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refer to the older woman as
the more mature woman.)

[t can't be poor oral
hygiene, because we all
know that most women, by
the time they reach the age
of 40, have pretty well mas-
tered the art of keeping their
teeth clean and their breath
fresh.

Hockey players, on the
other hand, spend a lot of
their time in really stinky
hockey gear. I can’t believe
that anyone whe would wear
that vile smelling gear would
care too much about proper
brushing and flossing.

It could be that the
younger hockey playing man
is afraid that the more
mature woman might experi-
ence some sexual pleasure
out of a kiss in a charity
booth and make unwelcome
advances toward him. This is
most unlikely, since we all
know that women in their
40s and 50s have next to ne
sex drive. Just ask their long-
suffering husbands.

A woman psychologist I
know suggested that the
young hockey playing man
might be afraid of being like
Ocdipus. You remember
Oedipus ... he was the
Greek hero who killed his
father and fell in love with
and married his mother.

Of course Oedipus com-

THE DIGTRICT OF

Wednesday, March 8, 2000 ~ North Shore News - 17

Young men can’t Kiss

mitted these vile acts with-
out realizing who his parents
were. Still, when he did find
out he was so sick with him-
self that he jabbed his own
eves out with one of his
mother’s brooches.

Maybe, just mavbe the
young hockey playing kisser
worries thar by kissing the
more mature woman, and
perhaps enjoying the kiss
(entirely possible), he might
really be guifty of harboring
a subconscious sexual attrac-
tion to his mother, deep
down under all his hockey
pads.

OK, it’s a bit of a stretch,
but a few of we more mature
women had a good chuckle
envisioning the helmet-clad
lout punishing himself by
trying to gouge his eves out
with his hockey stick.

Then | got to thinking,
just how many middle aged
women would ante up to
pucker up in a charity kissing
booth anyway?

And so I made a few
phone calls to women my
age, both single and mar-
ricd, and asked them if they
would. The response was an
across the board “No way.”

When I pushed for rea-
sons, almost every one of
them expressed concern
about picking up some
unwanted disease from
exchanging saliva with a guy,
regardless of age, who's

spending his day kissing as
many different women as he
possibly can. These days vou
never Know.

(One gal told me about
her own son, who, in his jate
teens, still hasn't learned to
keep his mouth clean, and
requires two full hour ses-
sions at the hands of a
skilled hygienist every six
months just to dig all the
junk out of his teeth. Same
kid plays hockey. You do the
math.)

Another gal suggested
that a kiss from a young
hockey player would not be
particularly enjoyable any-
way, since it’s a well-known
fact among women that
while most of the fairer sex
are born knowing how to
kiss, Most Men are not, and
the younger the man the less
likely it is that he’s had suffi-
cient training in the art of
kissing.

Recalling some of the
sloppy juvenile kissers 1
encountered in my younger
years, I'm inclined to agree.
And they had all their teeth.

You know what? I think
those young Sarnian hockey
players got themselves into a
big pickle over nothing. OF
course, what do you expect?
It’s like my golf partner says:
“That’s what’s wrong with
hockey. The people playing
it are idiots.”

humpers@be.sympatico.ca

North Vancouver (990-2415) or Larry Orr, City of North Vancouver (983-7381).

NORTH VANCOUVER

Violence Prevention Award

for 1999

NORTH VANCOUVER

REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS

The North Shore Together Against Violence. project is a community based effort in which hundreds of volunteers, many voluntary and private organizations,
“and the City and District of North Vancouver, are working together to make our community free of violence. In recognition of these efforts the City of

North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver have established the Violence Prevention Award. The Award is available to an individual, group, or
organization whose event, program or action during 1999 benefited those living and /or working in North Vancouver in one or more of the following ways:

a) increased public awareness of the issue of violence

b} development of strategies to address violence

c). creation of, or amendments to, policies to effectively deal with the issue of violence
d) lasting effect, e.g. long term behavior and attitude change

e) changes in environment which will reduce the likelihood of violence.

Mayor Sarbara A. Sharp ”
Councillor Bill Beli
Councillor John Braithwaite
Councillor Bob Fearnley
Councillor Craig Keating ~
Councillor Darrell Mussatto
Councillor Barbara Perrault :

Nomination forms are available from the two municipal halls. For further information contact Charlene Grant, District of

_ Nominations must be received at one of the two municipal halls by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 24, 2000.

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