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"Etiquette evolution" theater ticket giveaway!
UPDATE: The winner will be announced at 5pm today (Friday, March 19) -- so if you haven't entered yet, get creative!
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species, Central Square Theater is debuting a brand-new play about evolution, "From Orchids to Octopi," running March 31 to May 1.
And I've got two tickets to give away, including validated parking and two voucher for free drinks. (CST is one of those highly civilized theaters where you can take your drink in with you. Miss Conduct approves!)
So this is what we are going to do, my dear fellow hairless primates. We are going to have a contest, and the winner will get the tickets. The winner will be the best answer to this question:
For example: Imagine we had ears on top of our heads that rotated around depending on what we were listening to, the way horses' ears do. That would make it obvious to everyone when we are eavesdropping on them, which means eavesdropping would be either strictly taboo, or else that it would not be considered rude at all, and it would be considered rude, instead, to gossip or discuss private matters in public.
What if we had tails that wagged spontaneously and without our conscious control, as dogs do? (This is why those famous paintings of dogs playing poker amuse me -- dogs would be terrible poker players. They wouldn't be able to keep their tails from wagging when they got a good hand, or their ears from tucking down if they got a bad one.)
Alternately, what aspects of modern social life -- from Facebook to personals ads -- might affect human evolution in the future, and how?
So put on your science, or better yet, science-fiction hats and get to thinking! The winner will be the most creative, logical -- and funny wouldn't hurt, either -- entry. Limit to two entries per person. Depending on the number of entries submitted, I will either announce the winner this Friday, or the top five will be naturally selected and you'll have a chance to vote on them next week.
SIDE NOTE: In other theater news, Meredith Goldstein of "Love Letters" and I will be leading a post-show discussion after the matinee of Huntington Theatre's "Becky Shaw" this Sunday, March 21. Hope to see you there!
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species, Central Square Theater is debuting a brand-new play about evolution, "From Orchids to Octopi," running March 31 to May 1.
And I've got two tickets to give away, including validated parking and two voucher for free drinks. (CST is one of those highly civilized theaters where you can take your drink in with you. Miss Conduct approves!)
So this is what we are going to do, my dear fellow hairless primates. We are going to have a contest, and the winner will get the tickets. The winner will be the best answer to this question:
How would manners be different if humans had evolved differently, or were to evolve differently in the future?
For example: Imagine we had ears on top of our heads that rotated around depending on what we were listening to, the way horses' ears do. That would make it obvious to everyone when we are eavesdropping on them, which means eavesdropping would be either strictly taboo, or else that it would not be considered rude at all, and it would be considered rude, instead, to gossip or discuss private matters in public.
What if we had tails that wagged spontaneously and without our conscious control, as dogs do? (This is why those famous paintings of dogs playing poker amuse me -- dogs would be terrible poker players. They wouldn't be able to keep their tails from wagging when they got a good hand, or their ears from tucking down if they got a bad one.)
Alternately, what aspects of modern social life -- from Facebook to personals ads -- might affect human evolution in the future, and how?
So put on your science, or better yet, science-fiction hats and get to thinking! The winner will be the most creative, logical -- and funny wouldn't hurt, either -- entry. Limit to two entries per person. Depending on the number of entries submitted, I will either announce the winner this Friday, or the top five will be naturally selected and you'll have a chance to vote on them next week.
SIDE NOTE: In other theater news, Meredith Goldstein of "Love Letters" and I will be leading a post-show discussion after the matinee of Huntington Theatre's "Becky Shaw" this Sunday, March 21. Hope to see you there!
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About Miss Conduct
Welcome to Miss Conduct’s blog, a place where the popular Boston Globe Magazine columnist Robin Abrahams and her readers share etiquette tips, unravel social conundrums, and gossip about social behavior in pop culture and the news. Have a question of your own? Ask Robin using this form or by emailing her at missconduct@globe.com.
Welcome to Miss Conduct’s blog, a place where the popular Boston Globe Magazine columnist Robin Abrahams and her readers share etiquette tips, unravel social conundrums, and gossip about social behavior in pop culture and the news. Have a question of your own? Ask Robin using this form or by emailing her at missconduct@globe.com.
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Robin Abrahamswrites the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine and is the author of Miss Conduct's Mind over Manners. Robin has a PhD in psychology from Boston University and also works as a research associate at Harvard Business School. Her column is informed by her experience as a theater publicist, organizational-change communications manager, editor, stand-up comedian, and professor of psychology and English. She lives in Cambridge with her husband Marc Abrahams, the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, and their socially challenged but charismatic dog, Milo.
Who is Miss Conduct?
Robin Abrahamswrites the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine and is the author of Miss Conduct's Mind over Manners. Robin has a PhD in psychology from Boston University and also works as a research associate at Harvard Business School. Her column is informed by her experience as a theater publicist, organizational-change communications manager, editor, stand-up comedian, and professor of psychology and English. She lives in Cambridge with her husband Marc Abrahams, the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, and their socially challenged but charismatic dog, Milo.
