After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

The typical old-fashioned diet (in the nineteenth century) was so bad it almost assembled modern dieting.

Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.

Those who do not know history are probably also not doing well in English or math. P.J. O'Rourke

First and foremost: Feed people.

When a couple decides to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends. This is not only courteous but practical. Parents may be very willing to pitch in with comments, criticism, and malicious gossip of their own to help the divorce along.

A charity ball is like a dance except it's tax deductible.