Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: "The Attitude" Message-ID: <8@unc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 23:41:58 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.8 Posted: Mon Jul 22 23:41:58 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Jul-85 07:21:31 EDT References: <317@azure.UUCP> <800@vax2.fluke.UUCP> <1371@hammer.UUCP> <1671@reed.UUCP> <979@sdcsvax.UUCP> <359@azure.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Distribution: net Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 25 In article gmack@denelvx.UUCP (Gregg Mackenzie) writes: > Let's say you're down at your favorite dance hall and there's an >attractive lady sitting just a few tables away. You've seen her in here >before and you even remember her name; maybe you've even danced with her >once or twice. You know each other well enough to have said hello to one >another when you came in. > So, now, you're sitting there, trying to get up the courage >to ask her to dance, when who walks in, but Joe Studd. You know the guy, >sort of average looking, but self-assured to the point of extreme cockiness. > He struts over to her table to say "Hello" and she says, "Hey, Joe, >it's my birthday; where's my kiss?" And he proceeds to plant one on her. >A good one. Funny, she didn't tell you it was her birthday. It's as if he >just walked in, and she became putty in his hands. > It's this self-assuredness that turns women on. I'm not saying that >you should become a complete asshole. I don't believe in using women the way >Joe Studd does. I'm just saying that a little bit of this sort of cockiness >in your attitude can help you fill out your date calandar. You've described an outside perspective on the results of this "attitude." But before I can use it, I must know exactly what this attitude is. What goes on inside the head of a person who has it? How does it feel from the inside? Please describe it in more detail. Is it anything like "the attitude" described in the movie, "Fast Times At Ridgemont High"? Frank Silbermann