A very creative soul over at Batteries Feel Included has outlined their suggested 17 Steps towards resolving the following common predicament:
So, you’re in love with one of your friends, but she has a boyfriend and probably wouldn’t have sex with you anyway.
Manipulating one’s assumptions with regard to the commonly held assertion of time as a linear progression lies at the heart of this ploy. For example, the author cites the following under Step 11:
Step Eleven: Pause for ten seconds to allow the incrediblness of the situation to sink in. There will be no reason for her to doubt your claim, because your beard will make you appear many years older and your cuts would add weight to the idea that you’ve come from a post-apocalyptic future where a war is currently taking place.
Read the full list over at Batteries Feel Included.
Rob lives and works in the town of Jackson, MS where he leads the interactive department at an awesome advertising and branding agency. Life is slower than most places in Mississippi, and Rob tends to like it that way. Some of his favorite life experiences include sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a 44ft sloop, learning to speak Swahili while living along the lower slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and zipping along the curviest of Mississippi country roads in his VW Rabbit.