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It's unsightly and makes you look bored with the companions at table.
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Where did eating with your elbows off the table come about?
well, i don't know where it came from, but when people put their elbows on the table it makes them have bad posture. so as long as you keep your elbows off the table, it doesn't necessarily mean you will have good posture, it just helps it.
What are some of England's table manners?
Don't put your elbows on the table, don't speak with food in your mouth
What does the idiom elbow room mean?
Stop crowding me. Give me room to do my thing.The image is of you needing enough room to bend your arms and put your elbows out.Elbow room is how far out you can have your elbows without being rude to the people next to you. Theaters and planes with more comfortable seats will mention that you have more elbow room.
What were the dinner table manners in the middle ages?
The same ones we have now such as saying please, not putting your elbows on the table, and so on.
Where do you put your hands when you are at the dinning table?
Elbows or slouching in a chair are poor etiquette and one can place their wrists on the side of the table or, if not eating place their hands on their lap. If they are eating then the arms (from the elbow up and sideways .. not too far out) is correct etiquette.
Is it rude for a waiter to interrupt a conversation at the table they serve?
yes it s rude and so annoying
Mad gab - hell beau soft teat able?
elbows off the table
What element on the periodic table is very rude one?
arsenic=as
How might your elbows and fingertips differ?
You can put your fingertips in your ear. The police can't use elbowprints. It would be nearly impossible to read Braille with your elbows.
He who uses elbows is not helped?
Using "elbows" in self-defense may result in not needing "help". Placing "elbows" on the table during a meal doesn't mean you won't get "helped" (served) . . . it's just deemed to be bad manners in some places. Belly-crawling with "elbows" is a good way to keep a low profile . . . definitely "helps".
What annoys Annie about Helen's table manners?
How Helen could just reach across the table and grab from anyone's plate and be very rude and demanding at the table.
Can you put elbows on vent pipesThe elbows will be installed in the basement doing renos and the wall being removed has vent pipe in it?
Yes you can use elbows if in fact that it is a vent. If it is a drain from above then certain fittings must be used depending on the piping configuration.
