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HUMOR: Miss Manners Explains Dating
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Bennett)
Tue Oct 29 14:56:30 1996
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 14:38:01 -0500
To: humor@MIT.EDU
From: abennett@MIT.EDU (Andrew Bennett)
There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered:
entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates
with a great deal of entertainment, a moderate amount of food, and the merest
suggestion of affection. As the amount of affection increases, the entertainment
can be reduced proportionately. When the affection IS the entertainment, we no
longer call it dating. Under no circumstances can the food be omitted.
Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behaviour
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