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Wearing it over your head is the purview of only the most sophisticated gourmands.
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Which fork is for oysters again????
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Jul 18, 2023 04:48
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I've done it before but it doesn't work too well unless the napkin is really large and kind of heavy so it stays in place.
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Jul 18, 2023 06:04
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Bad Purchase posted:my parents always wanted us to fold the cloth napkins over our laps when we ate out at "upscale" (olive garden) restaurants It gets the napkin out of the way if nothing else
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Jul 18, 2023 07:23
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almost1337 posted:Wearing it over your head is the purview of only the most sophisticated gourmands. Is that the dish that is so decedent that you have to cover your head to hide from God?
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Jul 18, 2023 07:33
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TheKub posted:Is that the dish that is so decedent that you have to cover your head to hide from God? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortolan_bunting#As_food
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Jul 18, 2023 07:35
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I put it in my lap because that’s how I was taught, but anything I drop hits my prominent boobs far above my lap, so I might as well just have some sort of scarf-pouch thing to catch the detritus as I Cookie Monster my way through a polite dinner
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Jul 18, 2023 09:10
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Idk when I took the gang out to a steak house. We all (while very stoned) rocked the napkins on the collar because it does look hilarious
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Jul 18, 2023 15:25
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I use the plastic bibs with the lobster printed on them. Classic never goes out of style.
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Jul 18, 2023 15:29
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Jethro Bodine tucking in mode
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Jul 18, 2023 15:40
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Should be a plastic cone funnel you wear like a collar, so all the food can slide towards your open mouth.
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Jul 18, 2023 19:26
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My grandpa will tear a small hole in paper napkins and attach them to the top button of his shirt. I am now realizing that this is truly insane behavior.
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Jul 18, 2023 19:33
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I've seen a surprising number of people poke a hole in a paper napkin and put it over their drink with the straw through the hole In actual restaurants Pre COVID
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Jul 18, 2023 19:36
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maybealabia posted:I've seen a surprising number of people poke a hole in a paper napkin and put it over their drink with the straw through the hole
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Jul 18, 2023 21:06
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it’s to keep the carbon in, that’s my carbon and i paid for all of it
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Jul 18, 2023 21:13
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You're supposed to take off your shirt and put it over the napkin so it doesn't get dirty.
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Jul 18, 2023 21:17
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Fartington Butts posted:My grandpa will tear a small hole in paper napkins and attach them to the top button of his shirt. Cool gramps story tell us more
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Jul 18, 2023 22:09
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Fartington Butts posted:My grandpa will tear a small hole in paper napkins and attach them to the top button of his shirt. That's genius
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Jul 18, 2023 22:09
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I'm sorry what? quote:The birds are caught with nets set during their autumn migratory flight to Africa. They are then kept in covered cages or boxes. The birds react to the dark by gorging themselves on grain, usually millet seed, until they double their bulk. The birds are then thrown into a container of Armagnac, which both drowns and marinates the birds.[13][14] 
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Jul 18, 2023 22:15
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Don't forget that after you tuck the napkin into your collar, you're supposed to hold your fork in one fist and your knife in the other and pound them on the table with the sharp ends straight up while drooling.
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Jul 18, 2023 22:26
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Bad Purchase posted:my parents always wanted us to fold the cloth napkins over our laps when we ate out at "upscale" (olive garden) restaurants Food dropping in laps was a much bigger problem in old-timey days because all food was encased in gelatin or suspended in some kind of casserole and was thus very drippy and hard to control.
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Jul 18, 2023 22:30
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Don't be like me and tuck the table cloth into your belt and walk away. Phew......
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Jul 18, 2023 22:31
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I would do that, but I worry about forgetting about it and wearing it home accidentally. Like how embarrassing that would be huh? Just like, maybe never eat at that place again to avoid the inevitable confrontation.
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Jul 18, 2023 22:42
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one time the tablecloth was stuck to the bottom of my shoe when i left with my date, it was very embarrassing and long story short, i live in a new city now
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Jul 18, 2023 22:51
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I remember seeing a goat eat a plate in a cartoon and drat they made that plate look tasty
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Jul 18, 2023 22:56
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*Tucks in the actual tablecloth
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Jul 18, 2023 23:01
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Who's tuckin
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Jul 18, 2023 23:37
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you were all taught it was to catch food? my dad pushed for these sorts of manners too but didnt really explain why so i just figured it was to get that poo poo off the table and outta the way.
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Jul 18, 2023 23:44
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What's a napkin?
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Jul 19, 2023 02:57
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covidstomper58 posted:Who's tuckin Tucker spotted
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Jul 19, 2023 03:45
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"Finger lickin' good"
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Jul 19, 2023 03:50
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Most of us eat at our computer tables so we never really thought about this tbh
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Jul 19, 2023 03:51
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My first ever official date when I was 16 I went to an Italian place and got spaghetti and promptly whirled it on a fork, sending sauce on my white Oxford shirt. I wish I had a napkin tucked in then.
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Jul 19, 2023 03:54
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redshirt posted:My first ever official date when I was 16 I went to an Italian place and got spaghetti and promptly whirled it on a fork, sending sauce on my white Oxford shirt. Wow, sounds like you ended up with a red... shirt... 
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Jul 19, 2023 03:56
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I tucked my napkin into my shirt last week at wings night. He got smiles of appreciation from my coworkers. Maybe 2 for 2?!
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Jul 19, 2023 04:00
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did you remember in pre k where they'd bring out the parachute on rainy days? that's something we could do with the table cloth and the fine china I think
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Jul 19, 2023 04:17
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AKA Pseudonym posted:You know how in old-timey cartoons sometimes they'll tuck a napkin into their collar when they're getting ready to eat and use it like a bib? Is this a thing people actually did once or is it just a silly thing cartoon characters do? If people really did it, why did they stop? Or do people do it all the time and I just never see them? These questions are gnawing at me GBS, please help me resolve them.
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Jul 19, 2023 04:43
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i like nice words
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I once wore a provided plastic novelty bib at a lobster joint but it was mostly to amuse and/or annoy my dining companion I know how to eat a lobster without splashing
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Jul 19, 2023 04:53
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maybealabia posted:"Sanitary napkins"? They have that adhesive bit on them, they hold even better  Listen, tucking napkins is like tucking dicks: it's nobody's business but your own, but please consider being discreet about it while in public. Also, OP, some places will deliberately lean into the lowbrow "wear a bib" thing because they're both appealing to the shamelessly proudly low-class, and also they know that going mouth-first into a big rear end pot of etouffee is not a tidy affair and they're making it okay to be indelicate.
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I would enjoy a dining veil so I can make weird mouth movements to enjoy my food without my dates seeing.
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