The Great Midday Meal Debate

[TANGODANCER]

We're products of our parents

You've been reading Darwin again, haven't you?

I missed off "eras", my error. But never mind, you can pretend your generation invented him too.

[Bruce Rioja]

We're products of our parents

You've been reading Darwin again, haven't you?

I missed off "eras", my error. But never mind, you can pretend your generation invented him too.

Care to explain?

Even with the inclusion of 'eras' your man-of-the-people stuff still doesn't stack up.

[TANGODANCER]

We're products of our parents

You've been reading Darwin again, haven't you?

I missed off "eras", my error. But never mind, you can pretend your generation invented him too.

Care to explain?

Even with the inclusion of 'eras' your man-of-the-people stuff still doesn't stack up.

Clarify "man of the people stuff for me will you? Seems to me I was just stating time marches on and things change. I don't recall championing one or the other.

[Bruce Rioja]

We're products of our parents

You've been reading Darwin again, haven't you?

I missed off "eras", my error. But never mind, you can pretend your generation invented him too.

Care to explain?

Even with the inclusion of 'eras' your man-of-the-people stuff still doesn't stack up.

Clarify "man of the people stuff for me will you? Seems to me I was just stating time marches on and things change. I don't recall championing one or the other.

So, we're products of our own eras then, not those of our parents?! Hey, just my view.

[89bwfc89]

School dinners served by dinner ladies but lunchbox. Weird.

Supper is a bowl of cereal before bed.

[malcd1]

Dinner followed by tea....

Generally though not when eating out !! Odd that.

This.
Lunch at lunchtime.
Tea at home.
Dinner is going out for a meal.

And you are correct. Odd.

I think dinner at lunchtime is definitely a school thing. My mum was a dinner lady at a primary school.

[thebish]

School dinners served by dinner ladies but lunchbox. Weird.

Supper is a bowl of cereal before bed.

as in Supper Kevin Davies... and SupperJohn McGinlay...

[Bruce Rioja]

Supper is a bowl of cereal before bed.

See, I knew we'd find common ground.

[Andy Waller]

I might be talking sh*te, but isn't it dinner at midday because it come from the French "déjeuner"?

[Prufrock]

Hmm. Unlike the French for the evenings meal which is the unrelated 'diner' . Not sure I'm with you there!

[Montreal Wanderer]

Hmm. Unlike the French for the evenings meal which is the unrelated 'diner' . Not sure I'm with you there!

A palpable hit.

[Lord Kangana]

Dinner followed by tea....

Generally though not when eating out !! Odd that.

This.
Lunch at lunchtime.
Tea at home.
Dinner is going out for a meal.

And you are correct. Odd.

I think dinner at lunchtime is definitely a school thing. My mum was a dinner lady at a primary school.

I think that pretty much nails it for me.

I have to say that its a source of constant mild irritation when the good ladyfriend will be on her phone to a a friend and say "we're going out for tea tonight" when in actual fact we're going out for a swanky slap-up which will utterly destroy the bank balance for the rest of the month. We're not going to a bloody McDonald's drive-through, luv!

[Montreal Wanderer]

I voted for either since it depends on who you are, what you are and where you are.

Dinner is the main meal of the day whether you have it at midday or in the evening.
If you use the word lunch it is always at midday.
In posh circles lunch is at midday and dinner at night (you would not wear a dinner jacket at noon), and tea is a drink not a meal. To them supper is a late night meal after the theatre.
In other circles other terms are used. There is no right or wrong.

[TANGODANCER]

Have to leave off reading for a bit now; wife's putting the tea out, she just told me.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Have to leave off reading for a bit now; wife's putting the tea out, she just told me.

Well, we all know who you are, what you are and where you are!

[thebish]

I voted for either since it depends on who you are, what you are and where you are.

Dinner is the main meal of the day whether you have it at midday or in the evening.
If you use the word lunch it is always at midday.
In posh circles lunch is at midday and dinner at night (you would not wear a dinner jacket at noon), and tea is a drink not a meal. To them supper is a late night meal after the theatre.
In other circles other terms are used. There is no right or wrong.

all well and good - but irrelevant, as the poll was specifically created to "Register your preference"... not to discover universal truth or rightness or wrongness...

[boltonboris]

If it's for food, it's dinner. But if I'm just taking my hourly break from work I call it lunch. So.. On my lunch, I'm getting my dinner

[seanworth]

Have to leave off reading for a bit now; wife's putting the tea out, she just told me.

Same here. Earl Grey I believe, served along with a cookie.

[TANGODANCER]

Have to leave off reading for a bit now; wife's putting the tea out, she just told me.

Same here. Earl Grey I believe, served along with a cookie.

Nah, what's left of yesterday's beef and gravy with some chips and peas and a brew of .P.G Tips.

[Bruce Rioja]

Have to leave off reading for a bit now; wife's putting the tea out, she just told me.

Same here. Earl Grey I believe, served along with a cookie.

Nah, what's left of yesterday's beef and gravy with some chips and peas and a brew of .P.G Tips.

Somehow all served up as a hot beverage. Incredible.