TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Rourke,P.J.
TI  - Modern manners: an etiquette book for rude people 
SN  - 087113313X :
AV  - PN6231.E8 O76 1989
U1  - 818/.5402 19
PY  - 1989///
CY  - New York
PB  - Atlantic Monthly Press
KW  - Etiquette
KW  - Humor
N1  - "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
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/modernmannerseti00orou
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL2053879M
ER  -