No elbows on the table is one of the oldest etiquette rules in the book—but why? Find out how this maxim originated and if it's still a thing today. So why are elbows on the table rude? Some say the ...
“Mabel, Mabel, sweet and able, get your elbows off the table!” The nursery rhyme may be outdated, but the elbows-on-the-table etiquette rule that it preaches has endured—and for good reason.