# Do you wear lobster bibs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079 "2011-08-01T18:41:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/1 "2011-08-01T18:41:45Z")
Pretty straighforward question. Obviously this only applies if you regularly eat lobsters or other juicy crustaceans. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/2 "2011-08-01T18:44:41Z")
Don’t get to eat them recently, but stopped using the bibs 30 years ago. Of course I don’t wear $100 shits either. It’ll come out in the wash. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/3 "2011-08-01T18:50:14Z")
No. I usually eat lobster at home outside though, not in restaurants. I’ve gotten pretty good at keeping the lobster juice off myself. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/4 "2011-08-01T18:59:07Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > Don’t get to eat them recently, but stopped using the bibs 30 years ago. Of course I don’t wear \*\*$100 shits \*\*either. It’ll come out in the wash. 😃 You are eating at the wrong restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/5 "2011-08-01T19:05:28Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I’ve gotten pretty good at keeping the lobster juice off myself. Me too. It’s the people around me that need to worry about their $100 shits. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/6 "2011-08-01T19:09:55Z")
I now cannot get the image of Mr. Creosote out of my head. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/7 "2011-08-01T19:16:39Z")
Used to – it was part of the ritual – but I never order lobster in a restaurant any more. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/8 "2011-08-01T19:29:41Z")
I go to a lobster restaurant about once a year, and yes, I wear a bib. Everyone else who orders lobster there does. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/9 "2011-08-01T19:32:44Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > I go to a lobster restaurant about once a year, and yes, I wear a bib. Everyone else who orders lobster there does. The other night I was at a restaurant on what turned out to be lobster night. About half of the people there were wearing them. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/10 "2011-08-01T19:42:48Z")
I live in Maine. I know from lobster bibs. Here’s the thing … lobster bibs are for tourists. There is no function to them whatsoever, except that it makes it easier for non-tourists (and other normal people who don’t make it a habit of dribbling all over themselves when they eat) to make fun of said tourists behind their backs … especially if they’re having their picture taken while wearing one, holding up a lobster claw and giving a big thumbs up and a cheesy grin for the camera. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/11 "2011-08-01T19:56:34Z")
No, but I’m very fond of those terry-cloth tennis wrist bands. I’ve never wasted any lobster meat by dropping it on myself, but I despise that feeling of the juice dripping down toward my elbows. Nut crackers and tennis wristbands are de rigeur for us when we sit down to a feast. (Dad is from New Hampshire, so we are very serious about our lobster feasts!) ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/12 "2011-08-01T21:42:16Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > You are eating at the wrong restaurants. You’re right! I must have been thinking of my experience at a BBQ place in South Florida.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/13 "2011-08-01T21:43:51Z")
I’m wearing one right now. No pants, though. It’s damn hot in this library. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/14 "2011-08-02T00:41:08Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Here’s the thing … lobster bibs are for tourists. There is no function to them whatsoever, except that it makes it easier for non-tourists (and other normal people who don’t make it a habit of dribbling all over themselves when they eat) to make fun of said tourists behind their backs … Like it’s not easy enough to laugh at the ones that pry a bit of meat out of the tail, then dump the entire thing into the waste bucket…😃 (One of my favorite restaurants in Maine now splits the lobsters open with a knife before serving; I have to practically beg to get an unmolested lobster.) I’ve never worn the bib, though I’ll typically save them over the course of a vacation to keep track of the number of lobsters eastern. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/15 "2011-08-02T00:44:45Z")
If someone would take me out for lobster, I would wear ONLY a lobster bib, and 5" heels. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/16 "2011-08-02T02:05:59Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > If someone would take me out for lobster, I would wear ONLY a lobster bib, and 5" heels. 😉 Oh baby, I would do such sexy things to you, if my mind were not filled with thoughts of **Bryan Ekers**. What can I say, he’s got a library card. And 6" heels. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/17 "2011-08-02T02:09:41Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I’ve never worn the bib, though I’ll typically save them over the course of a vacation to keep track of the number of lobsters eastern. I’ve never eaten a lobster western. I understand they look like giant cockroaches and have tasty tailmeat. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/18 "2011-08-02T02:46:12Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Me too. It’s the people around me that need to worry about their $100 shits. Favorite typo today! 😛 I’ve actually never had lobster, but am a crab fanatic. I was IMMENSELY proud of myself a few months ago, when I went to a crab feast, dressed nicely for my sweetie, drank quite a bit of wine, wore no bib, tore my way through 6 crabs…and got home to find my outfit was _spotless._🆒🆒 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/19 "2011-08-02T03:14:02Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Favorite typo today! 😛 > > I’ve actually never had lobster, but am a crab fanatic. I was IMMENSELY proud of myself a few months ago, when I went to a crab feast, dressed nicely for my sweetie, drank quite a bit of wine, wore no bib, tore my way through 6 crabs…and got home to find my outfit was _spotless._🆒🆒 Forget the very sexy **Bryan Ekers**. I’m in love. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079/20 "2011-08-02T23:16:03Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’ve never eaten a lobster western. I understand they look like giant cockroaches and have tasty tailmeat. 😃 (Obviously, that should have been “eaten”. That’s what I get for getting too comfortable with Swype.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-lobster-bibs/591079.md?page=2)