> --- In [email protected], "sramanist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > When visiting friends in France, Belgium or Austria the
> phrase "Bon
> > Apetit" or "Guten Apetite" is often heard before a meal. I have
> been
> > asked "What is the English wish given before a meal?" I have to
> say
> > that we have no such readily given expression. For a laugh I
> > sometimes say that in the UK we say "Bon Chance"
At a certain school in England, a very long time ago, we used to
adapt the
grace that we were supposed to say before every meal ("For what we
are
about to receive may the Lord make us truly thankful") to "For what
we are
about to receive, may the Lord provide a bucket."
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