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The Rationale That Etiquette Should Be Eschewed Because It Fosters Inequality Does Not Ring True In A Society That Openly Admits To A Feverish Interest In The Comparative Status-conveying Qualities Of Sneakers. Manners Are Available To All, For Free.

It Is A Widespread And Firm Belief Among Guests That Their Departure Is Always A Matter Of Distress To Their Hosts, And That In Order To Indicate That They Have Been Pleasantly Entertained, They Must Demonstrate An Extreme Unwillingness To Allow The Entertainment To Conclude. This Is Not Necessarily True.

Do You Have A Kinder, More Adaptable Friend In The Food World Than Soup? Who Soothes You When You Are Ill? Who Refuses To Leave You When You Are Impoverished And Stretches Its Resources To Give A Hearty Sustenance And Cheer? Who Warms You In The Winter And Cools You In The Summer? Yet Who Also Is Capable Of Doing Honor To Your Richest Table And Impressing Your Most Demanding Guests? Soup Does Its Loyal Best, No Matter What Undignified Conditions Are Imposed Upon It. You Don't Catch Steak Hanging Around When You're Poor And Sick, Do You?

Try Not To Annoy Your Relatives Unnecessarily.

Visiting The Sick Is Supposed To Exhibit Such Great Virtue That There Are Some People Determined To Do It Whether The Sick Like It Or Not. ... All Visitors Everywhere Are Supposed To Make Plans To Depart If They Observe Their Hosts Visibly Wilting Or In Pain, But This Is Especially True At Hospitals.