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<p>[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 82025, member: 103"]To modify somewhat Mansons reply -- crumbing a dinner table requires an arrangement rather like a dustpan and brush (although the brush can also be something that looks rather like a large fish knife). </p><p><br /></p><p>The silent butler is from the days when<i> everybody</i> smoked, leaving overflowing ashtrays on every possible surface. Periodically during the evening, the butler/maid/housekeeper/host would circulate about, emptying said ashtrays discreetly into your gizmo, along with cracker bits, nut shells, and used toothpicks. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 82025, member: 103"]To modify somewhat Mansons reply -- crumbing a dinner table requires an arrangement rather like a dustpan and brush (although the brush can also be something that looks rather like a large fish knife). The silent butler is from the days when[I] everybody[/I] smoked, leaving overflowing ashtrays on every possible surface. Periodically during the evening, the butler/maid/housekeeper/host would circulate about, emptying said ashtrays discreetly into your gizmo, along with cracker bits, nut shells, and used toothpicks. :)[/QUOTE]
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