Women”s Sports Quiz: (1) What nation has won the last 4 Gold
Medals in Women”s Platform Diving? (2) Which woman won the
“All-Around” Gold Medal in Gymnastics, Olga Korbut or Nadia
Comaneci? (3) What woman won the 1997 NCAA Air Rifle
Championship? Answers below.
Tip From Miss Manners / Drinking Out Of The Bowl
Dear Miss Manners – A very close friend drives me crazy because
he drinks out of a bowl. For instance, after eating cold cereal, he
drinks the milk. He”s the same way with soup. I was always
raised that you finish what you start – with a spoon. He says he
read it in an etiquette book. I say, show me the book. Suddenly
he can”t remember which one.
Gentle Reader – One possibility is that the gentleman has
confused the delicately two-handled cup, used to serve bouillon,
with the conventional bowl. The handled cup may indeed be
properly lifted to the lips, but bowls, such as are used for heartier
soups and for cereal, may not. Another possibility is that he has
been reading an etiquette book directed at cats.
Editor”s Response – Hold on a second. If this reader is observing
her “friend” eating cold cereal, one has to surmise that it is
morning and that these two are not just friends, but “real close”
friends, living in sin. The Board of StocksandNews.com simply
does not condone such lewd and lascivious behavior.
[“Miss Manners” Basic Training: Eating,” by Judith Martin.
Illustrated by our own Harry Trumbore]
The Supremes Meet The Beatles
In 1964 the Beatles and the Supremes were trading off #1 hits:
“She Loves You” and “Baby Love,” “A Hard Day”s Night” and
“Stop in the Name of Love.” Finally, some PR genius arranged a
summit in New York at the Plaza Hotel, where the Beatles were
once again under siege.
“I had on my chinchilla,” Mary Wilson recalled. “Diane (Diana
Ross) had on her mink, and Florence had her fox and our little
gloves. Oooowee, my dear, we were just so chic.” She laughed,
explaining that the Beatles were speechless at the vision. “They
looked like slobs,” Wilson said. “Maybe they were totally out of
their heads, I don”t know. Just sitting in their jeans, looking
raunchy. They took one look at us and freaked.” After five
awkward minutes, the ladies were ushered out.
Grace Slick
In an interview for the 12/1/92 issue of Life magazine, Grace
Slick (Jefferson Airplane and Starship) talks of the time she tried
to crash a White House party for Tricia Nixon.
“I”d gone to Finch, and so did Tricia. It”s a finishing school for
girls who don”t have the grades to get into Vassar, but their
parents have money. So she decided to have a tea for the people
who had gone to Finch in the last 5,000 years or something. I got
an invitation. I invited Abbie Hoffman to go with me. Standing
in line outside the White House we looked totally different from
everyone else. A security guard came up and said, ”I”m sorry,
you can”t come in.” I said, ”But I have an invitation.” I showed
him. My maiden name is Wing, so that”s what was on the
invitation. He said, ”Prove it”s you.” And so I pulled out some
identification. And they went back to their little security box and
called people and came back and said, ”No, I”m sorry, you can”t
come in. You”re a security risk.” They had found out that not
only was I Grace Wing, I was also Grace Slick. I don”t know if
they recognized Abbie because they didn”t say anything to him.”
[If Grace had been allowed in, she was prepared]
“I had a coat on with pockets, and at the bottom of one pocket
was some LSD in powder form. You get some under your
fingernails, and as you”re talking to Tricky Dick, you gesture over
his teacup. We got hysterical thinking about how the White
House would react to him going, ”The walls are melting.” So
they were right. I was a security risk.”
Ronnie Spector on the Shirelles
Ronnie and the Ronettes were playing the Brooklyn Fox Theatre
with the Shirelles on the bill. In her book, “Be My Baby,” Ronnie
talks about them.
“I couldn”t stand the Shirelles when we were just starting out.
They were headliners, and they didn”t want to have anything to
do with the other groups. Boy, they were stuck-up. The
Shirelles were the only girl group with their own valet. I mean, to
have a valet you had to be superstars. And they sure thought they
were. These girls would not even come out of their dressing
room until they were ready to go onstage. And then they hardly
spoke to you. They just walked straight out to the stage with their
valet waiting in the wings. The Shirelles looked at us like we
were little nothings. I just said, ”Well, gee!”” [Editor: Oh, stop
bitching!]
Cans on the Table
Dear Miss Manners – How do you handle soda-pop cans? They
don”t look nice on a table set with linen and fine china.
Miss Manners – You cannot have soda cans on the dinner table.
Fortunately, although you should not do a drink less honor than it
deserves, you can do it more. Thus, while wine should not be put
in milk glasses, milk or soda would be thrilled to be put in wine
glasses.
Editor – Ah Hah! I knew it! Nothing about beer cans. So I
haven”t been ruining our family holiday gatherings by sticking my
Coors Lite can directly on the table!
Top 3 songs for the week of 11/7/64: #1 “Baby Love” (The
Supremes) #2 “Last Kiss” (J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers)
#3 “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (Manfred Mann).
Quiz Answers: (1) China (2) Korbut did NOT win the All-
Around in 1972. She lost to Lyudmila Tousischeva (USSR).
Nadia won the All-Around in 1976. (3) Emily Caruso, Norwich.
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