Posted on 06/29/2007 5:20:27 PM PDT by GOP_Raider
For the second week in a row, I will be your host for the Official FR Singles Thread. I'm also doing this from work, which is how I multitask.
Last week, as you remember, I asked the ping list at large about a girl I tried to ask out and was, well, unsuccessful. So recently I checked my email and whenever I do I'm bombarded with links to very vacuous articles like "Green Rednecks, Unite!" and quotes from celebrities (in this particular case Sienna Miller) like "I want to get away from playing wimps and do some kick-ass action". Don't we all?
Anyway, MSN had a perfect, yet really silly, article entitled "New Ways To Ask Someone Out". The premise of this article is to encourage in a creative fashion those of us who are practically scared to death to approach a girl (or guy even) out on a date. Here's one example given in the article:
Ask your intended out on paper…or a paper napkin
Okay, this really isn't "new" per se. Creative...yeah, I guess, but not new. The explanation itself even references this "what's old is new again" line of thinking by saying "Remember those grade school 'Do you like me?' notes you used to pass around?" Yes, I actually do, but this couldn't possibly work for anyone under the age of 12.
Or could it? The ladies of this thread are no doubt familiar with the cheesy pick up lines such as "are you from Tennessee? Because you're the only 10 I see!" (My apologies in advance to anyone from the Volunteer State)I have a theory about this. This had to have worked at least once otherwise it wouldn't have been concocted. Yet, the fact it worked once and everyone else kept using it may mean it lost it's effectiveness somehow--and with such with as that line, who would have guessed it would have gone stale?
I've rambled on long enough. G'head and tell me your great, not so great, Hindenburg style disasters of how you've asked the other sex out or how you've been asked out.
Ping!
Are you`re legs tired ?
Because you`ve been running around in my mind all night.
(barf alert):)
Yes, it worked once and that guy STILL regrets it!
Hey all.
In 62 days, I’ll no longer qualify as a “single.”
Am I still allowed here?
;-)
Serious buyers only...... LOL!
If I could arrange the alphabet, I’d put “U” and “I” together.
Is your name Gillette? ‘Cuz you’re the best a man can get.
I hear La Ceiba is nice
Am I still allowed here?
That all depends, are we invited to the wedding? ;)
I think that line is copyrighted, so be careful who you spring it on.
Virtually, at least.
;-)
Baby, if you were words on a page, you’d be what they call FINE PRINT!
You wish.
My favorite pickup line... I bought 10,000 shares of Google @ $100 each on the IPO.
Gillette, sounds like someone who's pretty sharp!
:)
Can I dance with your date?
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