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Are you popular? Good looking? Affable? Adored and looked up to by your peers? Brilliant? All of the above? I know, I know, life is hard (and we have SO much in common). If you possess any or all of the aforementioned qualities, and/or your house is located conveniently in the path of your friends’ daily routine, you may find yourself in a position to be entertaining surprise guests on a fairly regular schedule. I have two rules of thumb (if you are unaware of the entomology of this phrase I highly recommend looking it up prior to your next use thereof) when hosting get togethers/meals/key parties with my friends: ALWAYS be well prepared and, in the case of a food prep fail, whomever made the egregious error is responsible for buying pizza for everyone. The second is quite colloquial but one should heed the advice of the first - plan ahead as much as possible. Ponder this, who looks sillier:

1. A man carrying an umbrella on a sunny day
2. A man holding a newspaper above his head as he gets soaked on a rainy day?

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