Tough Talk,
My brother and I have some really good friends and we often go out to dinner. One of these guys has this really annoying habit of taste-testing other people’s food and using his fork to help himself to someone’s plate. We’ve told him about it, but he thinks it’s funny and good for his reputation. People are starting to get in his face, but he doesn’t take the hint. What should we do Tough Talk? (Wehrle, Kentucky)
Wehrle,
First off, you need to reexamine your taste in friends. Anyone who thinks eating like a pig is good for his reputation must be a complete dope and stooge . . . which makes you a bigger dope and stooge for hanging out with this putz. My brother had a friend who did this and what we would do is stab his hand with a knife and really try to do some damage when he pulled this nonsense. If you nail him, he’ll get the hint. Make sure you have some first aid materials handy. You want to draw blood.
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Tough Talk 