Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!albano From: albano@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Opening Lines Message-ID: <6028@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 01:31:30 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.6028 Posted: Mon Jun 17 01:31:30 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Jun-85 02:17:59 EDT References: <5894@ucla-cs.ARPA> <165@gymble.UUCP> <127@agrigene.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 24 > > A good "opening line" is a nonchalant backscratch late in the > > afternoon when the other person has been sitting at their > > terminal for too long. But you should probably know them > > before then. Maybe this is a way to turn a simple friendship > > into "I'd like to get to know you better." > > Beth Katz > > You probably should know then before then, indeed. In some states a > backscratch to a stranger may, in the eyes of the law, be a form of sexual > assault. > Its OK if you already know the person a bit, but that would be a "changing > direction" line, not an opening line, as I see it. For the less shy, how about > an offer of a foot or back massage (:-). > > -- > > Barry Buchbinder > Agrigenetics Corp. > 5649 E. Buckeye Rd. > Madison, WI 53716 USA > (608)221-5000 > {seismo,ihnp4,harpo}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!agrigene!buchbind *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***