What ever happened to just plain good manners?

As a child, manners were something we were taught from an early age. Ma’am and Sir became a part of our normal vocabulary. Don’t talk with food in your mouth. Chew with your mouth closed. Cover your mouth when you cough / sneeze. No elbows on the table. That sort of thing.

I think one of the most important is chewing with your mouth closed. I don’t want to see other people in the process of pulverizing food. And to talk while your mouth is full of food is just plain disgusting. The reason I bring this up is twofold. First, I saw our President on National TV a while back. My memory is about as long as my new index finger so I can’t really remember the setting. But what I do remember, as plain as day, is our illustrious President talking to Tony Blair. Bush’s mouth was full of food, I thought it was disgusting. I couldn’t help but wonder what Tony was thinking at the time. I know what I was thinking. Let us introduce George Bush, one badass Texan. The proof is the half of a dead cow hanging out of his mouth. Mr. Bush…. you are disgusting.

And more recently, Quiznos has a commercial on TV right now about Jerry the guy born with no taste buds. Seen that one? Well it seems as if Jerry was not only born with no taste buds but he was born with a mouth that would rival Stephen Tyler’s. The proof is at the end of the commercial. Jerry throws his hands into the air proclaiming victory over his taste buds while we watch the evidence rolling around in his open mouth. Absolutely nothing about this commercial makes me hungry. I dive for the remote every time it comes on.

That’s just disgusting…

Adding to this post, the president was at the G8 Summit, this is the video.