Nights at a Round Table

I think all future dining rooms should be square. Why? So that a round table can fit squarely in there.

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the virtues of the round table.  It’s very democratic. There is no head and everyone is on par. You don’t have to think about where you sit and whether you’ll be stuck next to cousin Mildred who drones on about her cats.  At a round table, everyone is part of every conversation.  There’s no monopolization, polarization, or isolation. 

Legend has it that King Arthur ordered that a round table be built so that none of his knights had precedence over the other. It was a radical concept of equality.   Winston Churchill, too, apparently preferred a round table to conduct business.

So, next time you’re stuck at one end of a long table, think how King Arthur was secure enough not to be a head, but to be ahead of his time.