More About Manners

Or: Don’t Fart In Small Cars During A Heat Wave In Bangkok Here’s a definition for manners:  non-enforceable guides or rules of conduct that grease the cogs and wheels of human relationships. That’s a mouthful but ‘non-enforceable’ is one point and ‘grease the cogs and wheels’ is the other. ‘Non-enforceable’: So far there is no law against passing wind (or wearing cheap perfume) in confined spaces… so far. Probably the closest you’ll ever get to being forced to use or have manners is when a parent tells you to ‘mind’ them. That’s in an age when almost every aspect of . . . → Read More: More About Manners