{"id":28342,"date":"2013-11-25T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=28342"},"modified":"2013-11-14T17:38:57","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T22:38:57","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-rude-put-elbows-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2013\/uncommon-knowledge-rude-put-elbows-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: Is it rude to put elbows on the table?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/pocket-utensil-set?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/23343_zoom1.jpg\" alt=\"Pocket Utensil Set | UncommonGoods\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/23343_zoom1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/23343_zoom1-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/23343_zoom1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/23343_zoom1-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/23343_zoom1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>While this tabletop rule has been drilled into your head since you graduated from your high chair, its supposed origins suggest it\u2019s more need-based than the pinnacle of politeness. During medieval times, everyone and their barber would be invited to elaborate dinners at long, crowded tables. With surface space at a premium, no elbow could be placed on the table without landing in someone else\u2019s territory\u2014or in their food! But seeing as how we now enjoy more spacious dining accommodations, have at it! Modern rules dictate that elbows are free game once you\u2019ve put down your utensils.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/product\/pocket-utensil-set?source=blog\" target=\"_blank\">Pocket Utensil Set, $16<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While this tabletop rule has been drilled into your head since you graduated from your high chair, its supposed origins suggest it\u2019s more need-based than the pinnacle of politeness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":28349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}