This is a center table piece for a long table at a noisy restaurant that enhances your ability to choose who to listen to in a multiparty conversation. There is a sound dish at every seat, and as many listening tubes as there are places at the table, at every seat, so that each participant can choose who to listen to.-- JesusHChrist, Dec 10 2011 My conversations are always in the gutter.-- rcarty, Dec 11 2011 [+] bun for shutting them all off!!-- xandram, Dec 11 2011 random, halfbakery