serviettes

I got mildly acquainted with a few of Australia's finest infantrymen, who taught me that 1) Napkins are called "serviettes," 2) Queensland is full of gays and 3) You shouldn't get tattooed while drunk, because you will end up with your phone number on your bicep.

bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2007

It's not hard to see who is truly valued in this country; not the armed services, who are routinely praised to the skies for their heroism and duty while being paid what bankers spend on serviettes.

Cartoon: Steve Bell on the 'big society bank' 2011

Both the lady and gentleman would unfold their serviettes and place them in their laps.

Dining and Dinners | Edwardian Promenade 2010

Dix enfants, le ménage, la cuisine, la lessive avec chaque jour des tonnes de dishdashas et de abbayas à repasser, les draps, les couches en tissus, les serviettes … Mais moi, ça m'est égal de travailler.

Global Voices in English » Bahrain, Oman: The Lives Of Migrant Workers 2009

Never mind Hyacinth Bucket niceties of napkins over serviettes, class matters more not less than it did, and it needs saying loudly.

Money busts the convenient myth that social class is dead | Polly Toynbee 2011

"I did notice that there were no paper hankies in the toilets, nor any serviettes with the sandwiches you have to pay for" – a bitter pill, recollected seven months later.

Simon Hoggart's week: Little boasting, much misery – and too much detail 2011

Like feminism and fantastic fiction and why I always cry at the WisCon Guest of Honour speeches, yet always FORGET that I cry and end up blowing my nose on paper serviettes.

Where I Been, Doing Stuff. karenhealey 2010

She would like to sit on one of those small, finely crafted chairs at the table for Humble Women, where the candles match the serviettes and with a smile discuss whether it isn't dreadful for the King and Queen not to have private lives.

Archive 2009-08-01 David McDuff 2009

But somehow they never happen to be around when I need to mark my page, and I end up using all kinds of things, bits of torn off newspaper, serviettes, receipts, queue numbers, sweetie wrappers, and ringgit notes to keep my place!

What The Best Dressed Books Are Wearing Sharon Bakar 2007

When the permitted alter serviettes flounce out to light candles, or the Haugen/Hass/Schutte Mass setting begins, that's usually when I walk out.

Liturgical Abuse: what to do about it 2009