AIBU to want to stab with their own fork, people who...

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lift the plate up and scrape every last little molecule of food into their mouths?

If you are starving I've no issue with it, but you eat reguarly so please stop it!

Who is doing this?

I don't think I have ever seen anybody do that in RL.

ew. stab away, YANBU.

do you have similar feelings for those who drink the milk from their cereal bowls once they've eaten the cereal?

i always do it - the last crumbs are the tastiest and most appreciated.

Yes if they are lifting the bowl to their mouths and not using their spoon. However it doesn't bother me quite so much as my father's starving man impression.

I sometimes lick the bowl when we have really nice icecream for pudding but never infront of anyone other then my own family !

Things like that are allowed in your own home are they not ?

Don't get me started on licking bowls and plates.

My most hated advert is the Muller one, even hearing the slogan is enough to make me shudder.

I've always said if I could lick my plate in public I would!! I am one of those annoying people who make 'yumyumyum' noises if I am really enjoying my meal - I can't help myself!

What about mopping up gravy with bread ?

I do that too

And the noises! They're even worse, when he eats it's like a scene from a wildlife documentary, complete with gnawing on a carcass sounds.

I sadly hope for that response if I've cooked something

YABU

Mopping up gravy with bread is fine, so long as you don't insist on soaking up every last drop of gravy as though it's your last meal on earth.

Oh yes, lid lickers too. People who also lick their spoons to death, even working their way up the handle! Urgh.

oh god no yanbu

anyone over the age of about 13 shouldn't be doing it in public

even among v. good friends

surely a sign of appreciation? non?

I'd love it if everyone in Petrus got on like that
lifted plate licked, licked knives said yum yum

I have a friend who cleans his plate then uses his finger to pick up all the little crumbs until the plate looks like it hasn't been used. I'm surprised he doesn't just pick the thing up and lick it. I suspect he'd think it bad manners He's a bit like a wildlife documentary - you know, where a lion hasn't eaten for weeks. Lots of noises, food on face and everything gone in a few seconds. I get a bit cross when my 3 yr old eats like that but this is from a man in his 40s.

Stab away, I say.

A thankyou would suffice.

Besides all credit in this case goes to the local Chinese takeaway.

I really missed my bump after both my dcs were born.

It was a great plate rest when eating my dinner on the sofa and meant not so far to get the food to my mouth!

Actually, my stomach is almost big enough to still rest my plate on.

EAting with your mouth open does it for me though. Can put up with almost anything else.

cutlery squeaking on plates makes me want to kill

I confess to a bit of plate scraping every now and again

Some meals are just so good, its a shame to leave that last bit.

Don't lick my plate in public though

dh never uses a knife,just a fork-its so annoying and i keep telling him dc need to learn by watching us.arrrgggghhhh.

cheese sarnie, Americans don't use knives like we do. I have been in really posh restaurants and seen people shove whole lettuce leaves into their mouth with a fork rather than cutting it up and then pushing smaller pieces onto their fork with their fingers. USE A KNIFE. Grrrr.

Apparently, when the pilgrims came over, they didn't bring enough knives with them, so they learnt to manage with just a fork and never changed when they were able to make their own knives. This could be completely untrue, of course.

I sympathise. My dad also eats like someone who has never been taught how to eat, and as if he is starving. When I was a teenager I used to hate mealtimes. I am a bit funny about other peoples eating noises anyway but he is the worst!