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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Opening Lines
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Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 21:55:47 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 24 21:55:47 1985
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Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
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In article  greid@adobe.UUCP (Glenn Reid) writes:
>The whole trick to opening lines is just to be an interesting, magical
>person who always says the right thing.  Anything can be the right line
>if you are cool, and if you are not, quoting Humphrey Bogart or Greg
>Woods will not buy you, well, 'tweet', as they say in Maine.

True.  But making the initial contact is the hardest part.
A clever and appropriate introduction is sometimes all you need
to give yourself enough courage to go ahead.

>Quick linesmanship boils down to "how fast can you accurately assess this
>situtation?"  (and a little bit of "can I stick my nose in without pissing
>anybody off?").  Once in, you're on stage, and the first 30 seconds counts.
>You have to justify your reason for existence and be able to adequately 
>explain why you have just disrupted someone else's life, and you have a 
>very short time period in which to be convincing.

Sort of like making a television commercial!  This is why it's so difficult.
It's easier though, if you have experience.  If you don't have experience,
the next best thing is to get expert coaching from someone who has.

>In other words, it is a very low probability technique, used to advantage
>only by those people who enjoy it, and who usually have very little 
>interest in the outcome.

Also true.  Keep in mind that since you don't even _KNOW_ the attractive
stranger you are approaching, it can't matter very much if you're rejected.

	Frank Silbermann