Gay marriage: its a question of etiquette
From Rachel Johnson writing in Wednesdays Daily Torygraph on the subject of gay marriage & ‘civil unions’ ….
Mary Killen, the agony aunt, tells me she received a problem from an elderly gentleman reader apropos this very subject, one that she could never answer.
"I wear a hat," he wrote, "which I always tip to a lady. There is a lesbian couple in my village, and I never know whether to tip my hat once or twice. Please help me, Mary."
Comments
1) Can either member of a lesbian couple be called a "lady"?
2) If not, don't bother tipping your hat at all. If so, then tip it twice - once for each "lady".
(Actually, I would think that a gentleman should tip his hat to a member of the female species, regardless of their sexual orientation.)
Posted by: Nick | December 7, 2005 8:40 PM
But what if he can't tell whether or not they are members of the female species?
Posted by: -keith in mtn. view | December 7, 2005 11:35 PM