[Prudence]

Our meals were on separate bills. We added up the cost of our items, rounded to the nearest dollar at least, multiple of 5 if it was close, and added 30%, which I thought would be enough to cover the tax and tip. No discount was provided for.

Since it is apparently an issue, I provide for your convenience a summary of our two bills:

Rat: 19.50 for chicken bercy, 7.50 for a bloody mary of some kind, and 10 for a manhattan. There was some confusion on manhattan price - two were on the bill with NM and EH1812, same drink, different prices - one at 9 and one at 11. I was under the impression that the decision was to split the difference at 10. That gives a total bill of 37.00. Plus 30% should be 48.10, and I left $50. That should more than cover any disagreement about the drink price.

My meal (and our shared appetizer/dessert) was on the same bill as Frodo Potter and Disneyphile. That included the roman garlic bread at 7.50, the chicken penne at 17.95, 2 louisiana lemonades at 7.95 each, and pie, which I can't remember the exact price of. I think it was 6.50, but just to be EXTRA careful let's call it $8. That would be a subtotal of 49.35, which plus 30% is 64.16. I left 64 (exact change even), since the .16 was more than made up for with the overage on the previous bill.

This was all done without discount, as we left before it was applied. If I had applied the discount, it would have reduced Rat's bill by 4.96 and my bill by 4.81, which should cover any minor variations in the above accounting. Of course, you're all welcome to correct my math and/or call me a liar, whichever is more convenient for you.