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‘…the littler the fork, the sooner you use it’ -the Wakefield Doctrine- a little dinner party (Reader Participation required)

March 2, 2015 By

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

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(from a Comment by Friend of the Doctrine, Kristi)

One week it was the mental image of the co-hosts as school children, now you have us at a dinner party. Here’s the homework assignment: write a post describing the event. (Of course, you will use the Wakefield Doctrine to explain the clarks, scotts, and rogers among us.) :-)

ok

Allow me.

the scotts are ‘the Life of the (Dinner) Party’. the rogers are the reason that there was, in fact, a successful Dinner Party*. the clarks keep the children and drunks amused and/or distracted.

too brief?

(I will try to ‘write on the run today’, but I am, requesting that Readers provide one scenario of:  how they would experience a formal Dinner Party for any 1 minute section of time. )

clark: “no! you get out there and attend to your guests, I am quite capable of taking the roast out of the oven when the buzzer goes off… now get out there!”

scott: “No! I would not have missed this party for the world!  If that..?  excuse me, I need to go say hello”

roger: “Why thank you, I couldn’t! you get out there and join the guests… be sure to say hello to everyone and, no, the children are quite happy in their rooms.”

clark at end of the party, leaving:

scott at highpoint of the party: “Hey, are there enough of these spoons to play a game?” (Dyanne)

rogers at any point of the party, saying goodnight to guests:  “I’m so glad we were able to get together. We’ll have to do this again sometime!” (Kristi)

 

Hey! less-than-totally-old Readers!! here’s a little chrono-cultural markers for our Dinner party, from my own experience (and discussed with friend of the Doctrine Lise):  the dinner parties, at a certain time in history (say, 1950s to early 70’s)  warranted bringing out ‘the good ashtrays’ this were usually some form of cut-crystal and was a favorite for the child trying to buy a Christmas present for parents.  a good set ( of ashtrays) usually came with a (special) lighter (Ronson Lighter fluid only, of course!)
Of course, there were special occasion coasters! All of things seem special (from my child perspective) as I look back… Maraschino Cherries for one… never saw those   even Planters Cocktail Peanuts  (excellently salty!)

OK…better stop now.

* meaning that, there was more to the party than… pizza and beer/potluck-but-not-enough-plates-or-spoons  unless, of course, the theme of the Dinner Party was  pizza and beer or … potluck

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Well, what exactly do you want to know? Whether I am a clark or a scott or roger? If you have to ask, then you need to keep reading the Posts for two reasons: a)to get a clear enough understanding to be able to make the determination of which type I am and 2) to realize that by definition I am all three.* *which is true for you as well, all three...but mostly one

Comments

  1. Kristi says:
    March 2, 2015 at 12:34 pm

    Roger: “I’m so glad we were able to get together. We’ll have to do this again sometime!”

  2. phyllis says:
    March 2, 2015 at 1:37 pm

    I think it goes without saying that everyone in my family is very much a Roger. We had a dinner party at our house every month. Everyone knew which utensil was for what course (the kids stayed in the basement with limitless amounts of candy) – Perfect.

  3. dyannedillon says:
    March 2, 2015 at 3:52 pm

    Scott: Hey, are there enough of these spoons to play a game?

  4. ivywalker says:
    March 2, 2015 at 6:57 pm

    clark: “no! you get out there and attend to your guests, I am quite capable of taking the roast out of the oven when the buzzer goes off… now get out there!”

  5. Denise says:
    March 2, 2015 at 8:02 pm

    No, not “brief”. More like “succinct”. You nailed it.

    Being of a certain age, I so can relate to the ashtray thing!

  6. Lisa @ The Meaning of Me says:
    March 4, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    I like this. Dinner parties here go like this:
    Me – I’ll just be out here in my safe zone, the kitchen, while you go do things like drinks and take coats.
    Husband – why do I have to do the drinks and coats? I am not good with talking to people.