O/T: Have you ever watched yourself eat?

cast iron shore · 01-03-2008, 03:52 PM

I think of myself as a polite person, and I know how to eat properly in front of other people. No one has ever complained, and I am well behaved in public. But I recently learned I am a PIG when I'm by eating by myself. I had a mirror leaned up on the table against the wall and I looked up and saw myself shoveling food into my face to the point where my cheeks were sticking out, barely chewing my food, and shoving more food in the second there was more room in my cheeks, hand over hand, food falling out, sticking my tongue out on the plate to pick it up. If someone came to my house and ate like that I would think they had never seen the outside of their barn.

Anyone have a similar experience?

ntrllftr · 01-03-2008, 04:08 PM

I am CONSTANTLY telling my son to eat with his mouth closed.
I really hope it sinks in because he'll never get a second date, when that time comes.

Whiskeyjack · 01-03-2008, 04:11 PM

HA this is funny. I think I'm guilty of same.

cast iron shore · 01-03-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ntrllftr

I am CONSTANTLY telling my son to eat with his mouth closed.
I really hope it sinks in because he'll never get a second date, when that time comes.

If he's like me, and only pigs-out in private, it won't matter.

I'm the epitome of polite eating company (around other people), so I can't blame any lack of second dates on my eating habits.

IR45N · 01-03-2008, 04:22 PM

OP, with your avatar, hard to criticize your eating .....technique. Can't say I've ever had a mirror on the table; though there were times, even as an adult

my dad would say 'Slow down; no one's going to take it away from you.'.

namtrag · 01-03-2008, 04:23 PM

Pass me that jug of milk from the fridge honey, I'm thirsty!

grtrat1 · 01-03-2008, 04:25 PM

My daughter sounds like a pig when she eats... She always asks why I dont eat dinner with them... I say because you sound like a pig...

When I do eat with them, I always have to say something to her... Then I usually just get up and leave the room.

BurritoMan · 01-03-2008, 04:30 PM

I was recently told off by my three year old son for "smacking my lips" while eating when it was just me and him at the table. He's told me off several times now. So I've learned my manners are not as good when no other adults are around. So now I have to watch it!

namtrag · 01-03-2008, 04:33 PM

You ain't learning him right.

When my sons and I are eating without the wife and daughter around, we get to drink our milk from the cereal bowl instead of spooning into our mouths for 5 minutes, one spoonful at a time.

My wife is so annoyed with that, I love doing it when she isnt around.

Minotaur · 01-03-2008, 04:36 PM

When I'm alone I eat like a Klingon.

ntrllftr · 01-03-2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by cast iron shore

If he's like me, and only pigs-out in private, it won't matter.

I'm the epitome of polite eating company (around other people), so I can't blame any lack of second dates on my eating habits.

Nope its when we are out to dinner as well.
On the dating thing whatever you do, don't take any advice from me odds will even get lower. Thats why I stay married. It's too hard to even find the first date.

exguitarplayer · 01-03-2008, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by cast iron shore

I think of myself as a polite person, and I know how to eat properly in front of other people. No one has ever complained, and I am well behaved in public. But I recently learned I am a PIG when I'm by eating by myself. I had a mirror leaned up on the table against the wall and I looked up and saw myself shoveling food into my face to the point where my cheeks were sticking out, barely chewing my food, and shoving more food in the second there was more room in my cheeks, hand over hand, food falling out, sticking my tongue out on the plate to pick it up. If someone came to my house and ate like that I would think they had never seen the outside of their barn.

Anyone have a similar experience?

I am ARNOLD from GREEN ACRES!

cast iron shore · 01-03-2008, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ntrllftr

Nope its when we are out to dinner as well.

By "in private" I mean it's only OK to do if it's not in front of anyone, including his Dad. If I ate that way in front of mine, he'd give me a look so hard that I'd lose my appetite for the rest of the week.

cast iron shore · 01-03-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by exguitarplayer

I am ARNOLD from GREEN ACRES!

Who's that?

warnerwh · 01-03-2008, 05:15 PM

You guys make me feel much better. My wife and daughter act surprised on a regular basis on how I eat. My wife keeps asking how that mess happened, and to be honest I really don't know! I tell her it's magic or demons cause there's no way I could have done that.

Today I was surprised because I had to go through the kitchen to the garage and there's a bunch of protein milk shake in the middle of the kitchen floor, I have no idea how it would have got there unless it flew over my shoulders when I poured it into a glass.

Believe it or not my Mom brought us up like Amy Vanderbilt would have, my wife cannot believe it.

ntrllftr · 01-03-2008, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by exguitarplayer

I am ARNOLD from GREEN ACRES!

LOL

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Originally Posted by cast iron shore

Who's that?

He is the pig on an old t.v. show.

Bando · 01-03-2008, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ntrllftr

I am CONSTANTLY telling my son to eat with his mouth closed.
I really hope it sinks in because he'll never get a second date, when that time comes.

My kid is the same way, and no matter what he eats, he is going to get it all over his clothes. When he comes home from school he is clean so I suspect he's got a different eating routine in school.

cast iron shore · 01-03-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ntrllftr

He is the pig on an old t.v. show.

Ah, I know the theme song and the freaky Gabor woman but never watched the show. I was more into Speed Racer.

Q-Ball83 · 01-03-2008, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Minotaur

When I'm alone I eat like a Klingon.

repped!

sytennison · 01-03-2008, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Minotaur

When I'm alone I eat like a Klingon.

Please, pass the gagh.

Pretty Hardcore · 01-03-2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cast iron shore

I think of myself as a polite person, and I know how to eat properly in front of other people. No one has ever complained, and I am well behaved in public. But I recently learned I am a PIG when I'm by eating by myself. I had a mirror leaned up on the table against the wall and I looked up and saw myself shoveling food into my face to the point where my cheeks were sticking out, barely chewing my food, and shoving more food in the second there was more room in my cheeks, hand over hand, food falling out, sticking my tongue out on the plate to pick it up. If someone came to my house and ate like that I would think they had never seen the outside of their barn.

Anyone have a similar experience?

LOL, OMG I have to admit to doing the same thing. This post just struck me as so funny.

Star_Rider · 01-03-2008, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by cast iron shore

I...saw myself shoveling food into my face to the point where my cheeks were sticking out, barely chewing my food, and shoving more food in the second there was more room in my cheeks, hand over hand, food falling out, sticking my tongue out on the plate to pick it up. If someone came to my house and ate like that I would think they had never seen the outside of their barn.

ROFLOL!!!

blabber · 01-03-2008, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Minotaur

When I'm alone I eat like a Klingon.

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Originally Posted by sytennison

Please, pass the gagh.

This gagh is COOKED!

You must DIE for that offense!

"ghuH Daq Hegh DaH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

NuclearArms · 01-04-2008, 06:25 AM

Good observations. I'm sure I'm guilty of breaking many eating rules.

But screw it, got to keep the mass up somehow.

AlexNJ · 01-04-2008, 06:39 AM

This is a very funny thread. I tend to eat slowly and quietly so, consequently, I can't help but notice other's bad manners at the table. A coworker of mine eats his lunch at his desk and I get to hear him chewing with his mouth open every day. Yuck. My partner, meanwhile, somehow manages to wear whatever he eats but pleads "I don't know how that happen." Yeah, gremlins did it.

mdocruz · 01-04-2008, 07:10 AM

Nope! i dont like to eat...! I think i am pretty decent eating, it takes me more than 25-35 minutes eat a small meal.. tough! so, i spend too much time eating since i eat 6 small meal a day.

BearsFanPatti · 01-04-2008, 07:28 AM

I eat very slowly. I also have very decent manners (even when eating alone). I CAN NOT STAND people with poor table manners. It makes me want to repeatedly beat them over the head w/ their dinner plate.

Seriously, poor manners totally ruin my meal. Chewing w/ their mouths open, licking their fingers loudly, licking their knife, never looking up to engage in dinner conversation, wiping their plate w/ bread until not even a crumb or drop of liquid remains on the plate, getting as much as they possibly can on their dinner fork (so they can shovel it into their mouths), etc. F That.

mdocruz · 01-04-2008, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BearsFanPatti

I eat very slowly. I also have very decent manners (even when eating alone). I CAN NOT STAND people with poor table manners. It makes me want to repeatedly beat them over the head w/ their dinner plate.

Seriously, poor manners totally ruin my meal. Chewing w/ their mouths open, licking their fingers loudly, licking their knife, never looking up to engage in dinner conversation, wiping their plate w/ bread until not even a crumb or drop of liquid remains on the plate, getting as much as they possibly can on their dinner fork (so they can shovel it into their mouths), etc. F That.

LOL!!
I'm not trying to bulk, eating few extra calories..., and last night i was licking my fingers to do not waste any possible calories left. ~ lol. just teasing you..

Minotaur · 01-04-2008, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Q-Ball83

repped!

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Originally Posted by sytennison

Please, pass the gagh.

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Originally Posted by blabber

This gagh is COOKED!

You must DIE for that offense!

"ghuH Daq Hegh DaH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

You guys remember The Undiscovered Country when the Klingon Chancellor and his entourage had dinner on the Enterprise, and after they left Uhura said "Did you see the way they ate!?" That's what I was referrng to.

Yes, gagh is best served alive.

IR45N · 01-04-2008, 09:28 AM

With the price of food now I know I need to eat slowly, savor every bite, don't use napkins; lick fingers or anything and get in that cereal bowl with the tongue like a dog licking the dogfood bowl til the only taste left is plastic.

Should REALLY improve my eating habits!

Milk jug drinkers of the world unite! aka "Oh, did you want some too?"