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November 19, 2005
For God's sake, put some clothes on
There is a frost so thick covering everything this morning, you could almost mistake it for snow. Last night must have been the coldest of this year by far.
Yet, on my way, to the paper shop last night - a journey of perhaps a mere 30 yards which nevertheless left me frozen to the marrow - I passed a couple of young girls on their way to one, or many, of the bars on South Road wearing only jeans and sleeveless t-shirts.
Ye gods, are they mad?
Now I know what all the orange make-up is for, it's to cover up the blue tinge to the skin.
I know being a teenager is a lot about looking good but can't they look good in a coat? Could Ralph Lauren or Dolce & Gabbana really not manage to design a coat between them.....? Maybe all of us mothers of teenage girls should have a quiet word in their ears.
My own teenage daughter was leaving the house as I returned, wearing a sleeveless t-shirt I grant you but also sporting a very fashionable, very warm COAT. She has her head screwed on that one.
All joking aside, I honestly wonder whether some of these girls make it home the next day. As the night wears on and the temperature drops and their blood is being steadily thinned by alcohol there must be a real danger of hypothermia. I keep hearing people saying it's going to be a cold, cold winter - tonight's forecast in Liverpool predicts temperatures down to minus five - I really wonder whether they'll all make it home.
Posted by lilliebet at November 19, 2005 07:51 AM
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