Party, On! This can get messy.

There's a Party Goin' On: And lots of them, if the news cycle the past few weeks is any indication, the news of two days ago fresh from the after-party in Punxsutawney informing us we will have a mess to clean up around here for about six more weeks...the pre-party news of a few weeks from now (2-13-22, in case you need to prep, as it's goin' to be SUPER!), partying that's goin' on around here as well as way over there #10 Downing Street (in case you missed the invite, or the note about "BYOB"), the kinds you strive for, those you fear you'll sleep through (FOMO), as those you get left off the invitation list (FOBLO), and finally, those you wished you did not attend (FOBLOWN MESS like the UK PM is dealing with, eliciting support to clean up). Of course, there's also those you actively refute (as in "I'll not be party to that...") and those with which you affiliate on a regular basis. And the ones I hear about in my office, the ones I am party to, including the ones that the teens held without the parents' permission, failed to clean up good, which results in 'post-partium oppression' (oppression assisted by the advent of in home 'smart' security and "Ring" doorbell). Yep, party, party everywhere...something, an event, invite for everyone, at least one app-plication of this word or another...

Choose your own party: As in "Like there's no tomorrow"..."Like a rock star"..."Party of the first part, suing another party"..."Our party, this administration, departing, has left its mark, many achievements"..."Our party having arrived here has realized what a mess the other party left us"..."It's my party and I'll cry if I want to"..."Get off my party line!" (remember, boomers?)..."Party favors"..."Favors for those in my party I owe"..."Life of the..."..."Party crasher" "The after-party...aftermath...hangers-on..."

Before and After: While great care is often taken in making out an invitation list, who actually takes the time to think about who is going to clean up after, the mess we might leave? While one ambitious contestant on "The Wheel" actually made the unusual request to participate in cleaning up the confetti after the 20-30 seconds of a party held for her 100K win, this is more the exception than the rule. Perhaps a new protocol, in addition to all the ones being invoked to keep us clean, antiseptic these days of COVID, we should require those planning a party to also arrange for their own clean-up. Yep, I'm aware that bringing your attention to these messy details may prompt yet another reference, as in...

"A Party Pooper in our midst😡!" Yep, I've gotten called this on occasion when, whether in my office or out and about, while others are prepping for Super (Bowl) parties, Olympian sized gatherings...while Chinese and Russian officials, representative of their respective parties are back slapping for "the stabilizing influence they bring to the world..." (seriously, from this AM "world news")...and certain members of a certain political party are having their own form of a budget busting party for being the "party of the first part" to be party to the biggest budget deficit in US history, one which ignites my fire of indignation, and then eventuates in a re-envisioning of Prince's big hit, one which I would entitle "Party Like It's 3099" -- as it is this generation that will find itself arriving late to the party, waking up to an Olympic, Super sized debt, who can only beg "Who in the hell left us this mess to clean up?!" Every party needs a pooper... 

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