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Subject: Re: How to eat dinner in England
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Date: Wed, 7-Dec-83 13:57:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  7 13:57:23 1983
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I don't really know how many of the social rules were stared,
however, I suspect they came about through the early courts
of noblemen and were picked up by the masses in order to emulate
their masters. 

There was one quaint social custom that was promoted during the
last century and that was if a gentleman was seated when a lady
entered the room and he rose to give her his seat, he was
to engage the lady in conversation and keep her standing until
the seat he had occupied had cooled.