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According to the Knight-Ridder News Service, it's hip to sleepover with your grownup girlfriends. And what better for a sleepover theme (huh, didn't know they required themes, but, I'm going with it) than Desperate Housewives?

Well, that has some possibilities. But the way these supposed party planning "experts" have designed your dream sleepover, just doesn't resonate with me. A couple of excerpts: "Clear away the furniture in the living room, put out inflatable beds... Supplement with lots of big, cushy pillows encased in bright hues (think hot pink). And have a TV playing... for instance, Clueless, Freaky Friday (Jamie Curtis edition) or Bridget Jones's Diary."

And this one: the expert says you should get tabloids and entertainment magazines and talk about celebrities. "You'll then inevitably start talking about friends and family, so make a pact: Whatever happens here, stays here."

How is any of this Desperate Housewives-y?

Hot pink? Freaky Friday? What happens here, stays here? Maybe these so-called experts have the housewives confused with Britney Spears does Vegas.

If I were doing a Desperate Housewives-themed party, I'd play poker and serve a full Christmas dinner with all the trimmings (as Bree did for Zach in this episode). I'd snoop through the neighbor's trash. I'd play whodunit games. But I certainly wouldn't watch Freaky Friday. What would you do?