Showing posts with label Manners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manners. Show all posts

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Not done in polite company?

One camel does not make fun of another camel's hump.

Ghanaian Proverb

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Inquiring minds

Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order. 

Spike Milligan

Monday, October 4, 2010

It's been lovely

People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.

Anton Chekhov

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

To stretch a point?

I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.  

Bill Veeck

Friday, July 23, 2010

Skip the stemware

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

Lord Byron 

Thursday, June 10, 2010

In case you were wondering

If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

Judith Martin

Friday, April 23, 2010

Mum's the word?

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

Robert Benchley 

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Full disclosure?

My tattoo hurts is not the response I was expected when I asked the waitress how she was doing.

Jeff Frankenstein

Monday, December 28, 2009

Attentive?


Women like silent men.
They think they are listening.

Marcel Achard


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Make nice?


If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth


Saturday, October 31, 2009

Boo?


Ghosts, like ladies,
never speak till spoken to.

Richard Harris Barham

Friday, October 9, 2009

Never invoke the gods....


... unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.

G.K. Chesterton

Friday, September 25, 2009

Enjoy your stay


Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.

Winston S. Churchill

Monday, September 14, 2009

Start the day right

If you have not slept, or if you have slept, or if you have headache, or sciatica, or leprosy, or thunder-stroke, I beseech you, by all angels, to hold your peace, and not pollute the morning.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
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