[the invisib1e hand]

In New York, if people like you, or something you did (or cooked, or whatever), they say nothing. If they don't like you (or what you did, or cooked, or whatever) they say, "Oh, it was great!"

Some kind of funky urban survival skill, I guess. Tied in with the rampant passive-aggressiveness that passes for politeness here.

Not saying Mrs. Bush is like that...just saying.

[WayneS]

All that tells me is that perhaps you should consider moving out of New York.

;^)