Etiquette guide offers sleaze tips for posh girls

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And now, some sex chat that has nothing to do with America's Republican Party. This is about "Debrett's Correct Form", Great Britain's guide to very high society manners and ettiquette.

"It's a nod to the modern day," {Jo Aitchison, editor of Debrett's new book, "Etiquette for Girls"} told Reuters. "We're pulling Debrett's out of Victorian times and trying to make it relevant to today." The book's advice ranges from how to conduct a sleaze-free office fling or a disease-free one night stand, to how to smoke at social occasions and what to do when you meet a celebrity.

"Avoid dark-alley gropery and unladylike fumbling in the back of a cab," the guide says on the subject of one night stands. "Discuss the necessaries to avoid planting any love children or disease, and you're away."

On smoking it decrees: "Always use a proper ashtray -- never a wine bottle, flower pot or used plate -- and avoid allowing smoke to billow out of the nostrils. It is also inelegant to leave the cigarette unsupported in the mouth..."

But Aitchison insists the book is not all about sex, lies and partying. The core values of Debrett's remain -- elegance, composure and dignity are all important, whether you are dining with the Queen or cheating on your husband.

The full article can be read at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/od_nm/life_etiquette_dc