Dining Diplomats Gifts

Opting for Chinese food for lunch, the law partners decide in principle to share their dishes and, accordingly, before ordering, negotiate a comprehensive pre-victual agreement.

"I'm new here. How much do we leave for a tip?"

"My smelly French cheese is much better than your Canadian beef."

"For dessert, absolutely no flambé!"

"I believe I'll skip the appetizer. I ate the flowers."

'Does the Fifth Amendment apply to report cards?'

"Do you know I fought an hour with that salmon you're eating."

"No dessert until you finish your dark matter."

"How is the dollar trading against the Martini today, Jack?"

"So are you can't cook or won't cook?"

Thanksgiving Family Get-Togethers

"I like them. They hate the same things we do."

"How many times have I told you? No trading Asian market at the dinner table."

"I thought we agreed that the dining room was a buffer zone."

'My dad must like you, or he would have charged by now.'

'No, there's nothing else: At this time of year, we eat salmon!'

Landing That Tough Account

'For once can't we all just sit down and eat as a family?'

'We cut it into teensy-weensy squares.'

"Is anyone enjoying anything?"

"Tell him I can still hear him chewing."

'We'd like a quiet table for 47.'

"Do you have to mime looking at your mobile at the dinner table Marceau?"

'Spuds were watery. And where's my damn dessert?'

Nuclear Families

"You'll have one bite of everything!"

'My fortune says you're a liar, so I won't even ask what yours says.'

Screen Time at the Dining Table

'It's gluten-free or free range or something. Enjoy.'

'It started out with lactose, but ow he's intolerant of everything.'

"Ambitions . . . never, ever to eat broccoli again."

"Is this the table with a complaint?"

"Yes, Jamie -- you have an insight?"

"There's U.N. Weapons Inspectors at the door. They need to see your meatloaf."

'Thanks, Sis, but I think it's my turn to leave the stealth tip.'