1. If you like it, you can.
2. I don't know.
3. Yes.

1. I don't eat the skin, I find it slimy.

2. Yes.

3. If people are dawdling and not moving with the flow, then yes. Otherwise, if the crowd is moving, albeit slowly, go with the flow.

3. In my view (to which other people don't seem to subscribe), there's a sort of gradual shift from the back of the pack to the front of it. You work your way up, giving other people a chance to be in front, and then you get your turn. Then you move so someone else can see.

Of course, this is way too courteous for most people, and no one else seems to actually do it.

1: It's up to you, I guess. Some people like it, some people don't. Me, I hate Salmon - horrible, horrible stuff. People serve it like it's "ooooh, Salmon, I'm so sophisticated", but because of all the farmed stuff, it's more common than Cod these days. /rant
2: Yes :)
3: Not sure, but that would really annoy me if that happened. It's like tall people moving in front of your space at gigs when you've got there really early just to get your bestest spot

1. Many people consider salmon skin quite a delicacy. To be good, it has to be very crisp, though. When done right it's something like crispy bacon, and I like it. But when you get a piece of salmon that is steamed, or the skin is otherwise not well done, I skip it. Not so good.

3. Agree with pup and jan.

I feel like 1 & 2 have been answered, so:

I think it depends whether the people standing there are looking at the art or just hanging out. If they're looking, wait your turn. If they're standing there obvlivious, you can kind of start edging into their line of sight and they generally get the hint.

I know some people like to look at works for a loooong time, and I think that's great, but I figure those people have to assume that they're going to lose their line of sight occasionally if it's crowded.

(Also, though, I'm tall enough that I can't just go stand in front without it seeming highly aggressive. Shorter people probably could.)

Also, I want to add that I hate hate HATE those audio-tour things in crowded museums for just this reason. It's like trying to look at things in a room full of zombies on cell phones. Navigating space becomes five times as hard as it should be.

3. I hang back at first and then move in as others move away. This usually takes so long that I then go find the people I came with and complain about how crowded it is. I hate crowds.

If you're trying to see major art museums, and crowds are a problem, go on a weekday afternoon.

It's like trying to look at things in a room full of zombies on cell phones.

Oh god, yes. Drives me crazy. Brings out the passive-aggressive withering glarer in me, too.

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I hate that audio-guide-listeners sometimes turn the thing up way too loud. I am there to contemplate the art, and I like to do that without hearing someone else's tinny audio leakage.

1) Eeew. Eating skin is gross. Best way to get rid of it is to pan-fry the salmon skin-side down for a few minutes on medium-high. Take it off the stove and flip it skin side up. The skin should peel off in one or two big strips. Then you can bake or grill it without having to deal with the skin.

The skin is fantastic and it has beneficial fats.

I agree that the skin is good for you, and if it's been prepared correctly, it also tastes wonderful.

But I've never been able to prepare it myself so that the skin is anything other than slimy and gummy. I suspect very hot fires are needed.

(Ikkyu2 once had me try some crispy salmon skin at a sushi place, and it was just about the most wondrful thing ever.)

Salmon skin temaki! I agree it's slimy and unappetizing if not done the right way, but I leave it on anyway to protect the yummy brownish fatty layer that's just underneath.

I fookin' hate those audio guides. I want to be able to figure the shit out on my own, thank you very much. I don't want to be frog-marched through the museum by some canned middlebrow voice.

When I went to the Barnes collection in Philly, I remember just walking around, seeing what caught my eye, hollering out "Hey, Mom. This is great. Check this one out." and "Damn. This sucks. This guy does the same thing over and over again."

Can't have that kind of experience with an audio guide.