If we're hosting friends we literally have to pull an extra chair for my partner's cat because she wants to be part of the group

✅ Objectively correct take.

Oh that's funny/interesting, it's quite common in Quebec French at least :)

Note that the collapsed bridge part is only a myth, it's mentioned in the link (& source) you pasted. :) I recently learned this as well.

I don't know who first said "Walk into a room like you are a punishment sent by God," but I think about it a lot before stepping into a certain kind of meeting.

I don't think I've ever seen those, but I can already tell I'd be allergic to them