Sunday, April 8, 2012

I DO give a Hoot




I went looking for Morgan’s Wine shop and Champagne Bar in the upmarket Bellville party street named Edward.  When I could not find it there (allegedly moved to Tygervalley Shopping Center), I was lured into Hooters.  A bit of a let down, this branch of Hooters.  With a name like that you would expect that the staff should have some.  On the back of their shirts it says “Delightfully tacky, yet unrefined”. (1) They might as well have put it on the front as it would still have been very readable.  Not disturbed by undulations at all. 

I had the second biggest pair in the room. I wasn’t even a close second.  You should have seen the guy that beat me to the title.  There was a coin operated breathalyser mounted on a wall.  What a good idea.  I had no need that day as I drank only sugary fizzy drinks.  Traffic in town now scares me so much I need all of my meagre wits to drive.  For nourishment I ate a burger as both the idea for the venue and the food originated in America.  Hooters offers you the patty rare, medium or well done.  What sort of pretentious snob orders a rare hamburger patty?  One like me, I found out.  I also found out that rare means cold.  The baked beans made for an unusual side dish.  Verdict on the food: passable.  But then again I don’t think that is their main selling point.

On to the USP.  The very lovely girl, Johanni, served me.  Girl?  Yes, because that’s what the staff were.  They had lovely legs, even if their upper bodies did not conform to the establishment’s name.  Back to my delightful waitress with the cool green eyes, flowing brown hair and a smile that lit up the room, pierced my heart and punctuated my age.  The way she bit her lower lip when she poured the coke; not wanting it to foam over.  I just wanted to mother her ) (2) ).  No stirring in the loins.  No suppressed lust.  Just a warm feeling inside me.  Like a Care Bear ™ I wanted love to flood from me. That, I guess, is it.  The end of an era that never was.  Me the stud.  Did I still tip her R100 on a R100 bill? But of course. She came back to thank me when the she did the sums.  What a well mannered child. 

How to top a day where you became acutely aware of your age?  Find out that you are losing testosterone (3).  It must be that.  I bought something primarily because it was pretty. Sure it has alcohol in it, but still the primary motivation was prettiness. Swartland Winery did a 3 in 1 port, hanepoot and jerepigo gift pack baby bottles fit into each other. When did I buy this?  While manfully waiting for the new tires to be put on my car. 
Told you they were pretty



(1) Also describes me
(2)   Yes, thank you.  You are not Sigmund Freud.  Leave it.
(3)   Probably more a problem that boy readers will associate with.