Beaming, they wipe off my table, as though the most important job in the world.
I'm not looking to take food off your table, and yet you're taking food off my table".
"That's 49 cents of spilled milk dripping off my table," he hollers at no one in particular.
When I mention the infamous piece by Tibor Fisher, which compared the experience of reading the novel to happening upon a favourite uncle masturbating in the school yard, Amis levels a hard stare: "It poisoned the whole thing – it took food off my table.
Or the presence of employees paid to brush the breadcrumbs off my table between courses?
Their lovely event was back in February, when I got so drunk I dozed off at my table.
On one side my father was young and glamorous in these films, but on the other side, my side, he was unsmiling, had grey hair and was telling me off about my table manners.
"So I'm at the movie theatre," she said, "and I've got my coat all neatly laid out… On the flight to Raleigh, I sneezed, and the cough drop I'd been sucking on shot from my mouth, ricocheted off my folded tray table,… There is no abstract available for this article, but its contents are reflected in the displayed keywords.
On the flight to Raleigh, I sneezed, and the cough drop I'd been sucking on shot from my mouth, ricocheted off my folded tray table, and landed, as I remember it, in the lap of the woman beside me, who was asleep and had her arms folded across her chest.
By David Sedaris On the flight to Raleigh, I sneezed, and the cough drop I'd been sucking on shot from my mouth, ricocheted off my folded tray table, and landed, as I remember it, in the lap of the woman beside me, who was asleep and had her arms folded across her chest.
A DECADE ago, the breadbasket was pushed off my family's Thanksgiving table.
