Dinner Diplomacy Gifts

Woman Bored at Dinner

"You owe me five bucks."

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

'When you asked me over for a home-cooked meal, I assumed you'd be making it.'

"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."

"Let me get this, but keep in mind that you'll pay for it in other, more subtle ways later on."

"No dessert until you finish your dark matter."

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

Thanksgiving Family Get-Togethers

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

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

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

'Nobody goes there anymore.' 'Because it's too crowded.'

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

"Is anyone enjoying anything?"

'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?'

"Tell him I can still hear him chewing."

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

"I think he should cut a deal and invite Paula Jones to join NATO."

Chick in noodle soup.

'I'll be late for dinner - a shelf fell on me.'

'All right, I agree with you.'

'We were made for each other...we hate the same TV shows.'

"You ordered mammoth again?"

'And just how much is silver going for a troy ounce these days?'

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

"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.'

Screen Time at the Dining Table

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.'