"Dan Abel" <dabel@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:dabel-187EC4.14501605082007@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au...
> In article <egacb3ds9rhb2tdc68tjqfgadsc8dg7lq4@4ax.com>,
> blake murphy <blakepm@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
>> 'lay the table' is perfectly acceptable:
>>
>> <http://www.bartleby.com/61/76/L0077600.html>
>>
>> ..perhaps more of a britishism, but nothing wrong with it.
>
>
> So explain the difference between "laying the table" and "spooning the
> table". Are they both sexual practices?

hahaha. When I was young it was always 'lay the table' Now it could be
either 'lay' or 'set'