My best friend, who I’ve known since primary school, is terrific company when there are just the two of us.
But if we ask her to dinner with others, I think out of nervousness, she name-drops throughout the meal.
It drives my husband nuts.
You need the Cotswold solution.
Once dinner is going with a swing, you drop a famous name - then immediately throw your napkin in the air.
You can say you learnt this trick at another dinner recently, whereby at the sound of a name being dropped, the napkins of all the other guests at the table have to immediately fly upwards.
Once everyone has had a few glasses it becomes great fun, with your guests trying to outdo each other with the number of stories they can tell that involve a well-known person.
It is also a gentle way of pointing the finger at the worst offender.
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Anne Robinson is a journalist, radio and television presenter best known as host of BBC's The Weakest Link for 12 years. A former assistant editor of the Daily Mirror, she has also presented Watchdog, Countdown and has a regular Radio 2 slot.
Anne has written columns for the UK biggest national newspapers and is Saga Magazine's no-nonsense agony aunt.
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