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November 8, 2000
HOW TO GET UNWELCOME HOLIDAY GUESTS TO LEAVE
Cleveland, OH - A question on the minds of hosts across America this holiday
season is "when are they going to leave?" Entertain guests this
Thanksgiving and you run the risk of some people overstaying their welcome.
Party411.com, an online information publisher and event-planning service offers
some suggestions for encouraging those lingering guests to go home!
"You've prepped and cooked for days. You wait on the multitudes before,
during and after dinner. But some people just stay," says Party411.com
Founder Sherri Foxman. "Sometimes you just have to turn out the lights and
say, 'go home. The party's over,'" she says. Unfortunately, it isn't always
that easy. Considering that you might not want to insult family and friends or
be labeled as the neighborhood scrooge, find a subtle way to remind people that
it's time to go. "Use something between a big, wide yawn, which is
too indirect, and a loud obnoxious fight with your spouse, which is a little
overboard," Ms. Foxman adds.
After failed attempts to use everything that your mother and Emily Post have
taught you, Party411 suggests these tactics. You will have guests flocking to
the coat closet and running to their cars.
Top Ten Tactics To Get Unwelcome Holiday Guests To Leave
10. Bring out an old slide projector and two really dusty crates. Set up
the portable screen and announce brightly: "Look what I found! Slides
from our trip to Mall of America when Megan's Girl Scout troop won the cookie
sale in 1984!"
9. Dim the lights and pop in a "Barney" videotape.
8. Ask which version of the Bach Mass in B Minor they prefer: the Otto
Klemperer or the Herbert von Karajan version. Insist that you play both of
them so they can make an informed choice.
7. Using a loud whisper, ask one guest: "Would you mind looking at
Thurston's throat for me? I think he may have strep…" Thurston should
then start coughing.
6. Ask them to "quick, get the stains out of the tablecloth" and
hand them a stain stick, some Lestoil and a laundry brush while pointing to
the basement.
5. Grab a handful of flatware in one hand and a bunch of disgusting rags in
the other and say "OK, who will help me polish the silver so we can put
it away?"
4. Put on your coat and grab a bag of trash from the kitchen saying
"Who wants to help me run these bags over to the dumpster behind the
supermarket so those darn skunks don't return?"
3. Arrange with a co-conspirator to repeatedly flush the toilet and make
disgusting noises in the nearest bathroom. Rush to your guests and ask
"Does anyone happen to have syrup of Ipecac with them?"
2. Ask them to dislodge the wishbone from your dog's throat.
1. Bring your foot soaker into the living room and plug it in. Ask them to
rub your feet and hand them the rubbing alcohol.
For more how-to's, decoration & food ideas, activities and free event
planning advice for Thanksgiving, visit
Party411.com.
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