On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:06:42 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>
>I'm imagining all that food set out on "pretty platters" somewhere other
>than the dining room table: The good cheer and good company keep the diners'
>attention focused at the table, where laughter and fellowship abound...
>Looking up, someone notices that the deviled eggs have been exhaustively
>sampled by the cats, while the roast baron of beef has been dragged down to
>the floor by the dog, who is holding it down with one paw while ripping
>great chunks of greasy flesh from the bone and then shaking them vigorously
>prior to bolting them down.

Nope, that doesn't happen and my formal-ish dinners don't involve
deviled eggs, LOL! Good lard, who do you think I am???

I have a large (and separate) dining room, but my table is large too
as are the chairs... BTW: they are *all* arm chairs - suitable for
hours of after dinner conversations that don't have to move to another
room for everyone to be comfortable.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West