Food For Thought

Urban Knights

Night falls and the bright lights of the city come on. The city takes on a new kind of life. Zoom in to the various nightspots, crammed with all sorts of nocturnal activities. In the more popular watering holes are a bevy of beauties, some so beautiful that they could make grown men cry. They undulate about, each trying to attract the most attention. The men, single and otherwise, follow them discreetly with their eyes, or so they think until a frown from a partner or a grin from a friend catches them out.

In walks in Tom, Dick and Harry and they immediately become the centre of attention of the bevy of beauties. Tom is a gregarious fellow and immediately sets about spending on his new found date. Dick is a rather stingy sort but for the chance to score big with the ladies will spend vast amounts of cash. Besides, he secretly competed with Tom; he resented the fact that everything seemed to come to Tom far more smoothly than him. Harry was a combination of Tom and Dick but a little more laid back.

One of the beauties demanded for a drink. With an appraising glance Harry wanted to know why. Taken aback she gave some lame response about it being her right as a woman. Harry didn’t even bother to respond to her line of logic and proceeded to order two drinks then made is way to a colleague he knew was willing to buy her own drinks. He wondered who the bigger riffraff was, the one who couldn’t see that he was being taken for a ride, the one who was willingly taken for a ride, or the one doing the riding.