As if there wasn't enough awkwardness around social kissing, now we have swine flu to worry about. Fortunately some of us far-sighted pundits addressed this burning dinner-party issue the last time a global pandemic seemed imminent. My conclusion back then was that, useful as the ritual might be for enabling members of the opposite sex to immunize themselves against desire (while signaling restraint!), a pandemic would shut it down. Which would be a shame:What…… More »