THE GENERATION GAP CIRCA 1960

DATING IN 1960
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> >>> It's the summer of 1960 and Harold goes to pick up
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> >>> his date, Peggy Sue.
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> >>> Harold's a pretty hip guy with his own car and a duck
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> >>> tail hairdo.
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> >>> When he goes to the front door, Peggy Sue's mother
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> >>> answers and invites him in. "Peggy Sue's not ready
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> >>> yet, so why don't you have a seat?" she says.
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> >>> That's cool. Peggy Sue's mother asks Harold what
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> >>> they're planning to do.
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> >>> Harold replies politely that they will probably just
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> >>> go to the malt shop or to a drive in movie.
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> >>> Peggy Sue's mother responds, "Why don't you kids go
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> >>> out and screw? I hear all the kids are doing it."
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> >>> Naturally this comes as quite a surprise to Harold and
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> >>> he says "Wha...aaat?"
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> >>> "Yeah," says Peggy Sue's mother, "We know Peggy Sue
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> >>> really likes to screw; why, she'd screw all night if
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> >>> we let her!"
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> >>> Harold's eyes light up and he smiles from ear to ear.
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> >>> Immediately, he has revised the plans for the evening.
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> >>> A few minutes later, Peggy Sue comes downstairs in her
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> >>> little poodle skirt with Her saddle shoes, and
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> >>> announces that she's ready to go.
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> >>> Almost breathless with anticipation, Harold escorts
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> >>> his date out the front door while Mom is saying, "Have
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> >>> a good Evening kids," with a small wink for Harold.
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> >>> About 20 minutes later, a thoroughly disheveled Peggy
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> >>> Sue rushes back into the house, slams the door behind
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> >>> her and screams at her mother:
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> >>> "Dammit, Mom! The Twist! The Twist! It's called The
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> >>> Twist!"

Later,
Janet