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 So here I am, stuck in cubicle hell, in a part of the country that is cheerfully predicting sunny and 2 degrees F (wind chill of 13 below zero).  And as I'm studiously avoiding work, I come across this gem written by Anthony Bourdain on his Travel Channel blog as he travels across Laos:

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 I want to be a very wealthy widow.

It’s etiquette that points out to the girl next to you that she’s drinking from the finger bowl; it’s manners that insist you drink from yours to put her at ease.

AA Gill, Times Online