European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Trendy Guys know the Greasy look drives babes wild Mike Royko Tribune Media service t iming is everything a slats Robnik said. A in trends , you and me were Way ahead of our times As trendy Guys.�?�. Us trendy a sure. You remember when we were punks what we put on our hair before we combed it a yes i remember it with great disgust. I was partial to brilliantine and the oily look and As i recall you used Axle grease from Piat Rowski a Gas station and garage. A nah i used pure Petroleum Jelly from the drugstore. Boy one glob of that stuff and my hair would have stayed in place in a Tornado. And you remember How often we used to Wash our hair a As often As we washed the rest of ourselves which was once a week. Quot that a right. The regular saturday Bath whether we needed one or not. Of course if it was a hot summer and we played four or five softball games on a Dusty Diamond i used to Wash my feet on wednesday you always were a fastidious lad. America s National Parks Are being eaten up by an overpopulation of Deer and something must be done about it. Page 18. A yeah but not our hair. We put that stuff on our Heads every Day and it just kind of built up layer after layer of goop. I remember once a Bat flew into my hair. Died on instant what has provoked these memories a because i happened to read a Wall Street journal somebody left on the bar and there was a Story in it about How the Rofcal trendy thing out in . And in new York is to have a real Greasy dirty hair look. There Are movie stars who have stopped washing their hair and some of the fancy hair joints arc fixing people so that they look Greaser and dirtier than when they came in. They even sell stuff that gives you an instant Greasy Why would anyone want their hair to look Greasy and dirty a Well we used to did no to we a no. We did no to know any better. We thought we looked Cool. And because nobody in the neighbourhood had showers washing our hair meant sticking our Heads in the Kitchen sink which could be uncomfortable if there w Erc pots and pans there. A yeah i guess so. But now its considered a a to look like a Slob a a sure Here Lemma read you what this big time Hairdresser out there says. Guy by the name of Victor the says a the whole look is eroticism. Its very Anima Listic. Its aggressive. That a the whole purpose of not washing the hair so much. You Are allowing yourself to secrete your own a who Doya like that huh Way Back when you and me had the eroticism look. We were you May be right. I remember the time a gym contents teacher told us we smelled like a couple of skunks so that s Anima Listic. A nah what that Means is that we must of had that natural sexy am. Al Quality like Marlon Brando had in a Streetcar named a then Why was it that when we asked girls for dates they called us geeks and Greas balls Quot because the babes in our neighbourhood did t have no sense of style. They did no to recognize that we were wild and trendy Guys secreting our own oils and being Anima Listic. That a Why they All. Ended up marrying yahoos and now they got thick Ankles and Blue veins. Hah the laughs on a a a a a. V a a a a a a. A. 1 still find it hard to believe that anyone would choose to have hair that looks like it was dipped in a crankcase. And that a female would find it appealing. A it must be so. I guess if you got the look the doll will say a of your hair looks so oily and Anima Listic As if you arc secreting your own oils. And the smell. My its As if a mouse died in it. May i run my fingers through it wait ill fetch a surgical Quot a i Hope this does no to mean you re tempted to give this trend a try. Pm in Tell you the truth i did. I went out and got some of the old Clear Jelly and rubbed it All Over the top of my head. Then 1 asked my wife what she thought.�?�. What did she think Quot she said she thought i needed a new style hat to go with my new style head and she went out 4ind bought it for what kind of hat Quot a Bowling bag.�?�. Cover Sherilyn Fenn reveals a murder in the Long awaited premiere of a a twin teams. A Page 10. Observations. 3 was Martin Luther King or. A Bowler Flushing toilets and belgian secrets \ what a it about .4 a Short descriptions of coming movies featured of 5 looking at the Gulf crisis through to s eyes on videos a a a a a a a a a a hardware a a an mtg ish thriller to Talback. 7 questions about tvs famous and not so this weeks films. 8-9 to Dis a Rocky Vuis a pits Complete cafes circuit listings on television .10 How much news is too much letters from readers television listings. 11-14 local Cable and satellite schedules trends .15 versatile to shirts never out of style .ooks117 Best Sellers and reviews James j. Kilpatrick Fields complaints science and the world. 18 the cause of hiccups and Why Moon is visible at a glance Egypt a Odds amp ends. 19 Clear your memory for important stuff genealogy and Horoscope. Last Lugii. 24 Dave Barry cartoons from around the world Colleen Mccullough s latest Book has caught ancient Rome with its pants Down find out How on Page 16. To plus is a weekly supplement of the stars and stripes editors John Taylor. Sarah Bottorff Art director Sharon Kilday production Lisa Williams Denise Adams editorial assistance Louis Pierce Marian Hamilton c to plus sunday january 20, 1991observations King deserves better than a Bowling tourney Dee Dee Arrington Doke a a a a a a staff writer of to i he Man i was interviewing knew about i Blacks need for jobs. He was knowl i Edge Abl about economic Dis criminal m Tion and drug use. Buhac burning question on my Milid was did Martin Luther King or. Bowl the question had been bothering me. I tried to picture the rights Leader in two toned Bowling shoes and a Matching Satin shirt the kind a Marty s spare shirt with fluorescent Green thread. The picture did no to seem quite right. Neither did an image of King telling the folks on his team that they a have to get a substitute for him next league night because he had an important civil rights March to make Miles away. So what so a lot i think. A week before the King Holiday last year the january Holiday that observes his birth every a a what a happening in your Community break on an was filled with events named for him. There were luncheons and dinners breakfasts and Book displays. And there was a Martin Luther King or. Memorial Bowling i Hadnot heard it myself 1 have believed it. Mind you. In be got nothing against Bowling. I m even in a league. But Bowling itself Isnit the Issue. Trivializing the life of a serious Man who accomplished be. Rious things and died for them is. It s like holding a Bobhy Kennedy memorial pie eating contest or an Abraham Lincoln memorial fashion show. I done to believe that he Bowling tournament s organizers meant any disrespect to King. They probably came up with the idea after some com Unander directed his Community to gear Holiday activities to a Martin Luther King if. Theme. Sign up Here folks for the civil rights Osvi a Rama to be honest the Bowling tournament Wasny to the Only strange of Weirdo event to come out of this there were basketball and volleyball matches As Well. And in Arizona slate residents did t observe a Martin Luther King or. Anything a no milk or. Blue plate specials diners no closeout sales at the local department store or even a miniature Golf tournament not to mention a Day off. But those of us who do live in an area where his birthday is honoured still Are clearly uncomfortable with this Holiday. We done to know what to do with it. A a. A. A a. -. The Rev. Viiu Holley a civil rights Teader 1 1 to May have had the Best idea yet go to work to Call attention to the Joh Many Blacks done to have. It was Holley i asked if King had been a Bowler. Holley said Early in the interview that head. Worked with King years and years ago and 1 figured head know. Puzzled he said head seen King read and watch television but head never known him to bowl. I told him i was just curious. A. Where of where is Belgium Mary Hertzog guest the other Day my 8-Ycar-Oid asked a where in Germany is Belgium a. You May think a ooh How cute except for one Small item. We happen to live in Belgium. This is not one Little girls misinterpretation of Basic geography its a prevalent Phenomena. Two years ago my husband called his Branch and asked if we could finally get a tour overseas i wont count the unaccompanied in Korea. The assignment officer informed us that Germany had no slots in my husbands specially but would we consider Belgium Isnit Belgium also in Europe maybe not. When we checked with the fort Campbell Hospital for acc Essary shots for Belgium they had to a a research the requirements. Were there diseases in Belgium that weren to found in the rest of the free world when i informed my gynaecologist hint a supposed to be educated that we were moving overseas to Belgium he replied that it seemed exciting and asked just where in Africa. Belgium was undaunted we read travel books on Belgium the local Library had one and signed up for French head Start classes. A neighbor boy told my then fourth Grade son it was too bad we were going to Belgium instead of Germany. It seems that when you go to Germany you get sent to the a american part and you done to need Cha Start. Moving Day also proved the Point when the movers bade Farewell by saying that they hoped we enjoyed our tour in Germany. I reminded them that we were going to Belgium. They replied a same i have found in the year we have been Here that Belgium has two. Things in common with Germany. We get the same programs on an and we Are on the same continent. Belgium does no to have Bavaria but it does have Bruges it does no to have Berlin but Bastogne. It does no to have schnitzel but to ulcer no a Rich a Ochtel but a a pc void raise not Brutchen but croissants. It does no to have cuckoo clocks but rather lace it has francs not Marks and Aulo routes not autobahn. Belgium Isnit much bigger than the state of Maryland but has far More people. And its a great place to live especially when people figure out where you Are. Mary Hertzog is a military family member whose husband is assigned to supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons Belgium. The mystery of the simple flush Becky forester Watts. Guest i ave been spoiled by american bathroom toilets in America arc standardized. They Are usually White and almost always bolted to the floor Here in Europe the toilet in my House hangs off the Wall. Its a great convenience when i mop the floor but i fear what might happen if instead of my 130 pounds there were 300 pounds silting there a ugh bolted to the floor seems much safer. A. Then there is the matter of flush ers. Flashers in America Are standardized. Flushing the something i took for granted a before i arrived in Europe. On the front of every tank in America is a Silver handle. They All operate the same Way with Only a varying degree of jiggle required depending on the age. The handle was obvious although sometimes camouflaged by a Ocolor coordinated fuzzy covers and easy to use. Not so Here. How do i flush thee let me count the ways push a Button pull a Chain press a lever lilt a Knob step on a Button push a Wall plate or just stand up motion detectors. That s seven ways to hush a toilet and i m sure there Are Nune. Done to get me wrong in mall in favor of creativity and self expression in. Product design. Its just that toilet manufacturers in Europe need to realize that people Are creatures of simple habits. There is something disconcerting about having to figure out the flush ing mechanism for every toilet you use. A a a i be spent minutes searching the surrounding Walls looking Lor a ban die to push a Knob to pull or a lever to press Only to find it on the floor. But out of All my experiences it s the a just Island up flashers that take the cake a what an unexpected experience. I must say 1 prefer the predictability of american toilets. Air Force tech sol. Bocky f Rostor i its is assigned to Headquarters of Allied forces Central Europe in the Netherlands. A a what s your number the sunday Magazine has received a a it Ood response to its request for guest columnists a except in one area. Writers Are reminded to in elude a Telephone number where they can be contacted during the Day it is needed to Speed up the process of getting their columns into 20. 1991 sunday to plug c Pace 3
