Modern manners : [electronic resource] an etiquette book for rude people / P.J. O'Rourke.

"A Morgan Entrekin book."

Section I: Rules to live by in a world with no rules. What are manners? -- Creating a persona: the polite you -- Fundamentals of contemporary courtesy -- Important people: when to stand up, when to sit down, and when to roll over and play dead -- Table manners -- Acting up -- Drinking -- Taking drugs -- Conversation. Section II: Men, women, and other people. Advice for modern women -- Advice for modern men -- Modern dating: its causes and cures -- More sex: if you must -- Where babies come from and where they should go -- After marriage. Section III: Formal etiquette. Recrudescence of formal ceremony -- Horrible wedding -- Hip funeral. Section IV: Entertaining part of life. Real parties -- Going out. Section V: That part of life which is not in the least entertaining. Courtesy in the workplace -- Social correspondence -- Guests, including pets and old friends from college -- Servants -- Real trouble. Section VI: Clothing. Men's clothes -- Women's clothes -- Clothes for adolescents, mental patients, and members of rock and roll bands. Section VII: Leisure effort. Sports manners -- Travel etiquette.