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Jars of Clay w/ Plumb, 8 p.m., April 24, Township Auditorium. Tickets cost $18.50 (reserved) and are on sale at the Auditorium Box Office and all Capital Ticket outlets. 2512222. Friday, April 24, 1998 ' Pucker t\ college press EXCHANGE 3 ( You're in France. Someone introduces you to a French friend. Do you shake hands, i kiss on the cheek twice, kiss on the cheek ? four times, or employ a "French kiss?" j ^ And what if you're meeting someone of the } w opposite sex? For the first time? In the rain? On t a train? c How France ever became famous for the \ sight of people locked at the hps, each trying to take throat cultures with their tongues, is one j of the great mysteries of the modern era. Sure, j the French kiss a lot, but the standard, every- j day "French kiss" is about as passionate as a t Boy Scout salute, and as erotic as plywood un- j derwear. It wouldn't be considered foreplay in t TTi?1. 1 uian. The French kiss I'm talking about is that , 0 phony air-kiss: You sort of touch cheeks while you make a "kissing sound," something that is * always confused me because I've never ~ not even on late-night cable television - heard anyone make this sound while kissing. < The trick, as far as tourists in France are . concerned, is knowing what kind of air-kiss to give to whom, and when. ( In a French work environment it's simple. There's no kissing, except once at New Year's. Otherwise, everyone shakes hands with everyone else every single day. The tricky part, for * A those at a big office, is to remember who you shook hands with. 5 It's actually common for workers to pass each other in the hall each afternoon and stop * to think if they have shaken hands yet that day. 1 "Have we shaken?" one will ask. "I forget," the 1 other will say. So they shake, just to be sure. [ Step into a social setting, and things get a i little more complex. 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So you're left trying to follow the | )ther air-kisser's lead. | This can be difficult because, unlike danc- | ng, your partner will not give you any clues ibout what comes next. One second you're workng on your air-kissing sound and side-to-side lead bobbing on a four-cheek kiss and the next f ;hing you know the other person (a two:heeker) has finished and has already pulled lack to watch you kiss "Big Air." The number of air kisses varies by region, n the South of France, they air kiss three times, n the north, it's fdur times, except Paris, which s twice ... unless someone is going on a long rip, in which case it could be three or four times, n the rest of France, they generally air kiss wice. And here's a tough one: Should you initiate lir-kissing on their right or left cheek? This delends on the person you're kissing. It's best to vait and see what the other person is going to q lo. You have to proceed, as if playing a game of t, :hicken, straight at a person with your hps in d 'kissing-sound position," and hope that the R rissee will swerve to one side before you plant me on their hps. p However, occasionally, in trying to avoid a Tontal collision, the kissee may overcompen- ^ sate in the turn, leaving your nose imbedded in ;heir ear. & For women in France, the rules are pretty c simple. In a social setting, they almost always g riss both men and women. The only reason not g ;o kiss, other than having a contagious skin "ash on your face (although, as far as the French r ire concerned, this would not necessarily rule ^ nit kissing), is if you are an older woman being j. ntroduced to a much younger man. In which a ;ase, you just jump into bed with him. s It's a little more complex for guys. French piys shake hands when they meet other guys, t lut there are some guys you should kiss. 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(Photo courtesy of Rail Europe). (Above) As f ining out in France, you don't have to kiss the waiti oom in Paris by R. Mathieu, French Government Tc Lot kidding. You don't kiss on the lips the way w loris Yeltsin does when he meets Arafat, how- tl ver. You just air kiss. This occurs when meet- e1 og male relatives and very close male friends a ou haven't seen for a while. And you may al- k o kiss your regular male friends on special oc- e' asions, such as birthdays. These male-to-male ti lir kisses should involve only low-level kissing ounds. E The first time French guys started kissing h ne (during a New Year's party at a friend's place a 0 Grenoble), I was suddenly very aware of who o1 tad shaved and who had not. Given the un- si ivoidable choice, I prefer kissing cleanhaven men. b More odd, however, was the kissing that 01 ook place at the rowing club I briefly joined d ??????????^ GA Security 3 elf < torage Rosewood 1 your goods... ^ joy your summer! 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