How You Know Your Dinner Party is a Disaster

Dinner parties are fun affairs. They require a lot of hard work. However, if done right they can be a great social occasion. Unfortunately, sometimes the dinner party ends up being a mess. You know that your dinner party is a disaster if…

1. Your guests start lighting torches and go after you
2. You undercook your microwave vegetables. You overcook the sirloin steak. And your mashed potatoes have chunks the size of meatballs.
3. You forget to inform your guests that you just painted the dining room
4. Your guests start whispering the word “food poisoning.”.
5. A frog jumps out of your special cheese dip
6. Your dog starts peeing on your carpeting as the guests arrive
7. Your son and daughter start having a squirt gun fight right in your living room
8. Your oven explodes after you try unsuccessfully to broil your hamburgers
9. The policemen arrive after hearing a complaint that there is too much noise
10. Your best friend starts flirting with your husband. Actually, your dinner party may not be a disaster, but your marriage might be.
11. Your guests complain that the expensive wine that you just bought taste vinegary and moldy
12. Your carpeting resembles a battlefield after all the food and drink that has been dropped on it
13. Your guests get so drunk that they spend the night on your couch, on your kitchen floor, and on your bed
14. Your guests spend more time in your bathroom than in your dining room
15. Your mother starts to lecture you on how to make your whole meal come out better. In addition, your uncle uses your expensive napkin to polish his shoes. Meanwhile, your two obnoxious cousins start to have a food fight as they fling potato salad at each other.