Another observation I have made recently, is that when ever two females meet, they always greet each other in conversation based around the same basic formula:

Girl 1: “That’s a nice [X] { where did you get that from? | I think I saw one of those in [Y] }.”
Girl 2: “Thank you! I got it from [Y], it was reduced down to [Z]% off in the sale.”

Where:

• X = An item of clothing, bag, jewelery or hair accessory.
• Y = Shop, Newlook, Next Topshop etc.
• Z = Percentage reduction (note never actually revealing price).

It does not matter what age the girls are, or in fact what they are really wearing, this type of chatter will occur, without fail, within the first 5 minutes of then meeting. The question is, do women then actually remember where the article was brought from and then go to the shops to buy one?

The weekend before last Claire and I went to a wedding, and of course this kind on female greeting ritual was in full force with lots of women with new dresses and handbags. It is not that I am complaining, I daren’t, in fact it is better than us blokes who probably just grunt at each other. I guess this girl conversation is kind of like another form of British weather conversation?

“Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me, il nome mio nessun sapr�! No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dir� quando la luce splender�!” –Luciano Pavarotti, Nessun Dorma