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Dinner prayer: Insanity mentioned having fun with it. Be creative, but respectful (presumably they're feeding you). In the event that you have to say grace and don't have anything unique prepared I recommend the short and simple standard Catholic grace: "Bless us, O Lord, and these, Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen." I've used it several times when placed in an unavoidable grace situation. Although any Catholic worth his/her salt has this memorized by age 4, it impresses the shit out of most Protestants who are accustomed to watching their food get cold while some codger mumbles aimlessly for fifteen minutes. In fact, at large gatherings I will volunteer to say grace just to save myself some pain. Don't ever give a thumper the opportunity to show everyone else how much he loves the lord before a meal.