Posted on 02/19/2009 8:23:15 AM PST by bs9021
Flirtmeister, 101 by: Deborah Lambert, February 19, 2009
In Germany it appears that all work and no play still makes Hans a dull boy. That’s why German IT engineering students at the U. of Potsdam are leaving nothing to chance. Over 400 of them have signed up for a two-week course on the art of flirting.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that the quickie course will provide a broad overview of the topic, including “how to write flirtatious text messages and e-mails, impress people at parties, and cope with rejection.”
Local bon vivant Philip von Senftleben will be teaching the course, which seems to be a perfect avocation for the "”self-described jurist, composer, journalist and businessman . . . whose website, The Flirter, bills him as ‘the Womanizer.’”
While Herr von Senftleben makes no claims that all his students will attain Don Juan status, he says that a healthy understanding of body language and presentation skills will certainly arm them with the basic tools to succeed.
So far, the most difficult part of the course might be figuring out whether you passed or failed. After all...
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreportonline.net ...
Does that mean nobody else would describe him as any of those things? Like the goofball on a thread yesterday who claimed he was a writer (using his real name), and had a whopping three blog posts "written" when I googled him ...
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