Let me set the scene by telling you a little more about the
Wan Chai hash.
Each hash has a distinct character. Wan Chai’s is very
clear. It was founded in the late 70s on Sunday afternoons by expat middle-aged
men in order to meet young Filipinas, whose day off is Sunday. Year one yielded
7 marriages and the hash still has many such couples.
Creepy? Perhaps sometimes, but the hash has a fun vibe; no-one is forced to go; and we are talking marriages, not some kind of running-cum-swinging
club.
Nonetheless. This lends the hash a carry on, sexual
innuendo-laden air that would be condemned as misogynistic at home.
So!
That is why a fine relating to ‘twerking’ occurred. Twerking
is a dance-craze (youtube it) based on shaking the bottom in a bouncing motion, causing it to wobble and jiggle.
One of the convenors had found out about it, and asked for 3 ladies to demonstrate.
He picked two of the most attractive Filinpinas, and dragged Claire up to make
up the racial quota as an also-ran…so he thought.
Determined not to
be shown up and be a good sport, on request Claire went for it. The tiny
Filipinas were blown out of the water, to hoots of surprise and uncomfortably
salacious delight. Her strong dancer’s legs meant she bounced in a way that can
only be described (sorry parents) as mesmerisingly pneumatic.
And so, in a
trice, a name was born. A play on words with her twerking prowess and role as
breadwinner to my Guy Tai, Claire was christened under the baptysmal beer as Shake Your Moneymaker.
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