On May 30, 8:59*pm, Sky > wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > Sky wrote:
> (snippers)
>
> > > P.P.S. *How did your friend find a nice way to decline?
>
> > She phoned back to check the date and then said that she didn't realize that
> > she as sorry but could not make it because her husband was throwing a party
> > for her that night. And that was true, though the decision for their party was
> > made later. *It seems that chef's wife then called another neighbour and asked
> > her to bring the things that she had earlier asked our friend to bring. More
> > nerve than a tooth ache eh.

Seriously obnoxious folks. I'd write them off for good unless they
were relatives or I had an important business relationshit with them.
>
> Heh, I think I'd rather have dinner with a dentist than that particular
> chef or chef's wife!

I agree with the sentiment, but I'd say that it would be a very odd
dentist who would subject his/her dinner guests to the dentist's drill
at a dinner party.
>
> Sky

--Bryan