Dinner Diplomat Mugs

"Tell him I can still hear him chewing."

'My fortune says 'You have enjoyed genetically modified rice and you will be hungry for more in an hour.''

"Are Mommy and Patty and Kenny mad at Daddy?"

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

"Dinner is on the table. Just not prepared."

Thanksgiving Family Get-Togethers

"Would either of you care to look at the dessert menu, or are you still breaking up?"

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

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

'Mom said not to ask Dad for money 'til after he's had his dinner.'

'Listen dear, 30 million and not a cent more!'

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

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

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

"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."

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

"No dessert until you finish your dark matter."

"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?"

'We cut it into teensy-weensy squares.'

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

Screen Time at the Dining Table

Nuclear Families

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

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

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

'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.'