On Jan 31, 1:26*pm, Michel Boucher > wrote:
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> It would have been more accurate to say they invited another couple over
> for cocktails. *A cocktail party is an occasion to invite lots of people
> you know so they can meet lots of other people you know. *My parents had a
> few of those back in the 60's where civil servants, politicians and foreign
> diplomats would mingle. *It was usually well seen to reciprocate after a
> certain number of invitations.

Wow, are you Dick Grayson?