Friday, December 01, 2006

Guess who's coming to dinner?

The order of proceedings at an Indian dinner party takes place in a somewhat different order to a South African one.

South Africa dinner party:

7.30ish: Guests arrive; couple of drinks; maybe a few snacks
8.30/9ish: Dinner
After: More drinks; maybe a bit of dancing depending on how successful the dinner party is.

The Indian dinner party:

9.00/9.30ish: Guests arrive; couple of drinks; maybe a few snacks
After: More drinks; maybe a bit of dancing depending on how successful the dinner party is.
Midnight: Dinner.

South African Louise at an Indian dinner party:

9.00/9.30ish: Louise arrives already starving and descends on snacks
After: Louise has a few more drinks and maybe a bit of dancing depending on how successful the dinner party is
Midnight: Louise cannot eat any of the dinner that is served as she is feeling slightly ill from eating too many snacks and drinking on an empty stomach.

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