what is the meaning of 'you could dine out on that'

I have been told this on ocasions but don't understand it
08:15 Thu 16th Aug 2012
 
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I've always assumed it meant "People invite you to dinner so they can hear your story"
It's such a good story that you might be invited to dinner so that the host and the other guests could be entertained by you telling it.
^ what they said
That simple, really.
In the 18th & 19th centuries( and to a lesser extent later) dinner guests were expected to converse and be sociable with their neighbours at table and if you were known to have a fund of amusing or interesting anecdotes then you would be more likely to get invited to lots of dinners hence the expression.
I'd have starved in the 19th century then
I always get invited to dinners just after I have been on one of my incident ridden journeys.
It provided Oscar Wilde with grub!
something about you is interesting

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