Paper or Cloth?
How do you plan a party? How do you select the supplies for the party - things like plates, cups, napkins? What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you see oversized, white, seashell-embossed napkins? At what age do you stop using paper towels and start using napkins? Does the process of harvesting small Asain children in order to produce party napkins turn you off from buying a particular brand?
Kimi Stewart was invited to "host" a market research party on Saturday. She invited 4 of her friends along for the fun and cash prizes. We talked deeply and openly about our feelings on napkins. Our feelings ranged the gamut, from the die hard Paper Towel Lover (Kimi's ex-roommate's new nickname) to Kimi-I-bought-these-pretty-napkins-cause-they-matched-my-blouse (too long to be her new nickname). Hoops and I were somewhere in between, though she was adamant that white napkins are too plain for her.
So I learned a few things during our conversation.
1. Dinner should always be special, every time you sit down.
2. You can tell whether or not people have statues of ducks in their front yard by the napkins they buy.
3. Wrapping silverware in paper napkins is gay.
4. Putting ribbon around paper napkin-wrapped silverware sets is even gay-er.
5. Plastic plates are a worse affront to civility than paper towels. A person who owns something like that probably also owns a double wide.
6. Kimi Stewart is throwing weekly (or monthly) parties that I'm not getting invited to. Huh.
Kimi Stewart was invited to "host" a market research party on Saturday. She invited 4 of her friends along for the fun and cash prizes. We talked deeply and openly about our feelings on napkins. Our feelings ranged the gamut, from the die hard Paper Towel Lover (Kimi's ex-roommate's new nickname) to Kimi-I-bought-these-pretty-napkins-cause-they-matched-my-blouse (too long to be her new nickname). Hoops and I were somewhere in between, though she was adamant that white napkins are too plain for her.
So I learned a few things during our conversation.
1. Dinner should always be special, every time you sit down.
2. You can tell whether or not people have statues of ducks in their front yard by the napkins they buy.
3. Wrapping silverware in paper napkins is gay.
4. Putting ribbon around paper napkin-wrapped silverware sets is even gay-er.
5. Plastic plates are a worse affront to civility than paper towels. A person who owns something like that probably also owns a double wide.
6. Kimi Stewart is throwing weekly (or monthly) parties that I'm not getting invited to. Huh.
2 Comments:
sooo, where do paper plates/styrofoam plates rate? Do these arbiters of party taste insist that "real" plates be used?
Paper plates are perfectly acceptable for parties, especially if they are themed and chic. As a generation, we spoke out and said that "real" plates only come out if we've cooked and are sitting down at the table.
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