# You go into a "family restaurant" -- what's already on the table?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-go-into-a-family-restaurant-whats-already-on-the-table/394849>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 6, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-go-into-a-family-restaurant-whats-already-on-the-table/394849 "2007-03-06T20:34:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-go-into-a-family-restaurant-whats-already-on-the-table/394849/21 "2007-03-06T23:27:57Z")

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Oh, and if it’s a Po’Folks, it will have a slab of lacquered wood, with some holes drilled in it, a little cup with 14 or 20 little nails (either iron or plastic), and instructions on how to play the mind-teaser game decoupaged at the top.

And a table tent, telling you that you can buy one of them at the register.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-go-into-a-family-restaurant-whats-already-on-the-table/394849/22 "2007-03-06T23:29:12Z")

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[QUOTE=kaylasdad99]  
Oh, and if it’s a Po’Folks, it will have a slab of lacquered wood, with some holes drilled in it, a little cup with 14 or 20 little nails (either iron or plastic), and instructions on how to play the mind-teaser game decoupaged at the top.

And a table tent, telling you that you can buy one of them at the register.  
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Similar toy/game at Cracker Barrel.

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**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:** [March 7, 2007, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-go-into-a-family-restaurant-whats-already-on-the-table/394849/23 "2007-03-07T05:31:28Z")

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The passed-out drunken body of the proprietor.  
It’s a dysfunctional family.

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**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-go-into-a-family-restaurant-whats-already-on-the-table/394849/24 "2007-03-07T05:40:49Z")

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_Shoyu_ (soya sauce), disposable chopsticks and _shibori_ (disposable wet towels for wiping your hands before you eat).

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