Archive for February, 2010

Dating Rule #27 : How A Post-it Can Get You A Date

By Desmond L., 27 February, 2010, 2,661 Comments

How a Post-It > Love Potion

I’m sure all of you at one point of time in your life considered mixing a rat tail and some bat eyeballs to brew a magical love potion (i did) yeah? Well, here’s the good and the bad news, the bad news is that well, that doesn’t work, it does get your “victim” in your arms though, at least until the ambulance arrives to take him/her away. But here’s the good news! You don’t need a love potion anymore, with the supreme advancement of modern technology, scientist have produced and placed in our hands a much more potent (and safe) tool, which after a decade of plant testing, resulted in what we warriors all now know as the excaliber, or in office terms, the Post-it.

The experiment.
Social scientist Randy Garner wondered whether Post-it Notes might have the power to enhance compliance with a written request made to another Person. In an intriguing study, he sent out surveys to people with a request to complete them. The survey was accompanied by either (a) a handwritten post-it note requesting completion of the survey, which was attached to a cover letter; (b) a similar handwritten message on the cover letter; or (c) the cover letter and survey alone.

The Results : More than 75% of the people who received the survey with the post-it note request filled it out and returned it, compared to only 48% and 36% in the second and third group respectively.

Why? Simple, people recognize the extra effort and personal touch that a handwritten post-it note has, and like it, in turn reciprocating to it’s request.

How does this help your dating game then?
Well, the next time you think of asking your office’s hot secretary out on a date, you don’t have to spend a month recording her daily movements and another month piecing together your master plan on when to ask her so that it coincides with the sunset and the rainbow; just write her a simple post-it note, draw a sun and a rainbow and a little “how about dinner? (:” note for her, but most crucially, and i emphasize this, don’t forget to sign off!

Here’s a short little nice video on Post-it love, adorable stuff (;

Now now, before you rush off to the nearest bookstore in search of a stack of post-its, remember to get free updates via rss or email from the dating rule book as you don’t want to miss out on anything potentially life-chaging in your dating game, do you? (:

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Yours sincerely,
Desmond L.

Dating Rule #26 : One Simple Trick To Win Over A Girl

By Desmond L., 25 February, 2010, 1,025 Comments

Ever been in a “battle” for someone you fancy?

I’m sure at one point of time in your life you would have came into competition with another person, whether male or female (yes apparently even people of your same gender comes into play) to win over a particular someone, yes?

So, how do you win?
Besides your trophy filled wardrobe that you might boast, or being recently nominated for an oscar, there is a certain technique, trick, a cheat i might even say, that would put you in a huge advantage against your competitor.

Alright, so what is this technique?
This technique would require a simple question asked, and assuming your competitor is not certified perfect, you stand a huge chance in tipping the balance in your favour.

Okay, tell me the question!
Well, the question would be “Give me 10 reasons why <name of competitor> is so good.”
This works because it would require the person you fancy to brainstorm 10 reasons why your competitor is better, and usually it is hard enough to come up with 5, what more, 10. This results in them realizing they’re unable to come up with 10 simple reasons as to why your competitor might be so good for her, and this devalues your competitor in their eyes, wicked cheat eh? (:

So that means, in the above scenario, if Edward Cullen simply asked Bella to give him 10 good reasons that Jacob Black is so much of a better.. mythical creature, she would have found it terribly tough and the entire relationship balance would have been tipped largely in his favor. Too bad Edward never read this blog, tsk.

Give me 10 reasons…
Now, give me 10 reasons why you wouldn’t want to get free updates via email or RSS from this blog hmm..? -winks.

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