One more drink, and I’m under the host.

The quip is presented as a reply Parker supposedly gave when asked whether she enjoyed a cocktail party. It plays on the familiar idea of being “drunk under the table,” escalating it to a bawdier punchline by substituting “host.”

A joke about drinking to excess: she implies she was so intoxicated that one more drink would have left her not merely collapsed but in an even more improper situation, using shock value and wordplay for humor.

“Enjoyed it!” she purred. “One more drink and I’d have been under the host!”

One more drink and I’d be under the host.

Martinis, my girl, are deceiving: Take two at the very most. Take three and you’re under the table. Take four and you’re under the host.