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It's the Haromoni@ New Year Special: Manner's Check!

Yes, we're back! It's a new year, new studio, new games, but the old Hello! Morning feeling. Best episode of the year, so far? Yes!

The girls will be taking part in several tests to see how good their manners are. Split into teams: A – Ai, Sayu, Lin, Reina and Aika & B – Risa, Eri, Jun and Koharu, one member from each will go head-to-head to try and win a point for being the most polite. Their efforts will be judged buy our manners expert.
The prize for the winning team is a big Happy New Year cake.

First up, how do you eat a hamburger? For Team A it's Ai and for Team B it's Eri.
They have a burger wrapped in paper plus a knife, fork and spoon.
Look! It's the old Magic Restaurant set!
Ai takes it out of the wrapping, takes one bit and then just pulls out the lettuce to eat!
Eri unwraps it and rips some paper off of each side. She then folds the rest round the burger, goes to eat it, and puts it's back down!! Then, using a knife and fork, she puts half of the insides on top of one half of the bun and fold it in half to make a mini burger! Oh yeah, then talks to someone who's not even there!!
So, what have they scored in manner points out of 100?
Ai: 0, Eri: 0!!
So, what is the most polite way to eat a burger?:
Hold it in the paper and gently squeeze the bit you're going to bite together. Take a bite and then another next to it to make a 3 shape. Now bit off the pointy bits, and carry on.

Next, what do you do when your boss' wig is wonky? For Team A it's Sayu, and for Team B it's Risa.
Funniest section of the year!
Cabbage will be playing the boss. He comes and sits next to the girls on a train. What will they do?
Sayu just points to things around the train that are worn out to try and ignore his wig... Until it slips off and onto his shoulder! At that point Sayu brushes it off behind the seat!!
Risa starts talking about hair and styles. She says he should style his, and starts to show him, carefully slipping the wig back into place. Clever!
But what is the most polite way to do it? You say "Sorry, excuse me, I need to fix my hair". Hopefully the boss would then check his own hair and realise.
Scores? Sayu: 70, Risa: 85. That's 1 point to the B Team.

The third test, how do you eat corn on the cob? For Team A it's Lin, and for Team B it's Koharu.
They have the corn on a plate, a knife, fork and spoon.
Lin sticks the fork in the end of the cob and pulls off one bit of corn at a time with her fingers!
Koharu just picks it up and sticks her teeth in, like anyone would!
The most polite way to eat it? Hold it on-end with your fork and just cut the corn off with your knife. Simple.
The scores: Lin: 20, a shocked Koharu: 40. That's another point to the B Team.

Forth, what do you do when there are kids playing up on a train? For the A Team it's Reina, and for the B Team it's Jun.
Reina tells the kids that there's on old man over there who might get angry, and then that the police might come. She scores 60 points.
Jun asks them quietly to stop, and then just shouts at them to shut up! She scores 40 points. Finally a point for the A Team.

This is just skipping through pretty fast now as the time's running out. Extend the length of the show again already!

Next up for the fifth test, how do you write a new year's card for your boss? There are rules but they basically skip them. It's Aika for the A Team and Eri for the B Team anyway.
Eri gets 65, Aika gets 90! That's another point for the A Team.

So now it's 2 – 2, all down to this final test to determine the winning team.

It's how do you ring your boyfriend's house? For the A Team it's Reina, and for the B Team it's Risa.
First we get the example of how to do it. There are three main points to remember:
~ Make sure you've called the right number.
~ Say what you are (relation) to the person you're asking for.
~ Apologise, you're calling late.
Reina only gets one point right.
Risa, in her kind polite voice, gets all three points correct.
Reina gets 50 points, Risa gets 95 points. Meaning, da da da daaaa: The B Team win. 3 points to 2.
Bring on the cake!

Happy New Year!

Next week: MouTube! People, doing stupid things, uploaded to the internet. You; what?

This week's credits music is "Mikan", advertising Morning Musume's All Singles Complete DVD.