# Table Manners; Eating With, Uh, Gusto

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-manners-eating-with-uh-gusto/496805>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 18, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-manners-eating-with-uh-gusto/496805 "2009-05-18T02:02:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-manners-eating-with-uh-gusto/496805/41 "2009-05-20T18:06:44Z")

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All of this is why I eat alone.

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**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-manners-eating-with-uh-gusto/496805/42 "2009-05-20T18:27:45Z")

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> [@AskNott](#):
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> I worked with a guy who wolfed down his food. He explained he had been sent to a military school as a boy, and they were given very little time to eat. If he didn’t eat fast, he’d go hungry. He tried to lose the habit, but he couldn’t.

Similarly, my brother would wolf down food in this fashion when he came home after he finished boot camp. Same reason, sometimes they were only given 5 minutes to eat between whatever drills they were doing, (he was a Marine), and you didn’t waste time. It wasn’t social hour, you were simply fueling your body for the next round.

Thankfully, over the years, the habit has faded away.

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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-manners-eating-with-uh-gusto/496805/43 "2009-05-20T18:31:40Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Oh good. I hope this means you’re going to stop humping my leg.

You tease!

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-manners-eating-with-uh-gusto/496805/44 "2009-05-20T19:43:51Z")

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> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#):
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> You tease!

Fine, I’ll stop teasing you. This time I really will throw the ball. Go get it, boy!

He falls for that every time.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-manners-eating-with-uh-gusto/496805/45 "2009-05-20T21:15:22Z")

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mmmm, gusto.

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