"They pulled the plug on us so Mousie could play his Jivers!"

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I was now going to learn about 'culture.' Firstly, there were only two types of people 'Teds' and 'Smoothies'. Teds were the good guys and deserved respect. Smoothies were trendy types and were worthy of derision. Next up, clothes. A Ted must have a 'drape'. This is a ¾ length jacket that has velvet on the collar, cuffs and pocket. A 'purist' Ted will only wear a black Edwardian style jacket. A 1970s Ted may wear coloured jackets, black and blue for example. The worst ones would be pink and black or lime green. Shoes would be plain black for the purist and 'brothel creepers' for the 70s Ted. The purist would top it off with a nice tie. The 70s Ted would have a 'bootlace tie'. Next, Music. I found out that ONLY some music could be listened to, most was out of bounds. To know what was acceptable, one had to know the system. The system consisted of 'Rock and Roll', 'non Rock and Roll' and 'plastics'. Any 50s Rock and Roll was OK. Teds also like British Rock and Roll. Teds don't like non-Rock and Roll. The final category is a red rag to a bull for a Ted, the 'plastic'. A plastic is someone who thinks he's a Ted but is actually a phoney. The plastics are hate figures for the Teds.

So who decides, what's Rock and Roll or plastic? The Teds do.