On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:32:23 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-09-23 10:43 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:54:42 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2014-09-23 3:02 AM, sf wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:31:25 -0700, "David E. Ross"
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> In a formal setting, the
> >>>> meat in the tail is wasted because I then use only a knife and fork.
> >>>
> >>> I can't think of one formal setting that would serve you shrimp in a
> >>> shell. If you're talking about a typical Chinese restaurant, that's
> >>> hardly formal.
> >>>
> >>
> >> That is king of insulting to the Chinese doncha think?
> >
> > No. Maybe every Chinese restaurant is fine dining where you are, but
> > they aren't here and if a Chinese restaurant does serve shelled
> > shrimp, it will be a good bet that it's catering to tourists, not
> > Chinese people.
> >
>
> The word was formal, not fine dining.

No idea what you're talking about in that case and don't care at this
point.


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