On Dec 6, 1:16*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> Omelet wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> > maxine in ri > wrote:
>
> >> What would _you_ have done?
>
> >> fuming in ri
>
> > Left and gone home.
>
> (laugh) *I didn't want to say it. *I thought it.

SWMBO laughed when she read this. She would've done just what Maxine
did; fumed quietly. 'Course, the moment we returned to the car, I'd've
heard about it. From that point onward, wild horses would not be able
to drag her back to that hostess' house.

She'd actually been thinking about this while prepping holiday
cookies; she offered up, "Okay; good night then," and turning to me
would just as "innocently" say, "<insert movie title> is still
playing. Didn't you mention you'd rather go to that instead of this
meal?" Sometimes, it's just best to put it all out on the table. <EG>

The Ranger