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orangecrush

(19,546 posts)
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 07:55 PM Dec 2018

Try Robert Mueller's Party Hack at Your Next Gathering

"We’ve all been there: You threw an amazing party—maybe a housewarming, maybe a holiday get-together—but now it’s 1, 2 a.m., and your guests just. Won’t. Leave. It’s not your fault you’re just that good at throwing parties, but you’d also like to clean up and head to bed sometime soon. What is one to do?

Don’t worry—Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a little party hack you can use next time, as we learned in a profile in Time magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year issue, in which the former FBI Director is a runner-up. You see, he’s not just the man overseeing the investigation into whether or not the President of the United States knew that Russia was meddling in our 2016 election, he’s also a person. A person who likes to cut loose every now and then but has little time, it appears, for arbitrary social pleasantries."






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"Relentless but circumspect. Impatient but thorough. Difficult but respected. Rather than wait around for people to finally get the hell out of his house or make passive aggressive comments to those lingering well after everyone has left—the worst part of throwing a party—Mueller flicks the lights on and off to signal it is time to go. There’s no guessing here, no opportunity to misinterpret. It’s simple, elegant.

“On Queer Eye one of the quick tips is to serve coffee as a signal that it’s time to wrap it up,” says Managing Editor Virginia Smith. “This is more harsh, which I like.”



https://www.google.com/amp/s/lifehacker.com/try-robert-muellers-party-hack-at-your-next-gathering-1831040009/amp



Anyone seen the lights at the White House flicking on and off?


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Try Robert Mueller's Party Hack at Your Next Gathering (Original Post) orangecrush Dec 2018 OP
Cue Don Meredith. Nt spooky3 Dec 2018 #1
it's more subtle than playing an early Yoko Ono album loud but probably not as much fu. mulsh Dec 2018 #2
LOL orangecrush Dec 2018 #3
Weelllll.... Adrahil Dec 2018 #4
Better: ret5hd Dec 2018 #5
GAAAAAA!!!!! orangecrush Dec 2018 #10
I've NEVER had an unwanted guest last thru the entire song! ret5hd Dec 2018 #12
I believe you! orangecrush Dec 2018 #13
I knew someone who would sing, BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #6
Sounds right! orangecrush Dec 2018 #9
In the old days... PJMcK Dec 2018 #7
Cool! orangecrush Dec 2018 #8
I like this guy. LiberalFighter Dec 2018 #11

mulsh

(2,959 posts)
2. it's more subtle than playing an early Yoko Ono album loud but probably not as much fu.
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 08:01 PM
Dec 2018

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edited to add the sound track.

PJMcK

(22,035 posts)
7. In the old days...
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 08:36 PM
Dec 2018

... a four-poster bed would have ornaments atop each of the four corner posts. If you were lying on the bed, the post on the right side by your right foot has an ornament that is removable. When the host wanted to signal that it was time for you to leave, they would remove that ornament.

Just sayin'.

LiberalFighter

(50,912 posts)
11. I like this guy.
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 11:23 PM
Dec 2018

I hate it when people drag it out when it is time to leave and other things need to be done.

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