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Put that iPhone away and mingle to save mankind

By Linda Kennedy | China Daily | Updated: 2009-12-25 08:04

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"Hello, nice to meet you. I have a question. What can be done to ensure mingling at parties? It's already under threat from mechanization. Well, gadgetization. Don't you think we need a Copenhagen summit for conversation; or a mingling G-20, perhaps known as M-20? For once a meeting of leaders, dubbed a talking shop, would be a success."

Put that iPhone away and mingle to save mankind

Hey, as questions go, it's better than, "Didn't I see you at a party last week?" - a standard opening line at much of the socializing that Christmas brings. Every year the same fears about mingling re-surface. "How will I approach people?" "How will I move on?" "Will I be trapped in the corner with the party bore, hearing all his professional gripes, affecting care about their family holiday, fearing the conversation will only end if one of us dies?"

Put that iPhone away and mingle to save mankind

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