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Old 08-09-2008, 04:42 AM   #7
Urbane Guerrilla
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Originally Posted by DanaC View Post
I wasn't aware of that custom.
It's an internationally famous Americanism. You can tell the Americans across the restaurant by watching how they handle their forks. They never turn them over unless they've been learning Euro-style.

It's one way not to eat your meat in a big hurry so your brain's hunger center has time to catch up with your stomach, with salubrious results for the waistline.
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