Miss Manners: Knitting is mindless, but I worry it’s impolite in company

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to when and where it's appropriate to break out the ...

Miss Manners: Is using fingers to eat pastry ‘not done’ at a traditional fancy tea service?

Alone among the three of us, I lifted pastry to lips using my fingers and held each successively smaller remainder until all ...

Miss Manners: An etiquette question so fussy it can only be described as ‘historical food porn’

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

Miss Manners: Rabid knitter seeks permission to whip out their stash anywhere and everywhere

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

Miss Manners: What’s the proper way to eat pastries at tea time?

My friends made their choices, placed pastries on plates and proceeded to dissect cream-filled puff pastries with fork and ...

Miss Manners: Afternoon tea etiquette has me second-guessing myself

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the age-old question of whether using fingers or ...

Dear Miss Manners: There’s a question in my tea party treatise

I lifted pastry to lips using my fingers and held each successively smaller remainder until all was consumed.” ...

Miss Manners: Can’t stomach a massive sushi roll? Miss Manners has an unorthodox approach

Miss Manners does not usually condone deconstructing food in public, but these are desperate times. Use your chopsticks to ...

Miss Manners: What is the proper way eat a large sushi roll without gagging?

A reader wants to know how to stuff a large sushi roll in one’s mouth; another wonders if it’s rude to simply ignore a friend ...

Miss Manners: Is it rude to ignore a friend’s annoying text?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friend and I were discussing dating reciprocity, and we both agree that even with “old-fashioned” ...

Miss Manners: He’s naked under his robe. He thinks I’m weird for keeping my distance

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My housemate is male, 73 and retired. He rises in the morning and spends his day in a ratty terrycloth ...
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Lane Kiffin clears up what he said to Ole Miss fans after win vs Oklahoma

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin clarified what he said to fans after the win at Oklahoma. The coach stated he was commenting about returning to Oklahoma's stadium next year. Kiffin's name has been linked ...