On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:10:58 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>> It sounds like you've met my sister-in-law.
>> I checked off 'get annoyed and don't show it'.
>> You didn't leave room for the 'never invite back' option.
>
> One of my nephews would be in that category. He is the one that came for
> Christmas dinner where we had more than a dozen choices of desserts and
> he pouted and whined "There's I like for dessert". I answered "Well then
> I guess you are out of luck". He was over 30 at the time, old enough to
> have developed some taste buds ... and manners.

aren't you the one with the hoovering niece? maybe they make up some kind
of a team.

your pal,
blake