Whoopsie...unlaiden...

Like an empty table...*Stares wistfully into distance*...

So, just so I know, what is the correct placement of cutlery at a dinner party?...

Wait, so we can't ask off the wall questions, but you can give off the wall answers? Unfair, I say!

Your answer is incorrect.

Silverware is set up in the order of its use/from left to right, IE:


Left of plate: Salad fork (same as a dessert fork - the shorter fatter fork) is outer, dinner fork (the long slender fork) is alongside the plate.

Right of plate: Knife goes closest to plate (sharp edge facing plate), then soup spoon (larger fatter), then the dessert spoon (small spoon).

Napkin goes on the left near forks (unless you want to make a fancy shape of it and put it in the middle of the plate).

Bread and butter plate goes above the forks/ glass of water goes above the spoons, and wine glass goes to the right of the water glass.


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This post has been edited by mALX: Jun 27 2013, 02:49 PM

Wow! I'm impressed, Miss Manners mALX. That impressive and authoritative lesson conjures an image of you trying to teach Maxical to curtsey! Oh my goodness, I can almost envision the calamity scene, complete with Eyja braying in the background!

You can ask ANY question you want as long as it's question that is actually answerable.

Any question is answerable...It's just choosing whether to take it seriously and answer it properly with the right info or have fun with it if you don't know...

Therefore...Is this an answerable question?...

Yes.

The answer is Justin. When Uriel Septim VII was a child he had an imaginary female friend named Justin. (which yes, that is a boys name). That is Elder Scrolls Lore.




This post has been edited by mALX: Jun 27 2013, 08:29 PM

The way I always remember this: start from the outside, move inwards, and things for dessert are above the plate.

I do have trouble remembering whether the bread and butter plate is on your left or right. There was once an Incident in which half the table at a formal dinner had to pass their bread plates around because I picked the wrong one, and I was sitting next to the head of my college at the time and in fact that whole memory is labeled "abject humiliation! do not open!" on my mental bookshelves. You'd think that sort of thing would lead to you not making the mistake again... alas, I still can't remember which way round it goes. I'm just now really really afraid of getting it wrong.

Er. Questions!

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

One cord.

I though that was the answer to "How long is a piece of string?"

And while I'm here ...

It's "unladen" not "unlaiden", and the swallow flies at a rate of 42. (The units are unspecified).

I like the "unlaid swallow" best.

I don't, they're always in a bad mood.

The silverware setup is correct though, we had to set a formal dining table for every meal growing up, 4 daughters meant every fourth day it was my turn to set. Getting something wrong was def noticed, lol.

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I need to go shopping, therefore, what is the correct starting off procedure in a car?...I seem to have forgotten...

Either a Saint on the dashboard or a bobblehead doll on the rear window is all you need know.

What is your opinion on Skyrim, ImpSnob?

I've decided to take the family out on a trip to the moon, therefore, which launch vehicle should I use to travel there in?...