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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
(Don't ask me why I remember this) Miss Manners actually had a column once on this very subject, and her take was that by refusing a drink you were basically forbidding your host from being a good host, and that in fact the proper course of action was to agree that a glass of water would be perfect, and just not drink it if you weren't thirsty.
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If they offer something and I say, "No,
nothing, thanks". I said "no" to what was offered, I said "nothing" which covers alternate offers, and thanked them for the hospitality. Shouldn't that end it?
