aw *hug* :( I was rather preoccupied playing hostess or I'd've come and talked to you..
My strategy once people get drunk and lose their manners is to keep talking over them till they notice and shut up..
Also, hijacking conversations is much easier by grassroots revolution than by coup - make a side comment to someone on a related issue to what the main conversation is about, take it from there and after a while other people around you will notice what you're talking about and get interested in that instead. Morph it, don't derail it ;)
FWIW I've enver noticed you being anything other than a perfect gentleman in cnoversation - unfortunately, few other people ahve the same degree of courtesy these days..
"much easier by grassroots revolution than by coup"
*grin* Nicely put. In fact I have been carefully cultivating a coup approach: a sort of authoritative tone of voice that allows me to cut across a lot of babble when I want to say something really important, without actually raising my voice more than a little bit. It works very well, but I'm careful not to overuse it - it only gets used for really important things when everyone else has overlooked something absolutely vital, or occasionally when an unmissable pun opportunity is about to get away from me :-)
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My strategy once people get drunk and lose their manners is to keep talking over them till they notice and shut up..
Also, hijacking conversations is much easier by grassroots revolution than by coup - make a side comment to someone on a related issue to what the main conversation is about, take it from there and after a while other people around you will notice what you're talking about and get interested in that instead. Morph it, don't derail it ;)
FWIW I've enver noticed you being anything other than a perfect gentleman in cnoversation - unfortunately, few other people ahve the same degree of courtesy these days..
*grin* Nicely put. In fact I have been carefully cultivating a coup approach: a sort of authoritative tone of voice that allows me to cut across a lot of babble when I want to say something really important, without actually raising my voice more than a little bit. It works very well, but I'm careful not to overuse it - it only gets used for really important things when everyone else has overlooked something absolutely vital, or occasionally when an unmissable pun opportunity is about to get away from me :-)