Well that's just RUDE!

[...] Anyone - Chewing with your mouth open...in case no one ever told you, it makes you look like a cow. [...]

[...] Anyone - talking on cell phone where anyone can hear your conversation...take it to a quiet corner. [...]

Well, the slop jars and the men taking the brunt surely explains the wearing of the hat OUTSIDE the house! Perhaps it also explains why they were taken off INSIDE?


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dlowan wrote:

Well, the slop jars and the men taking the brunt surely explains the wearing of the hat OUTSIDE the house! Perhaps it also explains why they were taken off INSIDE?


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Everybody else is going to find this boring, but you might appreciate it. King Charles II owed a good deal of money to Charles Penn, who loaned him 15,000 pounds when the monarchy was restored and the King was flat broke (lotta money in 1660). But Penn died before Charles could repay him, so he gave his son, William Penn, a huge chunk of North America, which is now Pennsylvania.

William Penn was a Quaker, and therefore did not believe in different "degrees" (meaning he didn't recognize social classes). So when he arrived at Whitehall at the King's request (So Charlie could give him Pennsylvania), he happened to run into him outside. Everyone was walking along with their hat in the hand, except Charles, because one was expected to uncover in the presence of the King. Penn walked up, and greeted the King, at which point Charles swiftly removed his hat. Penn was startled and asked him why he did that. Charles replied that they had a rule that when the King was present, only one man could "keep his hat."

I always liked Charlie--such a real person, and such a decent character. I shudder to think of what Charlie 3 will be like.

I've Got a Little List

SONG--KO-KO with CHORUS OF MEN.

As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list--I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed--who never would be missed!

There's the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs--
All people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs--
All children who are up in dates, and floor you with 'em flat--
All persons who in shaking hands, shake hands with you like _that_--
And all third persons who on spoiling tete-a-tetes insist--
They'd none of 'em be missed--they'd none of 'em be missed!

CHORUS. He's got 'em on the list--he's got 'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed--they'll none of
'em be missed.

There's the banjo serenader, and the others of his race,
And the piano-organist--I've got him on the list!
And the people who eat peppermint and puff it in your face,
They never would be missed--they never would be missed!
Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,
All centuries but this, and every country but his own;
And the lady from the provinces, who dresses like a guy,
And who "doesn't think she waltzes, but would rather like to
try";
And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist--
I don't think she'd be missed--I'm sure she'd not he missed!

CHORUS. He's got her on the list--he's got her on the list;
And I don't think she'll be missed--I'm sure
she'll not be missed!

And that Nisi Prius nuisance, who just now is rather rife,
The Judicial humorist--I've got him on the list!
All funny fellows, comic men, and clowns of private life--
They'd none of 'em be missed--they'd none of 'em be missed.
And apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind,
Such as--What d'ye call him--Thing'em-bob, and
likewise--Never-mind,
And 'St--'st--'st--and What's-his-name, and also You-know-who--
The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you.
But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list,
For they'd none of 'em be missed--they'd none of 'em be
missed!

CHORUS. You may put 'em on the list--you may put 'em on the list;
And they'll none of 'em be missed--they'll none of
'em be missed!

Queue jumpers get right up my nose, also people who just go ahead and place their order at the bar, knowing full well that they've only just arrived and were fully aware that other people were waiting to be served.

I once sat in a restaurant, waiting to have my order taken. A couple arrived and sat at the table next to me and we struck up a conversation, with me telling them that the service wasn't particularly brilliant, as I'd been sitting for a while and still hadn't had the opportunity to place my order.
A few minutes later, the waitress turned up and went straight to the next table with her order pad. Without batting an eyelid, they proceeded to place their order.
I got up noisily, made a point of saying to them that I hoped they enjoyed their meals, and just left.
As with most situations like that, I thought up some brilliant one liners that I should have used whilst on the drive home.

Queue jumpers get right up my nose, also people who just go ahead and place their order at the bar, knowing full well that they've only just arrived and were fully aware that other people were waiting to be served.

So, you give up and leave. Why not say something. It doesn't have to be something rude. You can say something nice. When someone cuts in line when I am at the store, then I say something.

Since it wasn't their fault, better to wish 1000 bunions on the server!