RANDOM REMINDER

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32474, 8 December 1970, Page 26

RANDOM REMINDER

THIS ABOVE ALL

We have never been in favour of equal rights for women, bless them; they deserve to be pampered and spoilt. Who would gather a bunch of wild violets to sweep down the back porch, or suggest a game of rugby on a field of golden daffodils? No, a woman is a woman, thank goodness; and if she were not, neither would there be a moon, stars in the sky, or any money in brassieres. Which brings us to two particular members of the weaker sex who reside in a southern seaside suburb of Christchurch. Both of them, in round figures, about 38:28:38; and very nice 38:28:38’s too. But where they differ from the normal member of their sex is in their choice of recreation. It began with their gp-

ing to a course on the very elementary workings of a car engine, and from there . they have progressed to doing their own valve grinds and goodness knows what else. Their latest engineering feat is the installation of indicator lights, the blinking type to the front and rear mudguards of a very big, aristocratic old English car. The wiring system was very complex and to thread the wires through to the rear mudguards necessitated one of them wriggling under the chassis. The car is built very low to the ground with a number of bars and bolts, etc., to delay one, but our shapely mechanic inched along, concentrating on where the electric wire was going more than where she herself was.

With the job finished she found herself a long way under the car in a very cramped position indeed. Carefully she tried to inch back to freedom. After moving no more than half a foot, linearly speaking, she realised, because of her position, her gender and her vital statistics; she was stuck. It was a fearsome experience, held down there by this big, black monster of a car, nor had she room to take deep enough breath to shout for help. Much later her accomplice heard her muffled cries. With the aid of a jack the car was raised and the fair mechanic released. Yes, there are certain things about them, fortunately, that will forever bar them from becoming the equal of man.