Dinner invite... what do you take..?

[Podie]

One for the etiquette experts methinks...

Normally if I get invited for dinner, I'll take a bottle... (*) however, what do you take when the hosts are teetotal and on a diet (hence chocolate is out!).

Thoughts..?




(*) - on a minor tangent how much would you spend ona bottle..? If they're good mates do you go cheap or expensive... and what about new friends..?!?

[sccbishop]

Flowers for the lady?

[pzero64]

Rice cakes?

[Harry Flashman]

A really, really fit date?

[TheExcession]

Irn Bru?

[Plotloss]

Avoid any sort of drink, i.e. dont take a bottle of coke as this will highlight the fact that they are tea total and may cause them to feel uncomfortable.

I'd go with the flowers for the lady suggestion and a nice box of after dinner mints. NOT after eights or matchmakers.

[Harry Flashman]

A bottle of wine and one glass, for yourself.

[Podie]

Plotloss said:

...and a nice box of after dinner mints. NOT after eights or matchmakers.

swore I said she was on a diet, so chocolate related items were probably best avoided...

[wedge girl]

Just yourself and your guest.

And if you're a fussy eater, let the cook know in advance, it's awful when you spend hours cooking, only to find your guests don't eat what you've cooked.

>> Edited by wedge girl on Thursday 10th March 17:37

[Harry Flashman]

A hip flask

[Harry Flashman]

Sorry - I realise that my suggestions are as useful as tits on a fish. I'll stop now.


>> Edited by Harry Flashman on Thursday 10th March 17:38

[birdbrain]

When my friend was pregnant and not drinking, I was invited round for dinner and I bought some nice fruit flavoured fizzy water from M&S. She was well pleased. Not as good as wine tho.

[Podie]

wedge girl said:

And if you're a fussy eater, ...

Easy tiger... where did that come from..!?!

I eat anything really... oh except cabbage... and salad that only consists of leaves... and parsnips are dodgy... and...

[Plotloss]

Podie said:

Plotloss said: ...and a nice box of after dinner mints. NOT after eights or matchmakers. swore I said she was on a diet, so chocolate related items were probably best avoided...

That'll teach me not to read the thread properly.

Actually why are you going round there at all, they sound like a right boring bunch

Take nothing but your sparkling wit in that case...

[simpo two]

Pretend you don't know they are teetotal. Then you get to take the wine home again

[nonegreen]

Definately flowers for the lady, I suggest lillies. Then perhaps a nice small and innoffensive paperback for the host, nicely wrapped. Perhaps a copy of "The bootleggers" by Kenneth Alsop.

[Size Nine Elm]

nonegreen said:

Definately flowers for the lady, I suggest lillies. Then perhaps a nice small and innoffensive paperback for the host, nicely wrapped. Perhaps a copy of "The bootleggers" by Kenneth Alsop.

I'd suggest something by Oz Clarke.

[andygo]

Why bother going?

Teetotal and on a diet. Not much fun. Wait till their off their diet and then go round.

IMHO.

[rude-boy]

Hmm, let me think.... no alcohol.....no chocs... ah, how about an after dinner spli... oh no, bet they don't do that either.

Errr, think it has to be the flowers. Or if they like coffee how about getting a really nice one fresh ground, sort of thing you should check on though beforehand.

[Size Nine Elm]

rude-boy said:

Hmm, let me think.... no alcohol.....no chocs... ah, how about an after dinner spli... oh no, bet they don't do that either.

Perhaps a large sex toy?