Tea Parties are vastly interesting. Many people are very angry and voice this anger. I am listening, quite intently. Yet, I am not hearing much that is making sense.
I decided to look at how to properly have a Tea Party
Tea Party Etiquette
Good manners do matter at any occasion, but a tea party is the perfect occasion to teach everyone about proper etiquette. Here are a few etiquette rules to pass around to children and friends:
1) When seated at a table, raise only the teacup to drink, not the saucer. Place the teacup gently back on the saucer. If you are not seated at a table, simply hold the saucer in your lap with your left hand and raise the teacup with your right hand. Return the cup to the saucer between sips. See the tea party attendees below are not following the appropriate protocol. Where are your saucers ladies? You are not supposed to hold your teacup with both hands either.
2) Do not make extraneous comments which are not backed up with facts. Sure it is a person's right, in our democracy, to say anything you want, and please do, but if it makes no sense to anyone but you and the rest of the sheep, er, I mean people around you then it is not polite. Like this guy with the pig nose. Sir, not appropriate attire for a tea party!
3)Take small bites. Never stuff the whole sandwich or dessert in your mouth even though it seems small enough. Like the gentleman below has obviously stuffed the whole sandwich and many others in his mouth.
Also sir President Clinton is no longer in office and I apologize for his harm of you.
4) Do not have signs with a mixture of political and historical figures on it as if they have anything to do with each other in order to disparage someone. An example would be Lenin (not the guy with the Beatles but Vladimir), Hitler (you know him), and Stalin. Lenin and Hitler have nothing to do with one another and Stalin actually had a fight with Hitler called World War II.
5. When you go to a tea party in the United States of America realize that you are in the United States and you are still a citizen in the country you are having your tea party in. The country is still here I just saw it, I am seeing it now out my window. It is still out there. I wonder if this sign should say "I want my country back from a black man?"
6) Never sip or slurp tea or everything Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, or Sean Hannity spills out to you. Read a book instead. Also if they start passing out Kool-Aid RUN!!!!!!!
These are a few tips on appropriate tea party etiquette. There are many others but these might be a good starting place.