Breaking the Ice
The first words you ever say to someone are usually the hardest, especially if you consciously want to meet them. Unfortunately, if you are thinking about pursuing a longer-term relationship (longer than 30 seconds, that is) with that unknown person, the first words are often used to judge whether or not they actually want to talk to you. Hence, Man created the Pick-up Line.
I’m not one to use Lines, but recently I was involved in an “insightful” conversation with a random girl in a bar who was an adamant proponent of them. After giving her spiel on the importance of Pick-up Lines in today’s social scene (personality insight, efficiency, yadda, yadda, yadda), she divulged that the best Line ever used on her was, in a British accent, “Darling, you have ankles like a racehorse.”
“Ankles like a racehorse?” Since when has being compared to animals been something that makes women swoon and want to continue a conversation? Exactly what type of anatomy/animal comparisons are okay to make? I wouldn’t doubt it was the British accent that did her in; he probably could have said anything and gotten away with it.
Personally, I’m going to stick with a simple smile and, “Hey, how’s it going,” but for that person who needs a Line before getting involved with my blog, “Darling, you have cheeks like an ass.” (said in a British accent, of course)
October 15th, 2005 |
Playing Mr Higgins
If the British accent was so British as to have impressed the damsel I suspect the person to be having in him an Indian Gene! No Cockney, York or a Jordy accent can ever be impressive let alone be called ‘British’. VS Naipaul once said that the last Englishman alive would be an Indian. He was referring to our very British speech (atleast those bred and brought up with public school education).
Further evidence comes from his singing praise of the female form compairing it with animals and birds . We Indians call beautiful eyes as ‘Mrignainy’ and a sensuous walk as that of a ‘Hirni’ (both referring to the deer) and an enchanting voice is compared to a ‘Koyal’ (a bird), a sharp nose with a parrot’s beak and light shades of the cornea with those of a cat.
So I suspect an Indian Gene in the so-called British lad.
But comparing ankles to racehorses brings in yet another dimension. Did the lad have an Arab gene? Why not! He was used to being with racehorses and unabashedly presuming that irrespective of his opening line the lass would be adequately impressed if not by his accent then by his opulence (they have plenty of that).
So I suspect an Indian Gene in the so-called British lad.
So playing Higgins I would say that our ‘British Lad’ was a second generation immigrant (by the third generation total integration takes place) with an Indian mother (still using Hindi at home) and father with some Arab lineage (British mother Arab father) still having the family jewels in his name.
Best of luck ‘My Fair Lady’
August 14th, 2005 |
Ever see that seinfeld episode where george finds out that a guy who is basically his twin (Neil) managed to get himself a hot girlfriend? George asks this girl all these questions to find out how Neil pulled it off…all the while being completely oblivious to the fact that she’s coming on to him. Anyone else see an analogy here?
August 14th, 2005 |
that should be ‘cheeks like an arse’
August 14th, 2005 |
Oh, how odd… I saw this IP address in my web stats that I didn’t recognize, so i clicked on it…and lo and behold, it’s you! Lookin’ good, dude…lookin’ good…
Maybe racehorses have really delicate ankles? That’s the only thing I can think of. Or maybe she was just thrilled he didn’t say, “Darling, you have ankles like a rhinoceros.” Did you get a good look at her ankles?