My OperaField Research
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:23:27 AM
Today’s post is a rerun of sorts.
I was tooling around on FB and ran across a note I posted there sometime last year.
I do need to provide a little bit of background before you read it to help it make sense.
I was sent to Rock Springs, WY to work for six weeks last year and ended up staying for eight months. During the time that I was there I made a lot of new friends, whom I went out with on a regular basis.
At the same time, since I spent a lot of hours just hanging out in my hotel room, I also spent a good bit of time on FB. This allowed me to stay in touch with all of my friends back home. I also managed to reconnect with some High School friends through FB at the same time.
One of these reconnects that I made was a lady who was a year behind me in school and at one point she reminded me of something that I did in school. At one point in school, probably my junior or senior year, I decided that I needed to develop a “growl”. Now originally what I had wanted to do was to learn how to “purr” like a cat. However I never could figure out how to do that. So I settled instead for a very soft, low pitch growl that emanated from deep with in my throat.
Being a man who appreciates the ladies (even way back then), I soon learned that high school girls had a certain positive reaction to this growl. I would slip up behind these young ladies, or sometimes just walk up to them, place my face next to their ear and “growl” for them. It was all in fun but there were a few times when I used it while “watching the submarine races” down at the lake with a girl.
The reminder of how I use to growl in the ears of the girls while I was in high school raised a couple of questions. First, could I still growl? Second, what kind of reaction would this growl entice from an adult woman, if it were presented by an adult male?
The other part of this note has to do with cheesy pick up lines. I had gotten in to a habit of posting a cheesy pick up line on my FB page everyday.
Eventually it was decided that I needed to do a field study. My mission was to try out a cheesy pick up line one evening on several women to determine what type of reactions it would trigger. The second part of the mission was to try out “the growl” on several women and record those responses as well.
The remainder of this post is the results of that field research as reported the following day. (It's short.)
Till Next Time,
Gramps
I was tooling around on FB and ran across a note I posted there sometime last year.
I do need to provide a little bit of background before you read it to help it make sense.
I was sent to Rock Springs, WY to work for six weeks last year and ended up staying for eight months. During the time that I was there I made a lot of new friends, whom I went out with on a regular basis.
At the same time, since I spent a lot of hours just hanging out in my hotel room, I also spent a good bit of time on FB. This allowed me to stay in touch with all of my friends back home. I also managed to reconnect with some High School friends through FB at the same time.
One of these reconnects that I made was a lady who was a year behind me in school and at one point she reminded me of something that I did in school. At one point in school, probably my junior or senior year, I decided that I needed to develop a “growl”. Now originally what I had wanted to do was to learn how to “purr” like a cat. However I never could figure out how to do that. So I settled instead for a very soft, low pitch growl that emanated from deep with in my throat.
Being a man who appreciates the ladies (even way back then), I soon learned that high school girls had a certain positive reaction to this growl. I would slip up behind these young ladies, or sometimes just walk up to them, place my face next to their ear and “growl” for them. It was all in fun but there were a few times when I used it while “watching the submarine races” down at the lake with a girl.
The reminder of how I use to growl in the ears of the girls while I was in high school raised a couple of questions. First, could I still growl? Second, what kind of reaction would this growl entice from an adult woman, if it were presented by an adult male?
The other part of this note has to do with cheesy pick up lines. I had gotten in to a habit of posting a cheesy pick up line on my FB page everyday.
Eventually it was decided that I needed to do a field study. My mission was to try out a cheesy pick up line one evening on several women to determine what type of reactions it would trigger. The second part of the mission was to try out “the growl” on several women and record those responses as well.
The remainder of this post is the results of that field research as reported the following day. (It's short.)
Till Next Time,
Gramps
Cheesy Pick up line (If I had a nickel for every woman I've met that was as beautiful as you, I'd have five cents.) Results
1. If the woman already knows you "That's cute", "That's corny", "You're hilarious" or words to the effect of one of those.
2. If the woman doesn't already know you. "Are you serious?", "Who put you up to this?", "I love that accent, where are you from?", "Well a nickel isn't gonna buy me a drink, now is it?", "Please go away and leave me alone."
Growling in a girls ear, though I must admit I still don't have this back to its original level yet. Therefore I may have tested this too early and may need to retest it in the future after more practice.
1. If the girl already knows you, "You are a trip, (followed by laughter)", "Stop it!", (Shriek) "That gave me goose bumps, quit it!", "You nerd.", "You know that might actually be cool in bed."
2. If the girl doesn't already know you and you sneak up on them from behind. "Get away from me you freak!" (followed by a hard slap across the face). Testing was inexplicably discontinued at this point. No further data available.
**Note** One gay male who insisted on being a part of this test since everyone else at the table got to take part responded in a VERY positive. "Oh God, That makes me so hot. I like that. I know you're not gay but would you consider bi? At least for one evening?"
*Female who said that it might be cool in bed, confirmed her hypothesis later that evening.
While it is generally believed that Old White men can't dance research has uncovered the following information: IF "Shake your groove thing" by Peaches and Herb is playing AND there is a female present that A) knows how AND B) is willing to do the 'bump' "some" old white men still got it and are damn good at it.
Well gang, that is the latest update based on the latest research. I hope that answers some of your questions.
Stardancer # Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:06:25 AM
Worst pickup line I ever heard: "Girl, you make my mouth water!" :groan:
Thanks, Gramps. Made my day!
Coloneldale # Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:20:21 AM
Stardancer # Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:27:22 AM
That's just downright devious, Gramps.