Modern manners : an etiquette book for rude people / P.J. O'Rourke.

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Main Author: O'Rourke, P. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1989.
Edition:1st Atlantic Monthly Press ed.
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505 0 0 |g Section I:  |t Rules to live by in a world with no rules.  |t What are manners? --  |t Creating a persona: the polite you --  |t Fundamentals of contemporary courtesy --  |t Important people: when to stand up, when to sit down, and when to roll over and play dead --  |t Table manners --  |t Acting up --  |t Drinking --  |t Taking drugs --  |t Conversation.  |g Section II:  |t Men, women, and other people.  |t Advice for modern women --  |t Advice for modern men --  |t Modern dating: its causes and cures --  |t More sex: if you must --  |t Where babies come from and where they should go --  |t After marriage.  |g Section III:  |t Formal etiquette.  |t Recrudescence of formal ceremony --  |t Horrible wedding --  |t Hip funeral.  |g Section IV:  |t Entertaining part of life.  |t Real parties --  |t Going out.  |g Section V:  |t That part of life which is not in the least entertaining.  |t Courtesy in the workplace --  |t Social correspondence --  |t Guests, including pets and old friends from college --  |t Servants --  |t Real trouble.  |g Section VI:  |t Clothing.  |t Men's clothes --  |t Women's clothes --  |t Clothes for adolescents, mental patients, and members of rock and roll bands.  |g Section VII:  |t Leisure effort.  |t Sports manners --  |t Travel etiquette. 
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