Anonymous wrote:I thought this was a joke thread but lol people really do have gongs! That's so fun!

Agreed. This thread makes me happy!

I thought this was a joke thread but lol people really do have gongs! That's so fun!

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The butler strikes the gong to announce dinner to the household.

I thought the gong announced that it was time to dress for dinner.

No, because people take a variable amount of time to get ready, so dressing time is individual. The gong goes off once when it's about time to come down, and once again to enter the dining room.

On Downton Abbey it goes off like an hour before dinner.

Well, we're not Downtown Abbey!

But when it's time to come in to dinner, someone announces it. Everyone is supposed to be in the living room/drawing room/parlor by then.

My mom grew up in a house with a gong in the DR. Visiting my grandparents was a fascinating glimpse into a much fancier lifestyle (I grew up in a crunchy college town -- no dinner gong, but every family on our street had its own way of summoning the kids home for dinner in the summer).

Whenever i arrive home i request that my family strike our gong.

I have a Tibetan singing bowl. It can sound like a gong or a ringing bell or gentle humming depending how played.

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The butler strikes the gong to announce dinner to the household.

I thought the gong announced that it was time to dress for dinner.

No, because people take a variable amount of time to get ready, so dressing time is individual. The gong goes off once when it's about time to come down, and once again to enter the dining room.

On Downton Abbey it goes off like an hour before dinner.

Well, we're not Downtown Abbey!

Growing up, my family put the gong on the porch. And my mom would hit it to announce it was time for us to come home for dinner. Everybody in the neighborhood knew this. So if we were out of earshot, if another kid in the neighborhood heard it they would tell me hey you got to go home. I had forgotten about that until this thread. I have not thought about that for years. I am in my mid-50s.

"Family and Guests should retire to their rooms to dress at whatever time they see fit, however a dressing gong will sound at seven o'clock as a final reminder."

https://www.pbs.org/manorhouse/edwardianlife/family_mealtimes.html

Anonymous wrote:Yes, we bang a gong as a signal to get it on. (We are both dirty and sweet.)

It was either that or white rocks.

Beat me to it!🤩

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The butler strikes the gong to announce dinner to the household.

I thought the gong announced that it was time to dress for dinner.

No, because people take a variable amount of time to get ready, so dressing time is individual. The gong goes off once when it's about time to come down, and once again to enter the dining room.

On Downton Abbey it goes off like an hour before dinner.

No. I prefer joints.

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The butler strikes the gong to announce dinner to the household.

I thought the gong announced that it was time to dress for dinner.

No, because people take a variable amount of time to get ready, so dressing time is individual. The gong goes off once when it's about time to come down, and once again to enter the dining room.

Yes, we bang a gong as a signal to get it on. (We are both dirty and sweet.)

It was either that or white rocks.

Will gongs become the next three balls of twine in a vase or giant African bead necklace on the coffee table?

No, but I have a singing bowl and tingsha cymbals