Hostesses to avoid

From a syndicated entertainment column in my local paper, headed Get Your Party Started:

Play with names.   Put whimsical name cards at guests' places.   She once gave each guest a potato name:   Tricia Tater Tot, Harry Hashbrown, Larry Lyonnais.  If guests are filling out their name tags, have them put down their name and what breed of dog they would be (Gunther, St. Bernard), she suggests.