# Does every nation on earth have a picnic table? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 11, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-nation-on-earth-have-a-picnic-table/776849 "2017-01-11T02:38:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-nation-on-earth-have-a-picnic-table/776849/41 "2017-01-14T17:03:54Z")
Not every nation. Japan borrowed ours a couple of years ago and they still haven’t given it back. The no-goodniks still have our power drill too. ---
**Author:** ![nicole1912](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de0a6/32.png) [@nicole1912](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicole1912)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-nation-on-earth-have-a-picnic-table/776849/42 "2017-01-14T17:13:00Z")
I don’t remember seeing any in Monaco. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-nation-on-earth-have-a-picnic-table/776849/43 "2017-01-14T18:55:43Z")
Assuming the OP is not a joke most peoples evolved garden furniture if they had leisure gardens, which most did, from Babylon to China to the open gardens of 18th century England and Europe. Saved sitting on wet grass. Modern picnic tables no doubt came from German Beer-gardens, where they lined up benches since the Middle Ages. > [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > There aren’t nearly enough opportunities to mention Art Price Jr. and his exploits. For once it’s actually approbate, nay, mandatory, to the conversation in which I usually bring it up. > > **[Ohio man facing charges for having sex with a picnic table](http://www.fox19.com/story/8083860/ohio-man-facing-charges-for-having-sex-with-a-picnic-table)** > > Police say that Art Price Jr was seen copulating with furniture on four separate mornings, most recently on March 14 when a neighbour recorded it as evidence…“The first video we had, he was completely nude. He would use the hole from the umbrella and have sex with the table,” [Police Captain] Johnson says. His parents must be very proud. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-nation-on-earth-have-a-picnic-table/776849/44 "2017-01-14T20:17:56Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > There are quite a few in Hyogo-ken, Japan. The local park near me has one, the park down by the beach has 4, the local arborium has a few. Traditional/historical garden/parks don’t usually have them though. One of my favorite Japanese movies is named [Night Time Picnic](http://asianwiki.com/Night_Time_Picnic). I don’t recall if any actual picnic tables are present, though, and a quick scan ([since I see it is on Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIbiYvOEMKk)) doesn’t seem to reveal any. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-nation-on-earth-have-a-picnic-table/776849/45 "2017-01-15T17:39:45Z")
> [@APB](#): > > [This is a better photo of the Pope’s vegetable garden](http://www.stephanecompoint.com/41,,,33636,fr_FR.html). No obvious signs of any picnic tables. In that picture the object in question is in the shade of a tree and you can barely see it. [This picture](http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/the-vegetable-garden-in-rome-italy-in-may-2004-news-photo/108554821#the-vegetable-garden-in-rome-italy-in-may-2004-picture-id108554821) shows the object more clearly, but I still can’t tell what it is. It may be a table without benches or a bench without a back but it doesn’t look much like a classic picnic table. ---
**Author:** ![tombrownoutdoors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@tombrownoutdoors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tombrownoutdoors)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-nation-on-earth-have-a-picnic-table/776849/46 "2017-01-31T18:38:20Z")
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