Alan McCoy provided Irish commentary on American eating habits: >>"Switching your utensils around. Do you know what we call that?" >>"Chicken picking." Hi Alan! <different threadjack /> Gee! I didn't know Roy Clark [1] was Irish! ;-) RonL. (Bah! ... They call *this* an 'office supplies catalog'?!?!? ... Where are the rolls of carpeting? ... The hatchets? ... The bags of quick lime? .... Humbug!) [1] Late guitar player noted for his "chicken picking" style. Here are links to a couple of sound files illustrating "chicken picking": http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/melody/73/chickenpickin1.html http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/melody/73/chickenpickin2.html