Marking Time

California was at this dinner the other night, a big one, and he walked out with a guy after who had to catch a bus to go to a singles dance and so California drove him there and the guy said he went to them a lot and California asked why he didn’t get the rich ladies to pick him up and take him there and then home and he said that’d mean I’m obligated and sure he would but only to be nice and conversational and who wouldn’t do that for a ride to a dance and Gibb said, because you could tell he didn’t cook, that they’d bring food over to his digs if he’d ask and they’d be happy to do it because the ladies are going to the dance to be held by the men but he didn’t get it because he’s just marking time and he couldn’t STAY LOOSE because if he was loose and into LEADERSHIP he’d ask the ladies if he could look in their purses and they’d laugh and some would let him and he’d start showing some moxie in dealing with gals that want his company if the men would only lead and not be like this one codger at the dinner who starts sitting down and asks his wife if this is OK and she walks further along and picks out where they finally sit and that’s pretty typical of so many man who’ve seemed to have lost their masculinity.