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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's examine this from a game theory perspective.

Suppose there are 10 guests at the dinner party.

OP has allocated 3 spears per guest, or 30 spears.  She is assuming rational decision making by all of her guests, and cooperation with the 30 spears.  Is this a valid assumption?
What if the first five guests monopolize, for example, 25 spears, by allocating 5 spears each.  There would be five spears left for the five remaining guests.

Competition at this dinner party for the remaining asparagus could segue into chaos.

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You forgot about the children.  Of course, Natalie and Steven's mom insisted they take one spear each (for "color"), and Amanda actually likes asparagus and took 3 and came back for 2 more.     But the rest of the kids (5 in all) took nothing, leaving more spears for the rest of the guests.[/quote]

So are we going to start hearing about incidents of vegetable rage at Washington dinner parties now?  [/quote]

DC has special "veggie patrol" for just such incidents. Call 311 and press v-e-g on your key pad. [/quote]

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