On 4/16/2013 9:17 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
> I was taught not too put my elbows on the table in a restaurant. Since
> it is a very comfortable position, I ignore my manners. When that
> happens, I always look around and find, at least, half of the room
> doing the same.
>


My late mother-in-law taught her children:

Mabel, Mable, strong and able
Take your elbows off the table.
This is not a horse's stable
But a first class dining table.

gloria p