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ETIQUETTE — 55 words

Posted on January 28th, 2005 by Sacha Chua
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“Out to in,” she said earlier; my silent mantra as I contemplated the
bewildering array before me. Chose the outermost.

Her parents were quiet for the rest of dinner.

Waiting for a cab, I flipped through the etiquette book she lent me.
Damn. They skipped a course on purpose. Wrong fork.

Tough, dating a WASP.

- In response to “you had a choice in life, buddy. you came to a fork

in your road, which one did you take?”

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