NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/soc/singles/37467

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From: [e-mail] (Herb Huston)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: The Classiest Pickup Lines
Date: 22 Jan 1993 13:08:16 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mysti Rubert) writes:
}In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Herb Huston) writes:
}|> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mysti Rubert) writes:
}|> }Am I the only one who thinks that speaking to a stranger for the
}|> }sole purpose of engaging in sex is *inherently* unclassy?
}|>
}|> {Description of mammal mating behaviors (bonobo's are mammals?) deleted}

Bonobos (_Pan paniscus_), like orangutans (_Pongo pygmaeus_) and humans
(_Homo sapiens_) are mammals.  Within that class all three are also primates,
and within the primate order, all three are members of the hominoid super-
family.  After the flood waters in California have receded, you can view
bonobos at the San Diego Zoo (there are also bonobos in Cincinnati, Columbus,
and Milwaukee).  In the meantime you can read about them in the March 1992
issue of _National Geographic_, the June 1992 issue of _Discover_ (the one
on sex, so library copies may have been stolen by now), and a book called
_Peacemaking Among Primates_ by Frans de Waal.

}I didn't ask if pickup lines were effective, unavoidable, or even
}politically correct.

What a relief!  I hadn't answered those questions.

}                      I asked if anyone else thought they were inherently
}unclassy, and I haven't yet seen anyone (except Chuck) answer the question
}directly, which leads me to believe that no one can justify them in terms
}of classiness.

Please excuse my subtlety, but my answer was supposed to be that they're
classier than alternatives practiced by our hominoid cousins as well as by
certain male humans (of course, gyrating one's pelvis can also eventually
lead to one's face appearing on postage stamps).  Note that the subject of
this thread implies some sort of comparison.

}I've been thinking that pickup lines are much like asking the price
}of a jag.  If you have to ask.....

Well, the real problem with a jag is the cost of maintenance.  Since my
condominium posted signs at the property lines, the supply of door-to-door
salescreatures has dropped off dramatically.  Also, the rules prohibit pets
weighing more than 25 pounds, so a 300-pound cat is out of the question.
You were referring to a mammal, right?

-- Herb Huston
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