"Charm school" helps men perfect the pick-up

Yahoo! News ^ | Mon Aug 14, 8:59 AM ET | Matthew Verrinder

[Larry Lucido]

And whatever you do, don't "ad lib" on the answering machine!

[Calpernia]

Looks like the school has locations in:

New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, London, and Sydney.

So far.

[sgtbono2002]

Just what groove do you want to get your tongue into?

[HIDEK6]

Does that steam-coming-out-the-ears icon mean no or yes?

[Mr. Jeeves]

Talking to a beautiful woman is enough to make the hardest man wilt. Everything he says to her makes him sound like an idiot.

Only if he has accepted as true the myth that she has more value than he does - that her body is a rare and precious commodity, while his is something that might as well be tossed in the trash; that her feelings are paramount, and his don't matter at all.

And I don't know why any man would believe something like that, except that in modern times it's the nonstop message he gets from television, the Church, corporate management, the government, and second generation feminists...that's all. ;)

It's usually the semi-criminal "bad boys" whose rejection of societal norms lead them to automatically refuse to buy into this myth...which is precisely why women find them so attractive.

[Calpernia]

I'm a New Jersey woman. The steam was for your nudgy comment implied of Jersey women.

[Fred Hayek]

Uh...hey baby. Uh-hu-hu-huh. Wanna like....do it?"

About as bad as my parody line:
Yo, Bimbo!
I'm Mr. Sleaze
I'm what you want and
I'm what you need.
We go to my place
We do the wild thing
And then after that
I'll slap you 'round some

best done with the seventies gold chains. Throw in some tall tales about being a drug dealer. Bad boy image is the key.

Mind you this is just a parody. The scary thing is - it works! Any woman that would fall for such a line I would not be interested in.

[HIDEK6]

LOL!

[HIDEK6]

So will you get me a beer as long as you're up?

[GarySpFc]

Just go to Russia. The women there just fall into your lap. In fact you'd almost have to beat them away with a stick.

I had a beautiful este lauder district manager tell me Russian ladies are in her opinion the prettiest in the world. The success rate for men going to Russia can be explained by the fact there is a shortage of good Russian men. Russian men are either married, drunk, or both.

If you go there looking for sex, then you almost certainly will come home with a beautiful wife...a prostitute, and in the near future a divorce. However, if you go looking for a good friend, then you will come home with a very inteligent friend...and beautiful wife. My Russian wife has two masters degrees. Yes, she is beautiful.

[Lazamataz]

Talking to a beautiful woman is enough to make the hardest man wilt.

There's something really weird that happens sometimes. Like, right now, I am dating a really beautiful and sweet-natured woman. It's so easy to be around her. I feel accepted for who I am.

Then there's this other girl who I used to have a crush on. She's actually not quite as pretty, and DEFINITELY not as sweet. I feel very awkward around her.

It's not beauty, it's about chemistry. I have great chemistry with my girl. The other one, it could never have worked.

[Liz]

My favorite line.....and most successful: "So, will those red shoes take me all the way to Kansas?"

That's ironic----it's Tommy's fave line, too. Right, Tom? LOL.

[Quilla]

Yea, but can they teach you to dance. ;-)

[Lurker]

I wondered how long that was going to take.

L

[Calpernia]

[NaughtiusMaximus]

The 23-year-old documentary filmmaker, who asked his last name not be used for fear of ridicule, suffers from an acute case of "premature ejectulation"

Why "Ben." Why not "Fast Eddie."

[dmz]

Some of the worst:
______

Can't forget the ole:

If I told you that you have a nice body, would you hold it against me?

[HIDEK6]

Stop it. I'm a married man.

(The demonstration is now concluded. All you loser guys can send Jim Robinson the $1,600.)

[Lazamataz]

Men have tried everything to win a woman's love.

That's silly. Just work on yourself and you will attract love.

And love comes in many forms. I feel happy when I am loved by friends. I feel happy that I am loved by G-d.

And occasionally, I feel happy that I am loved by Amber Storm and Fawn Sleekride from the Pink Pony Strip Club.

[7thson]

That's exactly what I thought!