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“I Don’t Think It’s Rude, But…” Etiquette Experts Perplexed Over First Lady’s Party Plans
Washington Post ^ | 1/6/14 | HELENA ANDREWS

Posted on 01/12/2014 8:21:15 AM PST by jimbo123

Guests attending Michelle Obama’s 50th birthday party at the White House later this month can look forward to “a little Dougie” but definitely not dinner.

Word’s out that the lucky VIPs invited to fete Mrs. Obama at a “Snacks & Sips & Dancing & Dessert” party have been advised to dust off their dancing shoes and, more strictly, “to eat before you come.”

While it’s always nice to give the stiletto sporting crowd a heads-up, the East Wing’s “EBYC” directive has some folks in the party planning business scratching their heads.

“I don’t think it’s rude, but I do think it’s a little . . . different than what people are used to. How’s that for putting it delicately?” joked Lizzie Post, great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post and co-author of “Great Get-Togethers: Casual Gatherings and Elegant Parties at Home.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: flotusmichelle; happybirthday; michellebirthday; michelleobama; michelles50th
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To: clintonh8r

Dougie. It’s a dance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wIVuOIlTm8


61 posted on 01/12/2014 9:33:37 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

What makes you think he will wait that long? I think he would like nothing better than to defile the presidency some more. I think his love for his daughter(s), such as it is, is the only reason he hasn’t made his fabulous announcement.


62 posted on 01/12/2014 9:35:26 AM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: Sacajaweau
Would have liked to weigh her on the baggage scale.

I'll admit that I'm a bad boy - it's not nice to pay attention to other peoples' "weight challenges".

But luckily I was not sipping coffee when I read your post, or else surely it would now be all over my screen and keyboard. What a great mental image - which I embellished by adding a structurally-reinforced engine hoist to the picture.

These days I can use any bit of laughter that comes my way - thanks...

63 posted on 01/12/2014 9:36:19 AM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: clintonh8r

Seriously. It is a dance.

Cali Swag District - Teach Me How To Dougie (Official Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZglqkCRNt8


64 posted on 01/12/2014 9:37:56 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: jimbo123




65 posted on 01/12/2014 9:44:27 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Right Wing Assault

ROTFLOL! Now that is hilarious!


66 posted on 01/12/2014 9:52:51 AM PST by Jean2
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To: jimbo123

just pizza and beer...

but the party planner costs big bucks..


67 posted on 01/12/2014 9:54:57 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Polyxene
WHAAAAAAAAT??? You come here and expect to be fed? I'm da only one gonna be fed here. You eat BEFORE you come, hear?


68 posted on 01/12/2014 10:26:24 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: PLD
I’ll bet those snacks will cost us in the millions

Those little finger bites will cost more than steak and lobster because each one has be carefully detailed and decorated just so taking hours and hours of hands on time. Then there's the cost of rudeness.

69 posted on 01/12/2014 11:28:18 AM PST by bgill
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To: Iron Munro

LOL!!!!


70 posted on 01/12/2014 11:32:51 AM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a GREAT life!)
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To: clintonh8r

The Mooch in doggie?.........one cup of brain bleach coming right up!


71 posted on 01/12/2014 11:34:28 AM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a GREAT life!)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Dominos is owned by a Catholic. I doubt that would happen.


72 posted on 01/12/2014 11:36:30 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: LibLieSlayer
The British and foreign press are reporting DIVORCE is in the air.....

Perhaps because saying that The President of the United States and his wife are happily married does not sell papers or magazines.

73 posted on 01/12/2014 11:39:18 AM PST by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: jimbo123
Michelle says “Pay your respects, then get the hell out!”

Leave my present.

74 posted on 01/12/2014 11:42:23 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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To: jimbo123

Lizzie obviously is not up with the times. This has been done for years now and one of the most popular parties. And...she is criticizing the First Lady. THAT is rude.


75 posted on 01/12/2014 11:44:47 AM PST by DallasSun
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To: Sacajaweau

There is not an ounce of fat on Mrs. Obama. Not one ounce. We should all be in the shape she is in. How rude. And untrue.


76 posted on 01/12/2014 11:46:01 AM PST by DallasSun
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To: PLD

It does not cost the taxpayers anything. They pay for their own food as all presidents have.


77 posted on 01/12/2014 11:48:07 AM PST by DallasSun
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To: vpintheak

No....The Obamas have to pay for the food. The servants are paid by us.


78 posted on 01/12/2014 11:48:26 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Hopefully B.O. will end up in a penitentiary.


79 posted on 01/12/2014 11:50:19 AM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Yaelle

Good Lord, it could be the First Man with The First Man?


80 posted on 01/12/2014 11:53:11 AM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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