"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 19 May 2013 15:58:09 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > "Tara" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> http://www.epicurious.com/articlesgu...013/05/top-10-
>> >> rudest-grossest-most-annoying-habits-of-fellow-diners.html
>> >>
>> >> http://tinyurl.com/beodge3
>> >>
>> >> Tara
>> >
>> > They left off quite a few things. Like people who blow their nose or
>> > sneeze and don't cover their mouth.
>>
>> The blowing the nose at the table is the worst to me.
>>
> Get over it.

Not gonna get over it when their nose stuff gets in my food or drink or they
are using their hands (unwashed after blowing) to eat communal food. Nope.

On Sun, 19 May 2013 23:22:29 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 19 May 2013 15:58:09 -0700, "Cheri" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >
> >> > "Tara" > wrote in message
> >> > ...
> >> >> http://www.epicurious.com/articlesgu...013/05/top-10-
> >> >> rudest-grossest-most-annoying-habits-of-fellow-diners.html
> >> >>
> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/beodge3
> >> >>
> >> >> Tara
> >> >
> >> > They left off quite a few things. Like people who blow their nose or
> >> > sneeze and don't cover their mouth.
> >>
> >> The blowing the nose at the table is the worst to me.
> >>
> > Get over it.
>
> Not gonna get over it when their nose stuff gets in my food or drink or they
> are using their hands (unwashed after blowing) to eat communal food. Nope.
>
You eat in Moroccan restaurants?

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On 5/20/2013 8:49 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2013 23:22:29 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>>
>> Not gonna get over it when their nose stuff gets in my food or drink or they
>> are using their hands (unwashed after blowing) to eat communal food. Nope.
>>
> You eat in Moroccan restaurants?
>
I was wondering how often she eats in restaurants where people eat
"communal food" with their hands.

Having said that, I don't blow my nose at the table. I'd excuse myself.
If I sneezed (I don't carry handkerchiefs around with me) I'd turn
away from the table and cover my face with my hands. Then I'd go wash
my hands.

Jill

On Mon, 20 May 2013 09:12:13 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> If I sneezed (I don't carry handkerchiefs around with me) I'd turn
> away from the table and cover my face with my hands. Then I'd go wash
> my hands.

Never sneeze into your hand because you'll spread your germs all over
everything on your way to the bathroom, sneeze into the crook of your
arm.

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On 5/20/2013 10:54 AM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 20 May 2013 09:12:13 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> If I sneezed (I don't carry handkerchiefs around with me) I'd turn
>> away from the table and cover my face with my hands. Then I'd go wash
>> my hands.
>
> Never sneeze into your hand because you'll spread your germs all over
> everything on your way to the bathroom, sneeze into the crook of your
> arm.
>
Uh, what?! You're kidding, right? I'm supposed to throw my arm up over
my face (possibly hitting the person sitting next to me) in order to
sneeze into the crook of my arm?

Then what? I wipe it off with a napkin? Or excuse myself to go wash my
arm? The same germs would spread on that long walk, too.

I've never heard of anything quite so ridiculous.

Jill

On 20/05/2013 12:15 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> Uh, what?! You're kidding, right? I'm supposed to throw my arm up over
> my face (possibly hitting the person sitting next to me) in order to
> sneeze into the crook of my arm?
>
> Then what? I wipe it off with a napkin? Or excuse myself to go wash my
> arm? The same germs would spread on that long walk, too.
>
> I've never heard of anything quite so ridiculous.


It was the advice given by public health workers during recent flu
outbreaks. The suggested that people sneezing in public cover their
mouths, and to use the crook of their arm rather than their hand because
their hand was more likely to come into contact with people, food, door
handles, water taps etc.

On 5/20/2013 12:21 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 20/05/2013 12:15 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Uh, what?! You're kidding, right? I'm supposed to throw my arm up over
>> my face (possibly hitting the person sitting next to me) in order to
>> sneeze into the crook of my arm?
>>
>> Then what? I wipe it off with a napkin? Or excuse myself to go wash my
>> arm? The same germs would spread on that long walk, too.
>>
>> I've never heard of anything quite so ridiculous.
>
>
> It was the advice given by public health workers during recent flu
> outbreaks. The suggested that people sneezing in public cover their
> mouths, and to use the crook of their arm rather than their hand because
> their hand was more likely to come into contact with people, food, door
> handles, water taps etc.
>
>
Sorry, it still doesn't make sense. Washing your hands after sneezing
is a pretty simple concept. Washing your *arm* after sneezing is just
plain weird. Especially in a public restroom. You can open doors and
turn on water taps with your elbow but wait, you just sneezed into the
inside of your elbow so maybe that's not a good idea. Be sure to cradle
it close to your body, like a broken wing, while you walk to the public
restroom to wash it off. At least your hands will be clean to get to
the soap dispenser. Of course you can't trust all those other people
who didn't sneeze into their elbows not to have touched the soap dispenser.

Really, don't we have better things to worry about?

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 5/20/2013 10:54 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 May 2013 09:12:13 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> If I sneezed (I don't carry handkerchiefs around with me) I'd turn
>>> away from the table and cover my face with my hands. Then I'd go wash
>>> my hands.
>>
>> Never sneeze into your hand because you'll spread your germs all over
>> everything on your way to the bathroom, sneeze into the crook of your
>> arm.
>>
> Uh, what?! You're kidding, right? I'm supposed to throw my arm up over
> my face (possibly hitting the person sitting next to me) in order to
> sneeze into the crook of my arm?
>
Yes. They have been advising that for years but... It is disgusting and I
won't do it. Angela always yells at me when I don't. The Drs. offices and
hospitals even have signs telling you to do that. You are supposed to
sneeze into fabric and not on your hands.

> Then what? I wipe it off with a napkin? Or excuse myself to go wash my
> arm? The same germs would spread on that long walk, too.
>
> I've never heard of anything quite so ridiculous.

But they've been saying to do that for years.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 5/20/2013 8:49 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 May 2013 23:22:29 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>> Not gonna get over it when their nose stuff gets in my food or drink or
>>> they
>>> are using their hands (unwashed after blowing) to eat communal food.
>>> Nope.
>>>
>> You eat in Moroccan restaurants?
>>
> I was wondering how often she eats in restaurants where people eat
> "communal food" with their hands.

Mexican. Chips and dip. Also if I order French fries, often the whole
table shares the order. Although some people might eat only one or two.
>
> Having said that, I don't blow my nose at the table. I'd excuse myself.
> If I sneezed (I don't carry handkerchiefs around with me) I'd turn away
> from the table and cover my face with my hands. Then I'd go wash my
> hands.

Me too.

On 5/20/2013 9:12 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/20/2013 8:49 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 May 2013 23:22:29 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>> Not gonna get over it when their nose stuff gets in my food or drink
>>> or they
>>> are using their hands (unwashed after blowing) to eat communal food.
>>> Nope.
>>>
>> You eat in Moroccan restaurants?
>>
> I was wondering how often she eats in restaurants where people eat
> "communal food" with their hands.
>
> Having said that, I don't blow my nose at the table. I'd excuse myself.
> If I sneezed (I don't carry handkerchiefs around with me) I'd turn
> away from the table and cover my face with my hands. Then I'd go wash
> my hands.
>
> Jill

My mom is a table nose blower and it grosses me out. I guess that's
another to add to my small list. She does it loudly, too. lol

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"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 19 May 2013 23:22:29 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Sun, 19 May 2013 15:58:09 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> >
>> >> > "Tara" > wrote in message
>> >> > ...
>> >> >> http://www.epicurious.com/articlesgu...013/05/top-10-
>> >> >> rudest-grossest-most-annoying-habits-of-fellow-diners.html
>> >> >>
>> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/beodge3
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Tara
>> >> >
>> >> > They left off quite a few things. Like people who blow their nose
>> >> > or
>> >> > sneeze and don't cover their mouth.
>> >>
>> >> The blowing the nose at the table is the worst to me.
>> >>
>> > Get over it.
>>
>> Not gonna get over it when their nose stuff gets in my food or drink or
>> they
>> are using their hands (unwashed after blowing) to eat communal food.
>> Nope.
>>
> You eat in Moroccan restaurants?

I haven't yet. We do eat a lot of Mexican food though. And we share the
chips and dips.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 19 May 2013 15:58:09 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> >
>>> > "Tara" > wrote in message
>>> > ...
>>> >> http://www.epicurious.com/articlesgu...013/05/top-10-
>>> >> rudest-grossest-most-annoying-habits-of-fellow-diners.html
>>> >>
>>> >> http://tinyurl.com/beodge3
>>> >>
>>> >> Tara
>>> >
>>> > They left off quite a few things. Like people who blow their nose or
>>> > sneeze and don't cover their mouth.
>>>
>>> The blowing the nose at the table is the worst to me.
>>>
>> Get over it.
>
> Not gonna get over it when their nose stuff gets in my food or drink or
> they are using their hands (unwashed after blowing) to eat communal food.
> Nope.

Me either. We have a friend that does it all the time, if the napkins on the
table are paper, he's just as apt to use one of those. He doesn't do it
other times, so it's not a chronic condition. Here's how we handle it after
many years, we don't go out with him anymore. We have him over, or we go
there for a visit.

Cheri

On 20/05/2013 9:04 AM, Cheri wrote:

> Me either. We have a friend that does it all the time, if the napkins on
> the table are paper, he's just as apt to use one of those. He doesn't do
> it other times, so it's not a chronic condition. Here's how we handle it
> after many years, we don't go out with him anymore. We have him over, or
> we go there for a visit.
>
Years ago I was on an out of town course, staying at the hotel and
eating in the hotel restaurant. The instructor/ coordinator was a great
guy, very knowledgeable, friendly, supportive, an al round good guy.
Then one day we were at the table and, having a cold, he blew his nose
into the cloth napkin. I was disgusted and have not been able to get
over it even after all these years. That was gross.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 20/05/2013 9:04 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
>> Me either. We have a friend that does it all the time, if the napkins on
>> the table are paper, he's just as apt to use one of those. He doesn't do
>> it other times, so it's not a chronic condition. Here's how we handle it
>> after many years, we don't go out with him anymore. We have him over, or
>> we go there for a visit.
>>
> Years ago I was on an out of town course, staying at the hotel and eating
> in the hotel restaurant. The instructor/ coordinator was a great guy, very
> knowledgeable, friendly, supportive, an al round good guy. Then one day
> we were at the table and, having a cold, he blew his nose into the cloth
> napkin. I was disgusted and have not been able to get over it even after
> all these years. That was gross.

I was the assistant for a Home Ec class. There was a boy in it who had a
very long fancy name. First name was Gaylord but I can't remember his last
name. He always wore a suit and tie and carried a brief case. So you can
imagine that in the 1970's, other kids poked fun at him.

Then one day, he opened his brief case, took out a handkerchief, laid it on
the table, one of the very same tables where the kids ate the food that they
had cooked, leaned his head ever so slightly forward, and blew snot in it.
That's right, the handkerchief was nowhere near his face. I quickly looked
around in horror and some of the other kids gave me the same look. He then
picked up the handkerchief to examine it. Then he folded it up and put it
back in the briefcase. Ppppyuck!

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 20/05/2013 9:04 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
>> Me either. We have a friend that does it all the time, if the napkins on
>> the table are paper, he's just as apt to use one of those. He doesn't do
>> it other times, so it's not a chronic condition. Here's how we handle it
>> after many years, we don't go out with him anymore. We have him over, or
>> we go there for a visit.
>>
> Years ago I was on an out of town course, staying at the hotel and eating
> in the hotel restaurant. The instructor/ coordinator was a great guy, very
> knowledgeable, friendly, supportive, an al round good guy. Then one day
> we were at the table and, having a cold, he blew his nose into the cloth
> napkin. I was disgusted and have not been able to get over it even after
> all these years. That was gross.


I hear you. I have the same image going with someone and it's been almost 40
years. LOL

Cheri

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Years ago I was on an out of town course, staying at the hotel and
> eating in the hotel restaurant. The instructor/ coordinator was a great
> guy, very knowledgeable, friendly, supportive, an al round good guy.
> Then one day we were at the table and, having a cold, he blew his nose
> into the cloth napkin. I was disgusted and have not been able to get
> over it even after all these years. That was gross.

Remember the old days when men always carried handkercheifs and blew their
noses in them? lol. I still find it hard to believe that the wives would
put them in the laundry. My mom always did. uckkkk!

G.

On 5/20/2013 12:31 PM, Gary wrote:
> Remember the old days when men always carried handkercheifs and blew their
> noses in them? lol. I still find it hard to believe that the wives would
> put them in the laundry. My mom always did. uckkkk!


You can yuck all you want, but I still carry a handkerchief and use
them. My hankies get washed in the same load with my underwear... hot
water, detergent and plenty of bleach. So far, no one has died.

If I have to blow my nose in public, I try to be discrete about it, but
if it is a choice of catching a sneeze in a hanky or blowing chunks into
my hand or onto my shirt, the hanky wins every time. <vbg>

If I could fit a box of Kleenex into my pocket, maybe I would use that,
but I can't, so I don't.

George L

On 20/05/2013 1:31 PM, Gary wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Years ago I was on an out of town course, staying at the hotel and
>> eating in the hotel restaurant. The instructor/ coordinator was a great
>> guy, very knowledgeable, friendly, supportive, an al round good guy.
>> Then one day we were at the table and, having a cold, he blew his nose
>> into the cloth napkin. I was disgusted and have not been able to get
>> over it even after all these years. That was gross.
>
> Remember the old days when men always carried handkercheifs and blew their
> noses in them? lol. I still find it hard to believe that the wives would
> put them in the laundry. My mom always did. uckkkk!

Men? Women did it too, and children. Those women would have been
cleaning out snotty hankies for everyone in the family. Isn't that a
wonderful thought.

I had a couple of old maid aunts who were kind enough to buy us
Christmas presents.... hankerchefs. I consider myself to be fortunate
enough to have been born after the invention of disposable tissues.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Remember the old days when men always carried handkercheifs and blew their
> noses in them? lol. I still find it hard to believe that the wives would
> put them in the laundry. My mom always did. uckkkk!

Yes. My dad did that. And I can remember reading stories where some girl
or woman would start crying and a man would hand her a handkerchief. And I
would think... No! Don't take it!

I recently ordered some fancy women's handkerchiefs. I had some years ago
that my grandma sent me but I got rid of them years ago. I never use them
for the intended purpose. I just think they are pretty. The men's were
usually not so pretty.

On 5/20/2013 6:57 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
>> Remember the old days when men always carried handkercheifs and blew their
>> noses in them? lol. I still find it hard to believe that the wives would
>> put them in the laundry. My mom always did. uckkkk!
>
> Yes. My dad did that. And I can remember reading stories where some girl
> or woman would start crying and a man would hand her a handkerchief. And I
> would think... No! Don't take it!
>
> I recently ordered some fancy women's handkerchiefs. I had some years ago
> that my grandma sent me but I got rid of them years ago. I never use them
> for the intended purpose. I just think they are pretty. The men's were
> usually not so pretty.
>
>
My dad used them. When I was a kid most of them were monogrammed. My
sister and I would earn extra allowance money ironing them into squares
for him. Ah, memories.

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On Mon, 20 May 2013 13:31:18 -0400, Gary > wrote:



>
>Remember the old days when men always carried handkercheifs and blew their
>noses in them? lol. I still find it hard to believe that the wives would
>put them in the laundry. My mom always did. uckkkk!
>
>G.

They go in with the whites and get bleached. No worse than anything
else in the underwear.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 19 May 2013 15:58:09 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>> >
>>>> > "Tara" > wrote in message
>>>> > ...
>>>> >> http://www.epicurious.com/articlesgu...013/05/top-10-
>>>> >> rudest-grossest-most-annoying-habits-of-fellow-diners.html
>>>> >>
>>>> >> http://tinyurl.com/beodge3
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Tara
>>>> >
>>>> > They left off quite a few things. Like people who blow their nose or
>>>> > sneeze and don't cover their mouth.
>>>>
>>>> The blowing the nose at the table is the worst to me.
>>>>
>>> Get over it.
>>
>> Not gonna get over it when their nose stuff gets in my food or drink or
>> they are using their hands (unwashed after blowing) to eat communal food.
>> Nope.
>
> Me either. We have a friend that does it all the time, if the napkins on
> the table are paper, he's just as apt to use one of those. He doesn't do
> it other times, so it's not a chronic condition. Here's how we handle it
> after many years, we don't go out with him anymore. We have him over, or
> we go there for a visit.

In the case of my dad, it is chronic. At least we have gotten him to stop
playing a game and go wash his hands after he has done it. But we can't
seem to stop it while eating.