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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (9295)	12/22/2010 1:05:55 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10087

"...the apparent erosion of manners in the society I see around me." We've traded much of it for quick and efficient, as in; it is more common to slosh down some food on the couch while clicking through the channels to catch up at the end of the day than it is to share a family style dinner, where manners were once honed into routine and habitual practice. The modern, or eroded, code of etiquette in the Western World came from France centuries ago. There were some medieval knightly codes which have become somewhat eroded too ... * Turn away when spitting lest your saliva fall on someone. If you cannot swallow a piece of food, turn around discreetly and throw it somewhere. * Before you sit down, make sure that your seat has not been fouled. Farts may be concealed by coughing. * It is impolite to greet someone who is urinating or defecating. Don't blow your nose with the fingers you hold the meat with." * The modern hand shake began as a gesture to show you were not concealing a knife. * The modern hat tip began because knights would tip the visor of their armor to show their face when speaking. At the top of the forbidden lists for modern diner's should be answering cell phones, swearing (too much) , drinking (too much) especially at a lunch, cracking offensive jokes, yawning, poor personal hygiene, and aggressiveness. I haven't seen a handkerchief in a while and women no longer fake a faint at hearing the word ankle or something. But, I can live with that I suppose. Or, starting sentences with a conjunction. And, what about the etiquette of opening doors... that one seems to be persisting and I am glad. WRT this thread, I came up with this, 'Sharing of knowledge is courteous when no mean spiritedness, such as taking joy in the faults of another, is present.' I wonder what others would consider to be 'good thread manners,' or if manners are considered in this venue at all?