What is the appropriate response to someone who actually begins to make horking noises at your dinner table? In the middle of our Christmas dinner, one of my 'guests' (and I use that term loosely) actually began to hocker! He stopped before he produced a great phlegm glob -thank god for that- but...
Well, what exactly is the etiquette regarding a response to such repulsiveness?
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I would probably find it offensive enough to enquire, in my politest voice, "Are you well? I have some hairball medicine in the linen cupboard if you'd like."
I'm ashamed to say that all I did was avert my eyes and pretend I didn't hear it. Even though it continued the rest of the night.
I would say, with a laughing tone: "Please Dude! We're trying to eat here!" Most messages are taken better when they're said with humour.
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