From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Tue Feb 05 2002 - 23:47:31 MST
> Yeah, you may be right. In any case, it's not gospel. The
> quote reminded
> me, though, of an oh-so-elegant party in the '80s. I sidled
> up to a group
> of people when I heard them talking about China (having been
> born there,
> I've a particular interest in China). Then, to my dismay, I
> realized they
> were talking about ... China ... **patterns.** Patterns ...
> crockery!
> Another group talked excitedly about "zins" (I soon figured
> out that was a
> diminutive name for Zinfandel wines). Maybe it's just the
> parties I've
> attended ... it seems the more "elegant," the more boring
> they've been,
> generally speaking. And I don't know why.
They sound like parties of the status oriented. They just look elegant; it's
actually rather crass to be so vacuous, imo. You possibly need to find the
people who set the trends that these people ape.
Actually, I find the most interesting people online.
Emlyn
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