Judith Martin Quote

Many of the guests will eventually leave the table to watch football on television, which would be a rudeness at any other occasion but is a relief at Thanksgiving and probably the only way to get those people to budge.

Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior (1982)

Many of the guests will eventually leave the table to watch football on television, which would be a rudeness at any other occasion but is a relief...

Many of the guests will eventually leave the table to watch football on television, which would be a rudeness at any other occasion but is a relief...

Many of the guests will eventually leave the table to watch football on television, which would be a rudeness at any other occasion but is a relief...

Many of the guests will eventually leave the table to watch football on television, which would be a rudeness at any other occasion but is a relief...