Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim and Daniel, I've also seen people crossing their fingers after a meal at Mac Donald's ... OK I'm off :-[ Phil...x Jim Hemenway wrote: > Daniel: > > I was taught as a child here in Boston, that one simply crosses the > knife and fork on the plate to send the same signal. > > Jim > > Daniel Ridings wrote: > >> I noticed in my PAW this week that there is something that took a >> while to learn when I came to Sweden. >> >> Here's the link again and look at the position of the knife and fork >> on Gunn's (that's her name) plate: >> >> http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2007/36.html >> >> If you finish eating and put your silverware any other way than she >> had done, you will get the host and hostess offering you more and >> more food, second helpings, on and on ... >> >> By placing your silverware the way she has, it means: I'm finished. >> You will be offered desert or coffee, but you won't be terrorized >> with second and third helpings :-) >> >> Took a while to pick up that trick ... >> >> Daniel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >