No, I understand. The application stuff can be very annoying. I had a handful of them and ended up deleting most (except for two... one is a virtual pet, can't bring myself to delete him yet ).

I think there is an option to -- you must read carefully before you click -- to ignore invitations from that specific application. That way, supposedly you will not see another application invite from that specific application. Now, of course, you'll still get invites from all the 100's of other apps you haven't done this with, but over time the bigger ones will slow down or stop. They seem to go through trends. It seems like everyone on my friendslist will send out for one specific application -- like around Christmas, there was some sort of snowball fight app.

Anyway, hopefully that will help. And yes, most people do realize that there are those who don't do apps. I really only add myself to groups and fan pages of things that really get my interest. I don't add myself to everything that interests me. I'm trying to keep my profile a bit streamlined and small.

As far as the kilt nights with alcohol, I do understand. I drink, but I also understand there are people who don't. I would have no problem planning a kilt night around something non-alcoholic that would be fun for everyone. I will still have some kilt nights at a pub, though... but I respect if those members won't want to go to those.

Edited to add: Okay, I just got an app invite... the phrase you're looking for is "Block this Application". That should block any invites for that application, I believe