Dining Diplomats Pillows

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."

'Does the Fifth Amendment apply to report cards?'

"For dessert, absolutely no flambé!"

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

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

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

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

"No dessert until you finish your dark matter."

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!'

"Is anyone enjoying anything?"

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

'We cut it into teensy-weensy squares.'

Landing That Tough Account

"Tell him I can still hear him chewing."

Screen Time at the Dining Table

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

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

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

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

"You'll have one bite of everything!"

'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."

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

"Is this the table with a complaint?"

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

"These family dinners have become a lot friendlier since we started wearing nametags."