Monday, November 19, 2007

Top 11 Dining Fouls

Top 11 Dining Fouls

Judith Haeusler, Getty Images According to Miss Manners and other etiquette pros, these are some of the most offensive things you can do at the dinner table. So, unless you want to get nixed from next year's Thanksgiving list, you should probably suppress the urge to...

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting11. Lick your fingers and smack your lips while exclaiming "that was finger-lickin' good!"

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting10. Loudly announce “I’m stuffed” or “I shouldn’t have eaten all of that” while rubbing your belly and unbuttoning your pants.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting9. Blow your nose into your napkin or cough without covering your mouth...especially while passing the potatoes.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting8. Leave food on your fork then wildly wave it around as you talk.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting7. Before eating, cut up your entire plate of food into tiny bite-sized pieces.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting6. Pile as much turkey, mashed potatoes, peas and stuffing on your fork as you can, then stuff the entire thing in your mouth.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting5. Rock back in your chair so just the rear legs are touching. Grab onto your neighbor every time you start to lose your balance.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting4. Tuck your napkin into your collar, belt, or between the buttons of your shirt.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting3. Pick all the food out of your teeth with a toothpick, your fingernail, a dinner knife or your tongue. Better yet, take out your findings to examine them.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting2. Use your knife or fork to dig out any food or dirt lodged under your fingernails. Leave your "treasure" on the side of the plate.

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You may think I put too many lambs in this post. Oh well. You have to realize this is a lamb blog and you come here expecting to see lambs. I added the pink lamb for pink who likes the color pink. If you do think too many lambs are in this post, (too bad) consider this, I was going to add more lambs at the end of each sentence and put more lambs on top of this post. I like these lambs a lot so expect to see more in my posts. I'm going to put them to work.

82 comments:

Anonymous said...

top 11
thanksgiving
dining fouls...

you could add 'be a turkey' to make it an even dozen

/t.

Pink said...

no no t, turkey are fowls not fouls! ;)

Thanks for the pink lambies, lambie pie! xxxxxxxxxxx!

I would have to say that it depends on where you're invited for dinner.

In some houses - this would be their 'best' manners ;)

(ever see Chevy Chase's Christmas vacation?)

xx
pinks

Lexcen said...

I guess this means I won't be getting invited to dinner. And I do like roast lamb.

darkfoam said...

i like the purple lambs since that's my favorite color besides charcoal gray.
i guess i'll try to improve my table manners.

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Mighty Dyckerson said...

Nice post, )t. Does Lambo write any of this shit anymore?

Little Lamb said...

/t. I haven't thought of that.

Pink, I may have seen that movie, and you're right it depends on where you go for Thanksgiving. Didn't think of that either.

dotted Foam, Why thank you for liking my selection of lambs, especially the purple one. I don't think meth lamb made it into this post.

Ruela, You are a sweetheart. <3<3 Can you teach me how to do that?

Dycko, For your information I got this post all by myself on my ISP. I copied and pasted it all by myself. And I added the lambs all by myself. I'm a big girl now.

The Phosgene Kid said...

Dropping your pants and wiping your ass on the table cloth is also frowned upon in many cultures.

I found out putting your hand into the turkey and making him dance is also frowned upon at the dinner table, besides imparting some rather bad burns to the puppeteer.

Little Lamb said...

I never knew that, Phos. Thanks for sharing.

Scary Monster said...

Picking yer nose, rolling it into a tight little homunculus and flicking it onto yer neighbors plate telling them it's a caper be somewhat frowned upon.

BURP!

Little Lamb said...

That's frowned upon, Scary? Thanks for sharing. You sound like Dycko.

Corn Dog said...

I was going to mention boogers but Scary beat me to it. The orange lamb likes me. Okay, I think picking up the drumstick and playing it like a violin is ill advised. Feeding peas to the dog is wrong. Hiding Gramma's dentures is bad. oh yeah, we were talking about dinner.

carmen racovitza said...

or...lick your fingers and smack your lips after you blow your nose in your hand while exclaiming "that was finger/licking good"...

or rub your belly and unbottom your pants while waving them around as you say " i am stuffed"

or make your rear legs touch your neighbor's while tucking your napkin into her collar, belt, or between the buttons of her shirt

and, of course, you may frown if you still can...

Little Lamb said...

Corn Dog, You mean all of those things are bad? I better stop doing them then.

The orange lamb likes you? That's a good thing.

Carmen, those are good ones. You mean I can't do that either?

carmen racovitza said...

of course YOU CAN, LL...:)

who cares about a frown here and there...:):)

Little Lamb said...

but I want to do what's right and proper.

Corn Dog said...

Lamb, I got a phone call at 2am last night. It was orange lamb. He was drunk. He had his jump rope and was whipping someone's car.

carmen racovitza said...

LL, exactly....this is right and proper...

i've been through it all...and you know how socially successful and tactful i am, don't you ??

:) (:

Ruela said...
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Little Lamb said...

Corn dog, are you sure it was one of my lambs?

Carmen, No I don't.

Ruela said...

Lamb in colour...raw colours...warm colours...lively colours...pale complexion...colours...colours...colours...blow off steam :)

Little Lamb said...

I like different colors.

♥♥♥ ♥ ♥

Ruela said...

Little Lamb
I deceived myself and I erased

As you know that I was? ;)

Little Lamb said...

mail notification.

The Phosgene Kid said...

oo, oo, I have one - eating so much you puke on your plate and then gobbling it all back down!!!

Great big gobs of greasey, grimey gopher guts,
mutilated monkey meat,
little baby ducky feet,
great big gobs of greasey grimey gopher guts,
and me without a spoon!!

Bon Apetit!!!

Little Lamb said...

Ok, now I know what happened to the baby duck's feet.

Anonymous said...

it's why
mrs phos insists
he eat with that mask

/t.

Little Lamb said...

Is that why he wears a mask all the time?

Ruela said...

embarrass me?

no ;))))))

i'm cool

Ruela said...

you are cool too ;)))))

Little Lamb said...

GOOD!!!!

:-) <3

Little Lamb said...

If you're cool and I'm cool, that means we're both cool! :-)

Corn Dog said...

Is your orange lamb's name Marvin?

The Phosgene Kid said...

More lambs! I simply must have more lambs!!!!!

Little Lamb said...

Corn Dog, Marvin? No.

Phos, you'll have to keep coming here.

The Phosgene Kid said...

I will!!! Haven't seen any flaming lambs in a while, /t. must be slipping...

Little Lamb said...

PHOS!

Where's Ruela!? Could you have a word with Phos, please!?

Ruela said...

i´m here
my sweet
;)

The Phosgene Kid said...

ruela, got any matches??

carmen racovitza said...

i like phos.....bobs of breasey brimey bopher buts...lol

and my middle name is c/ruella, ruela...:):)

carmen racovitza said...

;), ruela...

;););), rrrruela...

carmen racovitza said...

sorry, LL..
i am practicing my r's..

Ruela said...

Phos

matches??

...how dare you?

I'm propose to L.Lamb...



carmen ruella - cool...I need another l ;)

Little Lamb said...

See? Ruela will stick up for me. He's such a sweetheart <3

Carmen, go ahead and practice your r's.

Jack K. said...

These rules sure do take all of the fun out of Thanksgiving dinner time. lol snerx.

I hope that others are able to have a wonderful day with much to be thankful about.

The best to you all.

Thank you for being.

Little Lamb said...

Thank you, very much Jack.

Ruela said...

You want to marry me?

Ruela said...

or with him? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

darkfoam said...

i see there's a party going on here.
anywho..
i didn't buy a turkey..
can i borrow one of your lambs?...:>

Anonymous said...

LL,

marry
the alien

foam foam foam...

are you teasing the lamb again!?!

/t.

Ruela said...

we are two.

darkfoam said...

me? tease LL... mais no! i just want to borrow a lamb..
i promise to return it...
well, in parts perhaps..

Little Lamb said...

Ruela. Yes.

Ruela, You.

Foam, No. You'll just eat the lamb.

/t. I like Ruela better than the alien, though. Yes, Foam is teasing the lamb again.

Ruela, are you saying you and I are two? Or you and the alien are two?

Foam, Get a turkey.

carmen racovitza said...

practising my r's on what ??

i need some body to practise my r's on , LL !!!

Anonymous said...

I was wondering about the lambs...

Ruela said...

me and you...
two lovers :)
I'm so happy... start to choose the dress

kisses muuuah

darkfoam said...

i still don't have a turkey.
can i get the one down yonder from a couple of posts ago? you know, the one that's hiding behind the corn?

Little Lamb said...

Carmen, What or who would you like to practice your r's on?

Pooch, What about the lambs?

Ruela, Will you help me? kiss

foam, Yes, you can have that turkey.

carmen racovitza said...

practice my r's on perrsons with straight r's : scarrry monsterrr, rrruela , corrrn dog and mighty dickerrrson...that's all , LL !!

Little Lamb said...

That's good Carmen.

Straight r's?

carmen racovitza said...

can you see any r's in.. phos-geeene or jack k or...mmm...let's see.../t ??

Little Lamb said...

No Carmen, I can't.

Unknown said...

Happy Thanksgiving, Little Lamb.

May the joys and blessings of the day be with you and yours.

Little Lamb said...

Thank you. And Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Dan said...

Geez, what fun is eating if we can't do any of this??

Happy Thanksgiving LL. I'm blogging again.

Little Lamb said...

Welcome back o popular one.

Ruela said...

yes I help you.
kiss♥

Little Lamb said...

Then we both can be happy with it. We could look for a tux for you, too/

kiss♥

Ruela said...

you got my mail...

Little Lamb said...

I did. I emailed back.

..................... said...

and i hope you had a happy thanksgiving too, LL...
if you've noticed. no lambs or little lamb turkey friends were harmed during any of my visits..

Little Lamb said...

I did have a good Thanksgiving. Thank you.

That's because Ruela is taking care of me and won't let anything happen to me.

darkfoam said...

yes, i've gathered that he is..

but i'm older and sneakier than he is..
i could get around him.
but, alas, i'm actually rather harmless.

Little Lamb said...

Maybe, maybe not.

I do feel you are rather harmless, though.

carmen racovitza said...

i am harmful ,though

Little Lamb said...

Harmful? Harmful in what way? Shall I call my shepherd?

darkfoam said...

harmless yes..
but beware the mischievous streak.
did your lambs plump up nicely over thanksgiving, little lamb? ;)

Little Lamb said...

Oh, so you;re the mischievous one. Plump up? We had a lot to eat. There are still plenty of leftovers for us to feed on.

How was your Thanksgiving? Did you get plenty to eat?

carmen racovitza said...

yes, call a shepherd, LL, but make sure it's not old sweet Lon, please ..he is harmless..

puerileuwaite said...

I have a fantasy based around #5 where I'm sitting between Loni Anderson and Dolly Parton, and I get slapped a lot during the meal. Which probably makes this comment inappropriate and adds it to the list of things we shouldn't do.

carmen racovitza said...

'course, pueri, if you try the elasticity of their face liftings..

Skunkfeathers said...

Making the dinner turkey "hand jive" has not been one of my table stunts. I once kilt the dinner turkey. In April. And it wasn't the target. But I digress.

My table manners are any bit as good as those of the Three Stooges...