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This is ingenious. If I ever host a house party, I might consider stocking on some cheap glassware just in case (and figure out which friend I can trust to do the dirty work)...

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I have been at a party where (as I later found out) the host had hired an actor to be one of the waiters, and she paid him to trip and fall and spill a tray of food.

It made the night memorable and got everyone talking and working together to help clean up!

So now we are to wonder if accidents are faked?

The host did harm here.

Oh, come on… so quick to judgment (and so bizarrely sure of yourself) for something you didn’t even see.

It worked. There was no “harm” done.

Haha, my first thought too; I'm sure you can also just find some spots where someone is bound to bump one over. It might just get suspicious the fourth time around, though then again, that might make the party memorable.

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