Vanasõna

 I remember meals at my grandma's and grandpa's farm house when everyone was there. Even though she had this table that could expand like an accordion, there was still the kid's table, a card table, because we couldn't all fit around it. What a big day in our family when you got go to the big table. It was like a graduation from childhood to adulthood. We waited and dreamed of that day. What an honor.  Jesus begins his teaching sounding like Dale Carnegie on, "How to Win Friends and Influence People." He gives some practical advice on how to not only save face but even to gain honor in front of everyone. Sit in the lowest spot, far from the host, so that the host will come to you and bring you closer to him. There was a social ranking that the closer you were to the host, the more esteemed you were and the farther you were from the host, the less important you were to them. So yes, it would be very embarrassing to be sitting there and asked to take a seat fart...