Today, many people eat only a small meal in the middle of the day at work, often also a second breakfast, and enjoy a hot dinner in the evening at home with the whole family.

Supper may refer to, on largely class-based distinctions, either a late-evening snack ( working and middle class usage ) or to make a distinction between " supper " as an informal family meal ( which would be eaten in the kitchen or family dining room ) as opposed to " dinner "; generally a grander affair ( either or both in terms of the meal and the courses within the meal itself ), which would be eaten in the best dining room, may well have guests from outside the household, and for which there may be a dress code.

But what Bob does for a living is not a major factor in the show ; more important is the fact that he is now a white-collar worker, and ( at Thelma's urging ) is joining badminton clubs, attending dinner parties, and — in all sorts of ways — appearing to Terry as aspiring to join the middle class.

The main ident featured the two ( Wallace wears a red crown and Gromit wears a green crown ) eating Christmas dinner, with a large blue 2 ( the channel's logo ) situated in the middle of the table, covered with flashing Christmas lights.

The pre-emptions unofficially begin a few minutes after Kennedy was shot ; on the top-rated American soap opera As the World Turns, Nancy Hughes ( Helen Wagner ) was in the middle of a discussion with Grandpa ( Santos Ortega ) about Bob's ( Don Hastings ) decision to invite Lisa ( Eileen Fulton ) to Thanksgiving dinner.

The more ambitious singings include an ample potluck dinner in the middle of the day, traditionally called " dinner on the grounds.

Especially the one about ' an older version of me ' and bugging him ' in the middle of dinner.

Cem Sultan ( middle ) and Pierre d ' Aubusson at a dinner in Rhodes

The equipment hut comprised a minute workshop at one end, an office in the middle and another minute room at the other end, used as a kitchen and after-work gathering place while dinner was prepared: after returning from the pub, conversation would be animated as one of them hammered veal then cooked wiener schnitzel in an atmosphere " thick with fug ".

Gekko has no need for fair play and begins his assault at Sayaka's house while they're in the middle of dinner!

* A ferry for tours of Charity Island in the middle of Saginaw Bay and the Charity Island Light ( and even dinner cruises ) are available.

In the middle of the night, Thurid and the farmstead owners awaken to find a dead, naked Thorgunna setting the dinner table and preparing a meal to eat.

A post office in his hometown of Bloomington, Minnesota was renamed the Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office and his former middle school, Oak Grove Middle School in Bloomington, encourages eighth-grade students to participate in an annual Tom Burnett Day of Service.

In Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1969, a young Tom Marvolo Riddle ( introduced as " Tom ", whose middle name is a " marvel " and last name is a " conundrum ") appears, and becomes the new avatar of Oliver Haddo at the story's conclusion.

The Coroner's inquest and the Spicer hearing produced a sketch showing the Cowboys standing, from left to right facing Fremont Street, with Billy Clanton and then Frank McLaury near the MacDonald house and Tom McLaury and Ike Clanton roughly in the middle of the alley.

Frank in the middle of the alley holding the reins of a horse, and Tom was near C. S. Fly's.

A character in M-G-M cartoons, a bulldog named Spike, whose puppy son was always getting caught by accident in the middle of Tom and Jerry's activities, referenced Durante with a raspy voice and an affectionate " Dat's my boy!

Tom Williams, a council member of Satsuma, said he began considering splitting once Mobile County decided to situate the new middle school in Axis, from Satsuma, since students have longer bus rides to the school and that the school is further away from fire and police stations.

Of 2011, the district's superintendent is Dr. John Palan, Mr. Tom Sandias is the high school principal, and Ms. Tracy Planeta is principal of both middle school and elementary school.

May is the hometown of one of the major characters of Stephen King's The Stand, the mentally retarded Tom Cullen, who meets the deaf-mute drifter Nick Andros after Cullen gets drunk and passes out in the middle of the road.

Hobby Middle School and Tom C. Clark High School, both in San Antonio, serve Shavano Park's middle and high school populations.

During his opening number, " American Girl ", Tom Petty flipped the middle finger to somebody off stage about one minute into song.

Hoppus ( middle ) with Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker in 2003

Cricket: the first English touring team pictured on board ship at Liverpool: standing at left Robert Carpenter ( cricketer ) | Robert Carpenter, William Caffyn, Tom Lockyer ; middle row John Wisden, HH Stephenson, George Parr ( cricketer ) | George Parr, James Grundy ( cricketer ) | James Grundy, Julius Caesar ( cricketer ) | Julius Caesar, Thomas Hayward ( cricketer ) | Thomas Hayward, John Jackson ( cricketer ) | John Jackson ; front row Alfred Diver, John Lillywhite

He is credited with introducing new generations of listeners to artists of the early and middle twentieth century whom they may not have otherwise discovered, such as Haywire Mac, Spike Jones, Benny Bell, Yogi Yorgesson, and Tom Lehrer, as well as with bringing parodist " Weird Al " Yankovic to national attention.

For example, Tom Riddle's middle name of Marvolo was changed to Marvolodemus in the Serbian second edition ; the first edition had lacked the anagram and the original name Tom Marvolo Riddle had simply been copied.

Tom has an amusing ability to drink an entire pint of beer in one gulp whilst in the middle of speaking a sentence.

In the middle 18th century, books began to be published specifically for children ( some with their authorship attributed to " Tommy Thumb ") and, by the middle 19th century, Tom was a fixture of the nursery library.

In the middle 18th century books began appearing specifically for children, and Tom was cited as the author of titles such as Tommy Thumb's Song Book ( 1744 ) and Tommy Thumb's Little Story Book ( c. 1760 ).

Several critics ( notably Tom Paulin ) have responded more negatively, noting that Abigail's Party appears to represent a middle-class schadenfreude, with the only true middle class character, Sue, looking on at the antics of the couples with disdain.

As time went on, the local Republican parties tended to nominate Catholic candidates who appealed to middle class, social values-laden concerns, such as George Pataki, Al D ' Amato, Rick Lazio and Tom Ridge.

The duplicate goes by his middle name, " Tom " or Thomas ( which, in Aramaic, means " Twin "), to distinguish himself from William Riker.

* Rose and Theresa ( Kay and Beatrice Kelley )-Two middle aged bingo fans who assume anyone who wins is sleeping with caller Tom Dale.

These calls are most often heard at dusk or night, but may sometimes be heard in the day, even in the middle of the day.

Limousine liberal is a pejorative American political term used to illustrate perceived hypocrisy by a political liberal of upper class or upper middle class status ; including calls for the use of mass transit while frequently using limousines or private jets, claiming environmental consciousness but driving low MPG sports cars or SUVs, or ostensibly supporting public education while actually sending their children to private schools.

Certainly, republicanism in Australia has traditionally been supported most strongly by urban working class of Irish Catholic background, whereas monarchism is a core value associated with urban and rural inhabitants of British Protestant heritage and the middle class, to the extent that there were calls in 1999 for 300, 000 exceptionally enfranchised British subjects who were not Australian citizens to be barred from voting on the grounds that they would vote as a loyalist bloc in a tight referendum.

Tender resists, and as Adam recounts the details of the " mental castration " ( as he calls it ), Tender loses control and crashes the car into a giant concrete pylon in the middle of the landfill.

Specifically, " The Lady of the Lake " calls young men out to the middle of the lake and drowns them.

Capital murder suspects calls 911 and turns himself in for the July 2009 killing of a Navasota business man in the middle of day in downtown.

Jessie hears a radio broadcast of the Apostle E. F. and calls the police on Sonny and they show up in the middle of an evening service but allow him to finish it while they wait outside.

In another epigram, Martial wrote: " Laugh loud, Sextillus, at whoever calls you a cinaedus and extend your middle finger.

When delivering the manuscript from Nantucket, he was caught in the middle of the New England Hurricane of 1938 and had many close calls which might have ended his career right there.

On the other hand, the number of students from the lower classes was usually kept in check by the expenses of living during the years of study, although as early as the middle 19th century there were calls for limiting the university entrance by middle-class persons.

Divatox calls them in the middle of the night to ask them how to destroy the Rangers.

The flag has four colours: blue, green, and two forms of yellow ( standard yellow for the middle band and what the Pantone system calls " sun yellow " for the sun ).

This umpire will make most calls concerning runners on the bases and nearby plays, as well as in the middle of the outfield.

" Often it is the middle linebacker who receives the defensive play calls from the sideline and relays that play to the rest of the team – and in the NFL he is usually the defensive player with the electronic sideline communicator.

Agnes calls this alter ego Perdita X Dream ( where the X stands for: " a person who has a cool and exciting middle name ").

* Botchan goes to Matsuyama: Eight days after Botchan graduates from a college in Tokyo, his principal calls him to his office and tells Botchan that a middle school in Shikoku needs a mathematics teacher.

In the middle of the night, Snowy wakes up Tintin at one point after hearing a noise outside, but Tintin shakes it off as bird calls.

Francis is also an inveterate practical joker, once pretending to be a vampire for three weeks and suspected of being behind the an anonymous sultry female voice nicknamed " The Dragon Lady " who makes anonymous phone calls to the homes of the choirboys in the middle of the night.

Pelian tradition calls for three-level houses, with the ground floor used for work ( tools, kitchen, storage, washing, weaving ), the middle floor used for socializing ( common rooms ), and the top floor for private rooms ( bedrooms ).

Binkley's father initially calls him " Mad Dog " and hopes he will live out his failed dreams by becoming a star middle linebacker.

There were also calls for a fourth option of extending middle schools to year 9.

Divatox calls them in the middle of the night to ask them how to destroy the Rangers.

As another example, the assault rifle in Half-Life 2 calls a hitscan function in the middle of a ' blazing gun ' animation, creating a small amount of lag between weapon deployment and the hitting of the target to better approximate real-life ballistics.

However, areas not within an overlay plan can still use 7-digit dialing for local calls, although local long distance calls may have required 10-digit dialing even within the same area code ; this requirement became standard in all of North America by the end of 1994 to allow introduction of " interchangeable NPA codes " -- area codes that did not have a 0 or 1 as the middle digit and could therefore be confused with the central office code -- after 1 Jan 1995.