Preliminary Warning: There are significant elements of risk in attending dinners (referred to hereafter as 'the activity') organized by the hosts (hereafter, 'second parties') at which unrelated guests ('third parties') are in attendance.
Although we take reasonable care to provide you with potable liquids, palatable gustibles, and third parties screened for moderate social skills, this activity is not without risk. In fact, eliminating all risks would expose the risk of the unique character of the activity being destroyed and it would also require you to sign a release of liability. While we do not wish to frighten you or reduce your enthusiasm for the activity, we would prefer that to bearing these risks ourselves. Thus, by chosing to become a member of the club you are implicitly agreeing to the following:
Acknowledgment of Risks: You acknowledge that participation in the activity includes exposure to risks that include but are not restricted to the following: second-rate food, indifferent wine, petty intellects, constant interruptions, persistent failure to grasp the point under discussion, inability to stick to any topic whatsoever for more than five seconds, verbal harrassment, long, perhaps unbroken, stretches of tedium, poor jokes, refusal to listen, patronization, the accidental disclosure of embarrassing personal information, and the risk of making a sorry fool of oneself.
Express Assumption of Risk and Responsibility: In recognition of the inherent risks of participating in the activity, you confirm that you are physically and mentally capable of participating in the activity. You confirm that you participate of your own free will, that you make such confirmations willingly, and that your confirmations of those confirmations are made voluntarily, etc. You assume full responsibility for personal injury, psychic distress, related expenses, loss of personal property, and injuries to your amour propre. You agree to follow posted rules, the instructions of the dinner supervisor, and participate in fire drills, if required. You recognise that we, the party of the second part, might find it necessary to refuse or terminate the participation of any person we judge to be incapable of meeting the requirements for and of participation in the activity. You accept our right to take such actions for any reason, including jealousy and pique.
Authorization: You hereby authorize any therapy deemed necessary in consequence of trauma incurred while participating in the activity, including post-trauma trauma, ancillary trauma, recovered trauma, or microtrauma. You either have appropriate insurance or in its absence agree to pay all costs and/or medical services as may be incurred. You agree that any film or photographs of you, as participant(s), become our property and may be posted on the internet.
Release: In consideration of services or property provided, you, for yourself, personal representatives, and assigns, do hereby release Munich Dining Club and their principals, directors, officers, agents, employees, and volunteers, and each and every land owner, municipal and/or governmental agency upon whose property the activity is conducted, from all liability and waive any claim for damage arising from any cause whatsoever. You understand that by agreeing to this release you run the risk of waiving valuable rights.