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There is a tea shop openned up in Brighton where the patrons will be asked to leave if they dunk their biscuit in their tea.
As a purveyor of fine manners myself, I aware that this is a no-go. Likewise I am aware that dunking bread in soup is a social faux pas.
Yes we all do it, and who really cares???
However, although having attended finishing school for BOYS, my question revolves around the humble boiled egg.
If you were having breakfast with the Queen would it be acceptable to dunk toasted soldiers in your boiled egg?
Or is this yet another no-go?
Just to say I am an avid dunker.
As a purveyor of fine manners myself, I aware that this is a no-go. Likewise I am aware that dunking bread in soup is a social faux pas.
Yes we all do it, and who really cares???
However, although having attended finishing school for BOYS, my question revolves around the humble boiled egg.
If you were having breakfast with the Queen would it be acceptable to dunk toasted soldiers in your boiled egg?
Or is this yet another no-go?
Just to say I am an avid dunker.
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Well, in that instance, I would certainly follow Her Majesty�s lead. In fact, I wouldn�t dare touch her Tupperware at all, unless she invited me.
I too, having come from a background where manners rule, it�s often a situation where we�re we are often left to be gracious so as not to cause embarrassment for others. Many years ago I remember opening a car door for a date I had. I politely extended my hand to assist her from the car � she shook it.
I�ve sat at tables where people daintily dipped their spoons into the finger bowls and I�ve sat across from Americans who approach a slice of beef with their cutlery positioned is if they were sawing a piece of wood. (actually, not even that graciously!)
And I�ve held a door open for an elderly woman in New York City, only for to verbally attack me, poking me with her spindly finger, telling me she was capable of holding a door open on her own.
So what do we do? Grin and bear it!
Be well
Fr Bill
I too, having come from a background where manners rule, it�s often a situation where we�re we are often left to be gracious so as not to cause embarrassment for others. Many years ago I remember opening a car door for a date I had. I politely extended my hand to assist her from the car � she shook it.
I�ve sat at tables where people daintily dipped their spoons into the finger bowls and I�ve sat across from Americans who approach a slice of beef with their cutlery positioned is if they were sawing a piece of wood. (actually, not even that graciously!)
And I�ve held a door open for an elderly woman in New York City, only for to verbally attack me, poking me with her spindly finger, telling me she was capable of holding a door open on her own.
So what do we do? Grin and bear it!
Be well
Fr Bill
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I vaguely recall the article being on one of the southeast news shows. As I recall, the shop owner had done a wobbly over some American tourists showing up and violating his sense of decorum. At first I thought it was a wind-up of some sort, but this chappy was serious.
Clearly, living in Brighton (well, Hove actually) must be getting to him. I can�t imagine what happened when one of our esteemed tourists asked him for a glass of iced tea!
Oh my! Whatever happened to d�tente-cordiale?
Fr Bill
Clearly, living in Brighton (well, Hove actually) must be getting to him. I can�t imagine what happened when one of our esteemed tourists asked him for a glass of iced tea!
Oh my! Whatever happened to d�tente-cordiale?
Fr Bill
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