Question.

How would you start a conversation with a person of the opposite gender who you saw for the first time while walking through a street?

"If your left leg is Easter and your right is Christmas, can I visit between the holidays?"
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I'm not very good at first impressions, it takes me a while to get all their mannerisms down

Hmm, I was looking for something with less pepper spray in the face.

Walk toward her from the front so she sees you coming. You don't want to startle her. When in voice range, but not too close (10 to 20 feet), stop and say "Hi, you look like someone I would like to know better. May we talk for a minute?" If she looks accepting, move closer. If not, say politely, "Thank you anyway" and walk off.

Nothing else is like a direct approach with honesty. If she responds to that, you have something worthwhile.

You can:
- ask her for directions for a place you know that she knows you just walked-by and left behind. Any landmark will do, or even a restaurant that might be standing right in front of her eyes but behind your head. That way, not only she'll be amused by the silliness of your dilemma, but you'll tap on her desire to help someone in obvious need of basic directions. If you put it the right way, she might even giggle at you right there on the spot. It works every time, man! Or
- Take out your digital camera and ask her if she can take your picture. After she complyes ask her if you can put her on your next picture. Easy!!!

For some reason I get the impression that the folks here at BM do not get with very many women =)

Ohh but the directions thing really does work nicely. I usually don't start the conversations, but girls ask me if I know of "any place to eat around here." Every time a girl has asked me, I end up getting lunch with them, you might want to give that a shot.

I was amused by the thread thats all. Surely the book "Get laid before breakfast - guaranteed!" would be of help, if it doesn't exist then I'd be surprised

I would buy a copy...

First you brag about your expertise with the ladies, and then you say you're willing to buy a book on how to get the ladies. Which one is is? If you got them already licking at your hand, why try to fix what's not broken?

The key word is "laid." Meeting a girl is one thing, making it happen is another. I have yet to figure out how to give off the one night stand vibe instead of the long term vibe...

Backwards for me. I can never meet anyone interested in actual commitment. Just sex sex sex. >_>

Poor you!

May I suggest, then, adopting a commitment to sex? ; )