[ANOTHER “Throwback Classic Grif Net” =
from 20 years ago when we started the blog]
Read =
the "Complete Guide to the New Manners of the 90’s" by Letitia =
Baldrige so give my readers a quiz on how well they "mind your =
manners". This is SERIOUS, although some of the choices =
aren’t! Each answer is 10 points –
Multiple Choice
1. When someone asks you to pass the salt, =
you:
a. Say, "Can’t =
you reach it?"
b. Pass =
both salt and pepper
c. =
Pass the salt only
d. =
Refuse, reminding them of how bad salt is in the American =
diet
2. When a little bug crawls out of your salad, =
you:
a. =
Scream
b. Point it out to =
your host and take your plate to the kitchen
c. Kill the bug and drop in under the =
table
d. Let it crawl about =
the table; it won’t eat much
3. =
When you’re bothered by food between your teeth, you:
a. Ask for a toothpick
b. Take a big drink of water and swoosh it =
around your mouth
c. Use =
your fingernails to dig it out
d. Excuse yourself and take care of it =
privately
4. When you accidently slop spaghetti sauce on your =
neighbor, you:
a. Blot her =
blouse with your napkin
b. =
Let everyone know how clumsy you are and how it was an =
accident
c. Apologize and =
offer to pay the dry-cleaning bill
d. Laugh until you cry
5. =
When you must leave during a meal, you put your napkin:
a. Folded on table next to your =
plate
b. On the seat of =
your chair
c. Draped on the =
back of your chair
d. In =
your purse or pocket and take it with you
True/False
6. =
You must never put your elbows on the table.
7. You =
may mop up sauce/gravy on your plate with bread, but only if you spear =
the bread on a fork.
8. =
When setting a table, the blade of the knife is set inward facing the =
right side of the plate.
9. At =
a dinner party, bar-b-qued spare ribs should be eaten with a fork and =
knife.
10. It is rude to salt your food before you taste =
it.
ANSWERS BELOW —
=
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. FALSE
7. TRUE
8. TRUE
9. FALSE
10. TRUE
Possible 100 points
80-100 =3D Manners Royalty.
60-80 =3D Golden, but need some spit and =
polish
40-60 =3D Emergency =
Etiquette training needed
0-40 =
=3D Raised by wolves
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] www.grif.net =
"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"