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Mr and Mrs Properly will never come to your home empty-handed. They hold doors for young and old alike, always say please and thank you (especially to each other), and try not to be judgemental when they witness bad manners. Their bookshelves feature works by Debrett's, Knigge, Miss Manners and Emily Post, and when they're bored, they write this column for Here Is The City while making dinner. Both work in the City.
Manners, Gentlemen, Manners!
We need to talk. 25% of you have clipped your nails on the Tube? That should be .25%. At most, 25% of you can admit to clipping your nails somewhere in your house other than the bathroom.
Opening the Chat Room Door
Dear Mr & Mrs Properly: Please don’t laugh, but I went into a chat room the other day. I hadn’t been in a chat room for at least 15 years, and boy have things changed. I feel like I need a handbook for modern-day chat room etiquette. Any interest in putting one together for me? Signed, Slightly Embarrassed
The Hostess Gift: To Give or Not To Give?
Dear Mr & Mrs Properly: If I am going to a party someone is throwing for someone else at their house - and I'm bringing a gift for the guest of honour - do I also need to bring a hostess gift?
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Source Code [REVIEW]
Whether or not gender stereotyping is proper etiquette or not is the subject for another article. In the meantime, we're going to do it, and say that Source Code is the perfect date movie.
How to Be a Good Diner
Mr Properly and I heard the woman at the next table before we saw her. "No, I don't want anymore water, and get rid of these plates - please." OK, so she said please, but the rest of it was pure vile.
The Proper Place to Rest Your Guests
Mr and Mrs Properly went to dinner at the temporary home of visiting friends, and came away with the perfect solution for visitors requiring a bit of extra space.
When Your Holiday Isn't Mine
Things can get a little confusing in our global world. So what do you say when someone wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving...and you're French?
Don't Pick Up the Soap
The Properlys tackle the tough questions, like thank you notes, free food, and generally jerky behaviour. Up next? Using your host's soap. In the shower.
Dear___. Thanks for the ___. From ___.
Mrs Properly was so glad to get another question about thank you notes, one of her favourite topics. Only this one was a little bit different. Yes, it involved blanks that need filling.
Please Nana, I Don't Want Some More
He found the far regions of his belly to please the grandparents at Sunday Lunch. But was this necessary? Did he need to finish the entire plate? And accept more? The Properlys reply.
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