Dear Hillary,
If I remember correctly from some time back, some chap from Western Australia wants to apply the British Standard (BS) Duck Test to all women. The BS Duck Test goes, “If a bird looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.” He obviously must have had a big problem and must have really gone down the gurgler to be so bitter. All women are not the same – especially looking at Australian ones and Thai ones. Thai women are not the same as western ones and bar girls are a different species altogether. He felt that all women are out to rip off mankind and all that is left is 0.01 percent of decent women. How pessimistic is that? He should stop feeling sorry for himself and get out and enjoy the company of the ladies in the bars. That’s what they’re there for. You don’t have to buy the library when you want to read a book.
Jim from Melbourne
Dear Jim from Melbourne,
Despite the 50 percent divorce rate in many countries, including Australia, all women are very obviously not the same, so the BS Duck test does not apply. I’m not like that for one. Despite the chap’s pessimism, his 0.01 percent still works out as 1,000 women, even in Australia. I agree that if you want a ‘good time’, the good time girls are there to give it to you. The problems always arise when the smitten male forgets that a good time girl is just that – a good time girl. A girl for the good times in life, not a girl who is good for life times. It should also be understood that a beer bar is not an outside office for an accredited match-making and marriage agency. I have said in this column many times that you don’t go into a hardware shop if you are looking for a piece of cheese.
