DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of my friends endlessly plays with the food she does not want to eat, without ever signaling by the position of her cutlery that she has finished. So all of her fellow diners have to watch her shift the items to and fro, waiting for her to eat them.

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In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling a friend who plays with food.

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GENTLE READER: Technically -- a qualifier Miss Manners uses to emphasize that there are more important issues to consider -- technically, tradition does say that you are not supposed to toast with water.

During a round of toasts, a colleague was admonished -- in a good-natured way -- by co-workers, for raising her water glass.

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a company holiday party, one of my colleagues decided not to partake of the wine that was offered. During a round of toasts, she was admonished — in a good-natured way — by co-workers, for raising her water glass. They said toasting someone with water is bad luck.

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I meet new people and tell them where I earned my bachelor’s degree and what my plans for the future are, I frequently get comments and questions such as, “Wow, you must be really smart,” or “Did you do well on the MCAT?” or “What was your GPA?”

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