This is Why Socialism Never Really Catches On

(And this is why I read Feces Flinging Monkey. How does he find this stuff?)

The mysteries of tipping the maître d' to get into a posh restaurant.

I'll never have a use for the information, seeing as I consider a decent lasagne haute cuisine, and dismiss most restaurants described in the piece as serving "foo-foo food," but the psychology behind it is as old as man.

Hmm... Maybe I will have a use for it someday. Just not at a restaurant.