[Colonel Flagg]

Slightly sideways on topic, the fam + 1 were out to dinner tonight, in Massland. Service was good, kids were fairly well-behaved food stayed mainly where it should, etc. Comes the bill, about $85 so I figure a little over $100 would be a good amount to leave. I asked at the front about the "parties of 6 or more have gratuity added" and she looked at me as if I had just grown a second evil head. Apparently this is used only where they're afraid of getting stiffed, and the small town pub at which we ate was not accustomed to acts of such vulgarity. How refreshing.