Dining Room Diplomat Pillows

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

"According to this article, snoring can result in justifiable homicide."

"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."

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

Well, everything's going great! I guess it's time to bring in the naysayers.

"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?"

"Huddleston, I admire your hands-on approach to everything, but get the hell out of my office!"

Thanksgiving Family Get-Togethers

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

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

'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!'

'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."

Nuclear Families

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

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

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

Screen Time at the Dining Table

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

"You'll have one bite of everything!"

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.

'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."

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

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

"Is this the table with a complaint?"