lucy24 - 5:33 am on Feb 14, 2013 (gmt 0)

some element in the post is forcing the table to remain wide

That's not exclusively a mobile problem, it just becomes more noticeable :)

If something is [ pre ] formatted, or if it contains a long series of non-breakable characters, the line can't break unless your browser-or-equivalent is brave enough to chop it at mid-word.

:: insert gratuitous praise for HTML5's <wbr> feature here ::