When I eat ice cream (my favorite!) alone and at home, I lick the ice cream bowl clean!
tee hee! :-P
2006-09-15 06:15:29 · 23 answers · asked by bongcs 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I'll bet even Martha Stewart licks her fingers when she is all alone.
2006-09-16 12:15:45 · answer #1 · answered by jidwg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're silly! If nobody sees you doing it, there is nobody there to care what you're doing. Even if somebody did see you do it -- it's YOUR house and you're just casually enjoying a bowl of ice cream. If someone gives you a hard time, just offer him some ice cream and be done with it.
The tree/forest thing doesn't really work here. Sounds are vibrations that occur whether or not you are there to hear them. It's called physics. Kinda like a whistle that is too high-pitched for you to hear it. It still makes a sound, even though YOU can't hear it.
2006-09-15 13:17:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, etiquette or the lack thereof doesn't make a person good or bad, it just makes interacting with others easier. Etiquette changes between societies, cultures, and even between in small groups in a given culture.
2006-09-15 13:21:09 · answer #3 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Etiquette is the rules of social interaction. Therefore it implies that other people are around. When you are alone, there is no such thing as etiquette.
So there's no wrong in lickin' the bowl!
2006-09-15 13:52:15 · answer #4 · answered by Sir N. Neti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's a problem.
I cut my toenails, scratch myself and go to the bathroom (among OTHER things) in private, but I wouldn't do those things at work, on the street or in front of the whole family at the Thanksgiving dinner table.
Everyone needs their private moments.
2006-09-15 13:17:51 · answer #5 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Etiquette only applies in your relationships with other people. You can be as disgusting as you like when you're alone because no one suffers.
2006-09-15 23:14:41 · answer #6 · answered by Etiquette Gal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a tree fall in the forest and nobody is around to hear it does it make a sound
2006-09-15 13:24:47 · answer #7 · answered by bprice215 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy! Ain't nothing wrong with that. Sounds to me like your tounge is getting some practice there! Ha! Don't worry about what anyone thinks.
2006-09-15 13:18:55 · answer #8 · answered by babygirlfrietze 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it is not bad either way when your with your firends but i guess we have to make a good impression on the older group
2006-09-15 13:24:46 · answer #9 · answered by Whitney A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, they better not count it as bad-I don't see anything wrong with being a pig. Plus, I have manners and use them when appropriate otherwise it's fiesta pig time!
2006-09-15 14:02:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋