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| Thread ID: 58705 | 2005-06-09 10:34:00 | Should I go to the school ball? | Renmoo (66) | PC World Chat |
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| 362462 | 2005-06-09 17:06:00 | Hi James, Judging from your age and interests, I'd say flag the ball. You gotta go next year but give it a miss this year. Im not too knowledgeable on the after ball activties down these ways, but up north where i went to school, the after ball was MASSIVE. It was way better than the ball itself, and wasnt officially a school event. My advice: skip the ball to save the ticket expense and tux fees, and just head straight on over to the after ball and get absolutely wasted and have a hellar good time. If thats your idea of fun. :P |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 362463 | 2005-06-09 18:32:00 | That brought memories flooding back. I can't answer your question, but just some of my memories. They are probably quite amusing today. . My school ball was 59 years ago. Only senior students allowed to go. Strictly monitored by teachers. Nobody went without a partner. Definately no alcahol. My first ride in a taxi where I payed the driver myself. Picking up my partner who was not quite ready. Trying to hold a conversation with her father while I waited. Sitting there holding a flower !!. The ball itself was another experience. Actualy dancing with a girl.!!!! We had been given strict instructions that the teachers had to be able to see daylight between us and the girl while we danced, 11.45 the last waltz and by midnight we were on the way home. Her parents were waiting up for her. Then my first kiss!!! Just a quick peck, but the memory lasted for years. Before the ball memories. Getting dancing lessons from a male teacher while we followed his steps holding a mythical girl. And the hardest parrt of all . Asking her parents,who I had never met before , for permission to take her to the ball. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 362464 | 2005-06-09 18:44:00 | To KatiMike, nope, I don't plan to bring a girl along if I am going to the Ball this year . My thinking is that why should I pay $75 and more for the ball when I can better use it to get another 512MB DDR RAM and slot it into my motherboard and gain extra performance? :rolleyes: One more thing worth mentioned, I can't dance :yuck: Pre-ball and after-ball? I will probably be going for pre-ball, but not after ball . Our school ball last from 7pm to 12am, crazy, huh? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 362465 | 2005-06-09 21:27:00 | To KatiMike, nope, I don't plan to bring a girl along if I am going to the Ball this year. My thinking is that why should I pay $75 and more for the ball when I can better use it to get another 512MB DDR RAM and slot it into my motherboard and gain extra performance? Cheers :) Well how hard is that? Hardware Silly dancing in stuffy clothes Hardware Silly dancing in stuffy clothes Get the hardware |
pctek (84) | ||
| 362466 | 2005-06-09 21:59:00 | If you can't find a girl, try this :- Ballroom dancing is no longer just for the romantic . Japanese researchers have developed a robot capable of taking to the floor by predicting how its human partner will move . The Partner Ballroom Dance Robot - or PBDR in robot talk - has a woman's face, a sensor around its waist and can move in all directions on its three wheels hidden underneath an evening gown . As its partner takes steps, the robot analyses his movements and figures out how to accompany him with its shoulders, elbows, waist and neck . |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 362467 | 2005-06-09 23:00:00 | Problems problems . :groan: As mentioned, if you have to ask James, it probably isn't that important . What are your friends doing? Can you go to the pre-ball / after-ball anyway? Or would that be a bit naff? If you think the experience at this stage in your life won't be enjoyable, then you aren't missing much . On the other hand, if you don't expect much, then you might be suprised and have a great time . Here in Southland, the Ball is almost an interlude between the real fun . All the kids talk about and anticipate going out to dinner, and then rocking on at the after-ball party . The ball itself is almost an inconvenient interruption and noone seems to talk about it much afterwards . The after-ball is the real deal . My own experience was boarding school orientated so any excuse to escape and be with girls was on . :thumbs: But they were very formal affairs and we had to return to prison - sorry, school, afterwards . You should contact a repertory or theatre group and see if they hire tuxes . Repertory in Invercargill do a roaring trade and much cheaper than the hire shops . You see, the hire people donate old tuxes to Repertory for plays etc . Good luck . |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 362468 | 2005-06-09 23:09:00 | Our school ball last from 7pm to 12am, crazy, huh? Cheers :)Sounds like the afterparty will be more fun then! :thumbs: |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 362469 | 2005-06-10 00:33:00 | Before you decide, go to your local video store and hire out "Revenge of the Nerds". It might be enough to persuade you to go....... | plod (107) | ||
| 362470 | 2005-06-10 03:19:00 | Depends on your age whether you go... if you're over 16, you might wanna go for umm... various reasons :thumbs: ;) | wintertide (1306) | ||
| 362471 | 2005-06-10 04:07:00 | Anyone who puts it off till they are of legal age is either mind-warped by religion or just not good at convincing someone to get jiggy with them . Can't imagine anyone with the will and the way would suddenly stop and consult the rule book first . Unless I have daughter at some stage, at which time i will be campaigning to have the law changed to 30, and god help any youngster who seeks to break the law . . . . |
Metla (12) | ||
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