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> RICH PHYLLISMAN?? no return address??  Anonymous posts like this don't
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> need replies, but in any case, the subject of the group IS FOOD, not PEOPLE.
> Start a dc.gossip newgroup for that if there isn't one already...
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In fact, Ernest,the subject of this newsgroup is D.C.DINING. The word
dining is a derivative of "dine," which, according to the American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language, is "to take dinner; to entertain at
dinner; give dinner to." Thus, this newsgroup is not confined simply to
food, but the art of dining, which includes not just meat, poultry, dairy
and grains, but the entire dining experience. I think the key word in this
definition is entertain. If your dining experience is confined simply to
the consumption of food, perhaps you should find a new newsgroup, such as
d.c.ingesting.I, and I believe others such as Sara, wish to break through
D.C.'s tendency toward repression and apparent inability to lighten up and
enjoy the world around us. "People" are part of the dining experience,
Ernest. If we eat out only for "food," then we'd all just order carry out,
sit at home, and watch Washington Week in Review. I stand by my original
message and will contribute an entertaining ditty or two as soon as I am
able. 

Sara, thanks for your contribution. I think the waiter in question may be
warm for your form, so to speak. At least your getting free wine out of the
deal.