Party time

doi:10.1136/bmj.b2726

Published 3 July 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2726
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b2726

Views & Reviews

Outside the Box

Party time

Trisha Greenhalgh, professor of primary health care, University College London

p.greenhalgh@pcps.ucl.ac.uk

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

"Is it smart or casual?" asked Spouse, with a palpable lackof enthusiasm.

"I’m going in what I’m wearing. Surely if it waspyjamas and dressing gowns they’d have said so on theinvitation?"

"If we get there early we can probably slope off around 11 pm.Let’s take that bottle of red. Nobody will know it camefrom us."

We rang the bell and were greeted by Sandra with three kisseseach (left cheek, right cheek, and directly on the lips), asper the guideline. Spouse stiffened (he’s never gone forContinental). "Do come through. Oliver’s in the gardenlighting the barbie."

The teenagers had been put in charge of the music. Elvis Presley’s"Fever" set a tempting beat, but no one was dancing yet, andwe didn’t want to be the first.

The small talk was, frankly, excruciating. Do I care how muchit cost someone else’s secretary . . . [Full text of this article]

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