Hobbo's Poems
A quirky look at life from a Yorkshire poet and his dog's perspective
Table Manners
Table Manners Wait for Grace! Elbows off the table. Don't talk with your mouth full. Shut mouth when you're chewing. Don't make that noise. Don't eat with your fingers. That's the wrong fork, you dork. Say please. Jeez. All these rules. It's worse than school. Don't slurp. Don't burp. Don't fart. Don't start; your rules are petty, wacky, tacky; me and Grace are off to Maccy's.
Hobbo's Poems 
Some table manners rules are weird aren’t they? What’s with elbows? And yet the ones that get drilled in, really stick. I was taught to eat everything on my plate and then put my fork and knife neatly side by side to say I hD finished. Mr Worms often leaves a little bit and rarely puts his knife and fork together. As much as it niggles, I have no idea why those rules were introduced so why should I make a fuss. So it’s logic vs years of training. It’s a tough battle. 🤣
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🤣Some things are common sense, like eating quietly, but others? I do the cutlery thing and always eat everything on my plate. I remember kids at school being forced to eat food which was making them gip!
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Yes. Urgh. Brussels sprouts. 🤢
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🤣 I love them!
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Ha ha! My grandmother once said to me, if you lather them in enough salt, pepper and butter, they’re not too bad. But innevercwas able to get my hands on enough. 😅
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It’s a Marmite (Vegemite?) thing!🤣
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Possibly!! 😆
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LOL
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Now there’s an idea!
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🤣 I’m not a fan. They always give me indigestion.
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For me, it has been twice this year.
Daughter used to boast about going once a day!
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Twice more than me. Daily would kill me. 😂
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It’ll probably kill her.
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😦
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You forgot, May I please leave the table …
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🤣🤣 So I did! May I please apologise!
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😂😂
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🙂
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Oh you’ll fit right in there with no manners!
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🤣 The only manners they require are bad ones!
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Just slurped coffee with my tiny little keep him sane tablet (it doesn’t really work) and suffered calamity. Been a while since that’s happened. Seems last time it was your fault too. “Dork.” That’s a favorite word of mine. All know it is, though it is only a placeholder.
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Sorry about that. Dork; a placeholder for something more offensive perhaps?
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Well, duh. Assurément.
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