Missy27 Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 I live in the UK so we may be a bit behind on all of this but I was watching GMTV this morning and they had an item on about this Dating Sign Language that people in New York are using to try and hook up in bars. The woman who apparently "invented" it was on there talking about the different signs and what they mean and It's stuff like stroking the side of your face down your chin means "your cute" and another one which I forget means "your hot". "Wanna hook up", "meet me outside in 5 mins" and loads more were mentioned aswell. They even had a sign for "i'm non-commital" She says that its supposed to be an ice breaker so you don't actually have to walk over and be faced with the added pressure of starting a conversation with said victim ~ ! I just wondered if this thing is really big over there and if so does it work ~ ? I just envisage a load of people in a bar all waving their hands and arms about everywhere and nobody actually talking to eachother :laugh: ~~~ Can someone enlighten me??
DanielMadr Posted June 6, 2007 Posted June 6, 2007 I live in the UK so we may be a bit behind on all of this but I was watching GMTV this morning and they had an item on about this Dating Sign Language that people in New York are using to try and hook up in bars. The woman who apparently "invented" it was on there talking about the different signs and what they mean and It's stuff like stroking the side of your face down your chin means "your cute" and another one which I forget means "your hot". "Wanna hook up", "meet me outside in 5 mins" and loads more were mentioned aswell. They even had a sign for "i'm non-commital" She says that its supposed to be an ice breaker so you don't actually have to walk over and be faced with the added pressure of starting a conversation with said victim ~ ! I just wondered if this thing is really big over there and if so does it work ~ ? I just envisage a load of people in a bar all waving their hands and arms about everywhere and nobody actually talking to eachother :laugh: ~~~ Can someone enlighten me?? Sucking in cork from champagne bottle by your mouth beats them all.
D-Lish Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 It's not something going on in canada.... People still rarely approach one another unless they are sloppy drunk. I was surprised by how friendly and outgoing many of the men seemed to be in Toronto. I live in a smaller suburb of Toronto. Everytime I go into Toronto I find that men have the balls to approach women. I was in with a gf the other night and the waitress came at the end of our meal and said a table of guys had bought our dinner! That seems to be the norm in a bigger city. I was impressed. If more approaching went on- more hook ups would occur. I have been in silent love with a man for years who works at a place I frequent and I have never spoken to him- we just stare and smile at one another, and this has been going on for years! maybe if knew a secret hand signal.... we'd be married by now. !!! No, I haven't heard of that craze hitting my big city yet. What's wrong with approaching someone and saying "hello"? D
D-Lish Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 how would you be an expert? do you carry chocolate around in your pocket? That gets me everytime. boy: "how are you?" me: "get lost perv.... oh wait a soncond......Hey, is that chocolate I smell?" boy: "why yes it is" me: "Hi, I'm D... can I have some chocolate? oh, and here's my phone number..... my REAL phone number..." Simple...see?
alphamale Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 I just envisage a load of people in a bar all waving their hands and arms about everywhere and nobody actually talking to eachother :laugh: ~~~ Can someone enlighten me?? the main activiity that goes on in most bars is drinking.
IfWishesWereHorses Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 I invision some guy thinking he's gonna get lucky because some uniformed gal is feeling just a little itchy!:lmao:
BenefitOfTheDoubt Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 I just envisage a load of people in a bar all waving their hands and arms about everywhere and nobody actually talking to eachother That is a hilarious visual! Sounds like something straight out of Saturday Night Live! But alas, as humorous as this would be if it were true, I don't think this is actually happening. (As a New Yorker who spends more time in bars than I probably ought to, I feel qualified to speak on the topic!) This reminds me of something I read in Time Out New York a couple years ago: That if you rode the front car of the F train (one of the subway lines), it meant you were single and looking. Well let me tell you, I'd been riding in the front car of the F train several nights a week for several years, and that car was like any other car on any other subway line: Commuters listening to their iPods or reading the paper, groups of friends carrying shopping bags, kids heading home from school, couples with baby carriages, the occasional homeless guy. I never saw anybody approach anybody! All that said, this *is* New York, so *everything* is probably happening *somewhere*. I could see this sign language thing being some fad that the Brooklyn hipsters embraced for two weeks, much like cowboy hats and Pabst Blue Ribbon before it. Silly hipsters!
Trimmer Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 boy: "how are you?" me: "get lost perv.... oh wait a soncond......Hey, is that chocolate I smell?" boy: "why yes it is" me: "Hi, I'm D... can I have some chocolate? oh, and here's my phone number..... my REAL phone number..." Simple...see? Man, that actually sounds more promising than hand signals. Although, it used to be the gross thing to see in doing the laundry was if you had "skid marks" in your boxers. In this world, you would have them in your pockets...
AriaIncognito Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 I agree with BenefitOfTheDoubt. I've been to NYC bars and haven't seen this behavior. I'd love to, though LOL. Riding the front of the F train means youre single? Damn, that's what I've been doing wrong. I've always ridden in the back of the F LOL. Interesting what you learn on here. Maybe someone should start a subway dating service...
Trimmer Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 Maybe "riding the F train" is really a new piece of sexual slang you guys are just not hip to yet... As in "Oh, gross, I would never ride the back of the F train... But if you do, make damn sure you use a condom!" (And so in that context, I'm not sure whether ariawoman's assertion that she "always" rides the back of the F train concerns me, or excites me a little...)
silentcharon Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 how would you be an expert? do you carry chocolate around in your pocket? That gets me everytime. boy: "how are you?" me: "get lost perv.... oh wait a soncond......Hey, is that chocolate I smell?" boy: "why yes it is" me: "Hi, I'm D... can I have some chocolate? oh, and here's my phone number..... my REAL phone number..." Simple...see? Haha, nice joke, D. I was making an attempt at a joke saying that if the dating sign language actually existed, I'd be an expert because I'm deaf, and my primary language is the American sign language Yum, chocolate.
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