Social Gatherings Appreciator Gifts

'Aside from the fact that you're green with envy, you're not wearing any green.'

Illustration from an Unpublished Novel

The prying mantis,

"Is there any way I can un-drink this wine?"

'Burl says it only works with corn though if you want to try it.'

"I think I'm having pre-traumatic stress disorder."

The devil you know and his plus one

Every time you make a blend, somewhere, a wine maker dies.

Champagne

Miniature Cattle Fanciers

"Pssst! I had some CGI done."

'Sure, I'm a working mother - is there any other kind?'

'The Ambassador will not be pleased, Madame.'

I've been looking forward to this the whole year: It can get lonely out there...

Glyndebourne

Convention for People Who Like to Attend Conventions.

Monument in the park for Squirrel Feeder

"That sister of yours sure has some nerve asking for those leftovers - we earned them."

When I said, "Let the good times roll," I didn't mean to let go of the keg.

"You're doing fine - don't watch your feet."

'I don't think we're devoted to the Lord. I think we're devoted to dessert.'

Playing cards.

'One of my relatives is coming to Thanksgiving dinner...and one of yours.'

"I rushed here from surgery. I didn't have time to get into costume."

Caricatures of Political Figures Exhibited at the Opera Ball

"How much longer, roughly, will you be introducing me as a 'disgruntled Republican'?"

"God help us, it's that guy."

'I'm sorry, he likes to let off wind after dinner.'

Shall I be mother?

"That's where the tenured faculty members hang out."

"Oh, Lord! Not another wine-and-cheese party!"

'When I first saw here I thought I'd died and gone to heaven, but not with beer at these prices!'

"Virginia Woolf meets 'Car Talk.'"

"This is it, everybody. Jack and Harriet Schroeder sing Harold Arlem."

'Everyone here likes a big band, right?'