Why do we have modesty panels on desks?

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

same purpose ...to save your modesty....

[Xeno]

Refined and cultured people don't eat in the living room. That's for bogans. Dining rooms are for *dining*. Our first house of about 120 square metres had both a dining room and a kitchen large enough for a decent sized table. We ate our breakfast on the kitchen table and other meals were partaken on the dining room table. It's what *dining tables* are for. You must be a boor.

You live in a dogbox. A boor in a dogbox. Yes, quite apt.

[Max Demian]

Working class homes had a back room called the 'parlour', usually with the cooking facilities in it, which was used most of the time, and a front room for 'best'. When the daughter of the house was 'courting', she would entertain her 'young man' in the front room, with the mother popping in at frequent intervals to ensure nothing untoward was going on.

[charles]

The Parlour was the front room. "parlour" is where the talking was done.

[Commander Kinsey]

Do they? Most eat on the sofa in front of the telly.

But they do have a very sturdy support in the middle.

Stop repeating yourself.

[Commander Kinsey]

Which are too expensive for desks.

The word study in my sentence was a verb.

The UK is very overcrowded.

[Rod Speed]

Not when they have a metal frame.

Not always.

is a word famous architect and they eat off the floor in his house.

So do the decent thing and top yourself.

[Xeno]

???

It was an adjective in the sentence you presented.

Lots of desolate wasteland in Scotland. Move there and stop whinging!

[Xeno]

In uncultured Scotland, likely. Where I live, no.

[Commander Kinsey]

Those people should be fined for being anti-nudist.

[Commander Kinsey]

A door does not cover a room. It's an opening in a wall. I have no idea what you're on about.

[Commander Kinsey]

Nope, proper snobs only use the dining room. Council estate dwellers eat in the kitchen.

And you must be a snob, or someone incapable of balancing a plate on your lap. Multitask, watch TV at the same time.

Not my fault the UK is overpopulated. Why do people not buy condoms?

[Commander Kinsey]

Snob. Does one live in London per chance?

[Rod Speed]

Nope, on the couch in front of the TV.

He's actually a wog.

Wogs cant manage that, they are much too greasy.

No reason you cant do that at the table, stupid.

Yes it is, they wont go anywhere near scotland while ever you infest it.

Why didn't your parents ? Too pov.

[Rod Speed]

He's a wog aussie.

[Xeno]

I didn't use the term *snob*. You introduced that. Besides, I have never lived on/in a council estate.

Meals on plates are not meant to be eaten in front of a TV. That is what bogans do. Meals should be eaten at a table and the occasion used for socialising. I can tell you have never done any o that since you don't even understand the concept of *dining*.

If they did, you would definitely have been an early *victim*. And the world a much better place.

[Xeno]

Nope. I used to live in Melbourne, 33 years. Since then I have done a tree/sea change. I live in a city on the north coast of NSW.

[stevepitts42]

A modesty panel is a thin board of wood or metal that is attached to the front of a desk, drafting table, electronic organ, or similar item. Its purpose is to shield legs, ankles, or feet from view. The panel provides privacy for the person seated at the desk or organ, as it covers the upper part of the legs. This privacy role is particularly useful in cases where the desk or organ is positioned in front of a class or hall. The modesty panel may also provide structural support for the four legs of the desk or organ, and it may also be used as a place for affixing electric cabling, computer cabling, or electrical extension boxes.

[Jim Joyce]

It also makes a great place to take a nap:

And when it's time for lunch, the nap ends:

[Commander Kinsey]

Back. I'd say the front is what faces you.

Why? If you're that shy you'd have longer garments on, otherwise you'd be seen when you walked around.