<gingerly opens door and peeks in to say
hello, can I join you?>
Only to discover I've arrived so fashionably late that everyone's gone home

But at least I now understand what 'Puddleduck's Party Forum' is all about - yay

I always did wonder what it all meant.
<quietly goes back out the door, making a mental note to arrive slightly less fashionably late next time there's a party on>