[Bill Douglas]

Last night I was with friends at an inexpensive Chinese restaurant and everyone kept raving on about what a nice looking meal the Chinese guy at the next table had.

The guy half finished his meal and left so I got up, with my own knife an fork, and finished off his meal. Sure I was showing off, trying to attract attention etc, but wow did I get a hostile response from everyone. And I was told the lady who runs the place didn't look too impressed either.

I said "I'm a Douglas, us Scots have been eating pig's guts for 600 years, what's the harm in finishing off someone else's meal."

In Chinese culture, I'm told, it's bad manners to eat everything on the plate. And it appears it's bad manners to eat everything on someone else's plate too.