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MARK HUNTER TAKES UP THE CUDGEL FOR HIS SEX AND REPLIES TO JO'S COMMENT IN
LAST WEEK'S "DISTAFF SIDE" COLUMN... HE ASKS:
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What's happened to your sense of humour,_girls?
other girls, stopped suddenly, surprised to
hear Dave's 'Laughter.
THANK God somebody's finally stumbled upon the history-making dis
covery that boys are just as shy, diffident, unsure and uncertain of where." She rattled on happily. themselves as girls claim to be.
We have more reason to be so.
Where a girl can sit back quietly and watch - with; amused eyes the oh-so-entertaining exploits of a boy, the poor guy has to take the initiative where getting-to-know-you is concerned.
rib!!
All this trouble for an extra Of course, it's true that some misguided creatures will try to palm themselves off as God's gift to the girls but the rest of us aren't really as stupid as all that.
"Getting to know a girl at a party," my dad once said, "is mostly a matter of give-and- take. The boy gives and the girl takes."
Smoother
most wonderful dancer this side of the Pacific
On the other hand, if they don't that right at the moment, but I know you at all, or if they know' gave up trying to get her to see you only very slightly, they'll the light. She had the last word, put up a front of cold disap- like all women, and I was the proval, which only goes to con- firm my theory that the main difference between the girls of today and the Victorian lasses of yesterday, lies not in their way of thinking. but in their necklines.
Take the experience I had with a pretty little Chinese girl at a get-together party a fort- night ago. We got along fine, and towards the end of the But everything would go a party, when I was helping her lot smoother if the girls had on with her coat. I suddenly some sense of humour. Back recognised her as the girl I had home, they did. But the really played bell-boy to on the burn- Jamentable thing I've noticed in ing sands sometime ago. I told Hongkong is the lack of the her so. funny bone in girls.
They'll laugh at your jokes and your antics all right, but only if they know you very well, by which time of course, their laughter won't count very much since it's the new acquain- tances you're trying to impress,
The 17-21 Club's five rules
Advice
"You know," I laughed, “I didn't recognise you at first be- cause you had all your clothes
on !!"—an unfortunate slip of
the tongue.
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Anyway, along the line of girls have no sense - of - humour, I have only two more. illustrations. to give. In the special P.S. for boys last week, Miss Jo Law advised us to take the initiative, and tell our dates what to sport for the occasion.
Prospective
Well, my brother Dave rang up a prospective girl friend of his, and this girl, seeing that Dave wasn't going to give the order, made the mistake of ask-
ing him what to wear on their date,
"I'm not like who'll wear any old thing any
probably astounded at finally being able to get an audience.
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"Uh, uh ." Dave mumbled
"What are you laughing c1?” she asked.
unhappily, astounded at being you'd wear to this party!" Dave that audience.
"For me, there's a dress for occasion. For a picnic, every l'll wear a picnic suit
"Ub, uh
"I was just thinking whet
chuckled, and explained, "It's a birthday party! !"
She didn't get it.
"Why," She answered, wear a birthday sul...”
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"And that, "Folks, was the end For a beach party, I'll of another prospective friend- "wear 'a_bathing suit. "..uh uh.
ship
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For a cocktail party, I'-Credit card to Mark: Hunter, wear a cocktail suit
Hongkong.
She
17-21
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think Mr Anonymous and Mr Ahmed are only parthy right. Yes, some H.K. teenagers are morons, but only, minority. If they say that all "H.K. teenagers an morons", I can't very well agree with them.
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We don't notice things unless they are 'different or tauusual.' Dave grinned and suggested: This perhaps is the reason which makes Mr Anonymous and Mr "An itsy-bitsy, teeny weeny yel-Ahmed form their opinions about H.K. teenagers. There are low.
some young people who love to wear 'red flashy shirts with open necks etc, and they behave in the queerest ways so as to catch others' attention. They succeed. While those who are nice and proper just pass by unnoticed.
It seems that Mr Ahmed wants us to talk about books and politics all the time. Imagine what ridiculous and silly cames people give to those who do this bookworms,' the walking dictionary, etc., and they say he's showing off or he looks be-
I admit that I cannot answer the questions which Mr Ahmed put to us. and I guess most of the members (even some groan-2 ps too) can't either. But this cannot prove that teenagers are morons. Very few of us know about things to such exact details except when we have just finished studying them. However, I' am sure that many of the members know about the big events that happened and know from their studies what we are living for and how we should behave towards our parents, teachers, comrades etc. Aren't-they just as important?
And that was the end of what might have turned out to be a It would have been a treat to of the moment, this girl had beautiful friendship. In the heat the frozen foods industry to have forgotten that Dave was asking seen her freeze up so promptly. I her to go swimming with him, didn't even get to see her home. so I ask you, who's in the She left in an awful hurry with wrong..? (a purely rheto-yond his age." some of her friends. Of course rical question, girls, you needn'! I realised later that my remark answer! !) might have sounded somewhat Dave, of course, has remark suggestive, but gosh! We were ably bad luck where dating is practically buddy-buddies, so concerned. I mean, he'll always why the show of feminine in- make a mess of things in the dignation?
process of inviting somebody out. But heck! if girls had any sense of humour, things'd be hunky-dory all over; so I guess
Mr Ahmed talked of movies and hit songs as of something that makes Dave a victim of dreadful · circumstances
People of different ages have different interests well, you'd children may like mursery rhymes, older people may like classical better judge him yourself. music, so why can't teenagers like movies and hit-songs? If M
He phoned up another pro- Ahmed thinks that to be interested in these things is moronic, spective date to invite as his well, have a look at this page and listen to Radio HK, sit partner to a
party, but before there quite a bit about hit-songs and movies? Does Mr Ahmed he could get along to saying | think that the editor and the government are also encouraging Speaking of dancing (I didn't, what it was but it's always a good way
he'd ring up for. us to be moronic? to this girl started to give him a start a new paragraph), I had sort of pep talk on clothes. another funny experience with another girl at another just yesterday.
On the advice of my Dad, I bombarded her with flowers and candy, but they were sent back with a trace of the frost on them; I tried to get her on the Membership in the 17-21 phone, but the line froze up. Club is open to within that age group. Contributions and all ac-
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tivities of the Club will be limited to members only. Contributions may consist of anything that publishable articles, letters, stories, photo- graphs, drawings, verses. But only the best will be printed.
All contributions MUST be original. Written contributions should not consist of more than 350 words,
So, in spite of what my Dad sald, I let it go at that. I had done all that
possible. was humanly
No good
party
I was never very good at this
cha-cha business, and this off- beat thing simply leg-twists me.
luck to be dancing with me just The girl who had the bad then noticed my confusion, and immediately went into action as prescribed by Miss Jo Law. Which *means to say she stumbled and pretended to get
photographs and draw her feet mixed her. ings will only be accept- ed in black-and-white.
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"""I'm sorry, it's all my fault!" she said.
"Don't be
silly!" I snorted
amiably, "I was
good at cha-cha
never very
“Oh, but you did it wonder-
fully just now
me
"But
and if it wasn't for
"Wait a minute
we'd have gone off with.
the first prize!
"Say!" I cut in indignantly.
"I read the Distaff Side too, you know?"
She missed the point.
"Oh you do? Isn't it a won- derful column?” she asked. } was having my doubts about
is your name
Mora?
MORA, WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN RUSHING THINGS, HAD A LATIN NAME MEANING "SHE WHO DELAYS”
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Korary 11-11
Do not forget that besides the movie magazines and record albums there are also world famous novels like "Pride and Prejudice." "Jane Eyre," and "A Tale of Two Cities" on cus shelves.
So I think that the majority of the HK. teenagers are not moronic. But of course, I may be wrong-H. Chan, Hongkong. ***
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TE feel very sorry for you, Mr Ahmed. What have you got against us? · Your should have been born" in the Middle Ages. Maybe then you could "adjust. yourself to their way of living. If it will “moke you happy, here are the answers you wanted
The Kamikazes of Japan, were the pilots of the suicide planes in World War II.
The Flyers were known as "The Flying Tigers."
Sir Winston Churchill wrote that famous speech.
I guess according to you, if these answers are correct, we are in the one percest.
BIG DEAL:
You call us Morens. Okay! Maybe we are not geniuses, but, we at leźst mind our own business, which is more than we can say, for some people. We looked up the word “tripe" in the dictionary and we found it meant "hopserie.” That mess "tripes," as you put it means "nonsenses.” By the way, M Ahmed, did you ever attend school?.
As for politics, Mr Ahmed. How about leaving that to the UN. And if Mr-Lumba wants to become impopular and get assassinated, it's none of our business.
We have met your challenge and offer you another. If the China Mail will help us-how about getting the opinions of some parents who have teenage sons and daughters, and ask then- what they think of your letter and 'ours?—Peder Kwok, Kouắc x and Jen Yao, Hongkong.
P.S. Hơw old are you—50?
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