I finally found a way to deal with this;

I move my chair over a bit,
and appear to be listening to every word......

Usally cuts the conversation short.
..... and they look sooooo insulted !

..


On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:58:47 -0000, Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not>
wrote:
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>
>Yes, we had a cell phoner at the table next to us last week. It was
>annoying as hell. I did not care what his daughter was doing right that
>second and who she was with, yadda, yadda, yadda. It was made worse by his
>boom voice which carried across half the central US.
>
>I was dragged to a chain restaurant by a friend. The Olive Garden. All I
>wanted to do was enjoy my pasta in peace and quiet. The pasta was pertty
>good.
>
>Michael

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