# I'm having a party. 70's style. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620 "2007-09-18T16:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/1 "2007-09-18T16:09:03Z")
I have the beaded curtains, disco ball, strobe light, bean bag chairs, and the retro rumpus room in the basement (pre-renovation) for the affair location. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/2 "2007-09-18T16:54:57Z")
Your polyester leisure suit. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/3 "2007-09-18T17:05:43Z")
ABBA. Lots of ABBA ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/4 "2007-09-18T17:22:00Z")
Coke spoons on a chain with a wide open shirt. Hairy chest if possible. ---
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/5 "2007-09-18T17:27:59Z")
Lava lamps. Eight-tracks. Pooka beads (or however you spell them). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/6 "2007-09-18T17:31:37Z")
Salad bowls full of cigarettes. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/7 "2007-09-18T17:32:44Z")
What about the food? You must have [Rumaki](http://www.greatpartyrecipes.com/rumakirecipe.html), meatballs in grape jelly and an orange hedgehog: use one orange as a base (cover it with aluminium foil for maximum '70’s effect) and poke in bamboo sticks holding chunks of pineapple, maraschino cherries, sliced oranges and ham and cheese. Other '70’s food has come back again, so the effect is lesser, but still, who doesn’t love fondue and hummus and tabouleh and quiche? Mix sour cream with Lipton onion soup mix and serve as a dip. Hawaiian punch to drink, of course. With bad champagne in it if it’s a grown-up party. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/8 "2007-09-18T17:37:40Z")
Black light. And shouldn’t someone be wearing a smoking jacket and a fez? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/9 "2007-09-18T17:43:47Z")
Silk shirt with tropical sunset pattern and a perm _or_ tie dye with bell bottoms and motorcycle boots (large silver ring held in place w/ leather straps. ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/10 "2007-09-18T17:49:50Z")
Bong ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/11 "2007-09-18T17:56:57Z")
Excellent advice, keep it coming. BTW, this _is_ a grownup party and I am a female still trying to decide on what to wear. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/12 "2007-09-18T18:02:53Z")
you _have_ to get a color organ. Or else I’m not coming to your party. Ohh…and make sure you have a disc preener to clean your records with before you lower the arm of the turntable. And be sure to brag that your new cartridge tracks at under 2 grams. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/13 "2007-09-18T18:04:23Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] What about the food? You must have [Rumaki](http://www.greatpartyrecipes.com/rumakirecipe.html), meatballs in grape jelly and an orange hedgehog . . . [/QUOTE] I thought that was meatballs in a mix of grape jelly and BBQ sause. Gross as it sounds, it ends up tasting like sweet and sour sauce. If your basement walls can handle it - and you can find laundry detergent with phosphates in it - you can paint on the walls with the detergent mixed with water and the results will only show under the black light. I’ve never seen it done, but I’ve heard it described as a way to graffitti/decorate a dorm room without loosing your deposit. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/14 "2007-09-18T18:05:48Z")
A terrarium is a must. Be sure to bring a Mr. Microphone for tons of fun! And make sure to seat your guests by their zodiacal signs. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/15 "2007-09-18T18:10:41Z")
Cheap wine served in crappy glasses with ice cubes. People just weren’t into exotic things like foreign wine served stright up back then. Make sure the bottle lists the wine as blush, white, red, or ros’e only and not from French crap like Cabernet or Pinot Noir. Your 70’s guest would have no idea what those are and they would probably require more ice cubes to make them palatable. Schiltz beer is a better choice. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/16 "2007-09-18T18:12:29Z")
[QUOTE=EmAnJ] Excellent advice, keep it coming. BTW, this _is_ a grownup party and I am a female still trying to decide on what to wear. [/QUOTE] Spandex. Lots of Spandex. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/17 "2007-09-18T18:16:53Z")
Do you have the really high go-go boots with the platform heels? You gotta have those. And don’t forget the gigantic perm! ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/18 "2007-09-18T18:17:15Z")
What is this color organ you speak of? I shall Google. **Yllaria** , we’re having this party just before tearing the entire basement apart and renovating, so I can pretty much do anything to the walls. Ima see if I can find a recipe for that! ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/19 "2007-09-18T18:18:22Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Do you have the really high go-go boots with the platform heels? You gotta have those. And don’t forget the gigantic perm! [/QUOTE] I’m planning a trip to the Costume Shoppe within the next day or two. I know they have 8" Go Go Boots. I’ll probably break an ankle, but it’ll be worth it. Perhaps they a fish bowl Go Go Boots. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620/20 "2007-09-18T18:25:35Z")
I wasn’t aware that that party had ended. However, to capture the moment, you’ll need music by Supertramp, Peter Frampton, David Bowie, Robert Palmer, Aerosmith, Grand Funk Railroad, and Donna Summers. And I think Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill should be your wine choice. Don’t forget your Chukka Boots! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-party-70s-style/419620.md?page=2)