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Re: The Dreaded Third Date Rule

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From: takworld
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 00:00
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Alex Osinski wrote:
> 
> chiwito@netcom.com (brian r. mcdonald) wrote:
> >Steve Mueller (steve.mueller@caere.com) wrote:
> >
> >:    No, get a Corvette, Ferrari, Porsche, etc.  Then put the hood up in a
> >: big parking lot and act baffled.... :-)
> >
> >       this'd work, but it's risky. given the ratio of guys-who-know-
> >their-way-around-under-the-hood to guys-who-wanna-make-ruth-Think-that-
> >they-know-their-way-around-under-the-hood, taking a perfectly operating
> >vette and subjecting it to the attentions of a bunch of random males
> >trying to impress the owner could well turn said vehicle into something
> >which will help the lady in question meet a lot of tow truck operators
> >over the next few weeks. some things are better left to the writers
> >of Home Improvement and not tried at home.
> >
> I beg to differ. The game works like this, she finds a place frequented
> by the target population of desireable males pulls into the parking lot
> and pops the hood and yanks a wire. The first guy to correctly guess (and
> fix) what is wrong gets the date. It is all a fairly simple test of what
> should be manly knowledge and serves to filter out the less able males in
> the gene pool. :>

What happens if another woman who knows about cars happens along and 
fixes said bogus broken car, does the damsel in shining armor win a 
date too?  In this town, it could happen (and the guys might be even 
more interested in seeing that).
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From: takworld <takworld@sirius.com>
Subject: Re: The Dreaded Third Date Rule
Date: 1996/05/19
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