Your professor was quoting H.L. Mencken. Hope he/she was a conservative...
What in heavens name would you do if they puked on dog and then fell over dead drunk in the line at the bathroom with their pants down around their ankles?
Actually, at some parties I've attended that is proper etiquette...
HOGWASH, then (in the requisite all-caps) must be a technical term gleaned from your post-graduate etiquitte training.
You know, I learn new things here every day...
It is no different than informing an ignorant sheeple that it is HOGWASH when a person refuses to tolerate conservative ideas in the name of tolerance.
Well, that's probably enough abuse for now. To a large extent I agree; ostentatiously correcting someone's error is discourteous. Still, this is a forum for analysis and debate, both of which require the swift repudiation of factual errors...
But I do so love cheese.
Cheese puffs are not pasta!
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