I read with amusement a tip given to single girls looking to meet men in today's issue of The Sun Herald, the Sunday edition of The Sydney Morning Herald. The writer Mia Freedman is the editor of Cosmopolitan and writes a weekly column for The Sun Herald. Her column's usually about the joys and woes of being a swinging single.
Anyway, the tip which was titled "Recipe for Romance":
Walk down the street carrying some baked goods.
Freedman writes: "This week a friend of mine took a large platter of her leftover birthday cake to the office for her colleagues to share. Getting off the bus in the CBD, she was accosted by no less than three cute guys asking questions about whether she'd baked it herself and could they follow her to work for morning tea. Perhaps it was the combination of suit, stilettos and baked goods - very corporate meets domestic goddess."
Hmm... There is a popular saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. So perhaps the trick is to start by giving them the impression first.
This actually sounds like a good social experiment to conduct. If I were doing a psychology or sociology PhD, I might just base my thesis on the reaction and responses of men to a woman dressed in a sharp suit carrying some baked goods. I would even extend my thesis to how responses differ in different cities.
It's like in Chinese what's called 进得了厨房，出得了厅堂. [Literally translated: Able to enter the kitchen and also go out to the hall.] The phrase is usually used to describe a woman who is able to hold her own in the kitchen and in the working world.
I really wonder how that walking-in-a-suit-and-carrying-baked-goods image appeals to the men. I should do a straw poll. Those of you with boyfriends/husbands, please ask them. Eligible bachelors please also give your two cents' worth.
In case you think I'm making a grab for my suit and taking the next train to the CBD with baked goods in hand, let me just say that I don't like wearing suits and moreover, I doubt those baked goods would survive the train ride. By the time I reach the CBD, the platter would most likely be empty 'cos the goodies would have been emptied into my stomach. ;p
Posted by DSD at December 7, 2003 7:32 PM | TrackBackhaha
i think guys appreciate someone who can actually cook...don't think it needs to be a suit...
but the combination is rather appealling to some i suppose.
i bring in quite abit of goodies to work at times...but i don't think i get accosted (not that i really care?!)...maybe i should start finding a suit to wear?! whatever it is...it cheers people up...with unexpected goodies from tiggie :C) or so it seems.
hmm...but there are quite a lot of people who are already attached in the lab i am working...the majority of students in psychology are women...so you see...it depends on the context!
i'll ask around....this is quite fun.
Posted by: tiggie at December 8, 2003 12:20 AMThe most important thing is what sort of goodies you have on your platter... either way, I agree the platter would be empty... coz all the guys would be asking for a "taste test" :P
Posted by: Victor at December 8, 2003 11:01 PMvery insightful Victor... come laden with the right goodies next time we meet and i'll love you forever. knowing Joan she would definitely entice men with egg tarts.
anyway, this technique works just as well (if not better) on women than it does on men. i cooked daal for lunch in our drop-in-centre last week and it had a very scary effect on the pretty women...
yes i was just going to say the same joe!
Posted by: tiggie at December 9, 2003 11:05 PMtiggie: do tell us the results of your research after you've asked around. :-)
Joe: Who *wouldn't* be enticed by egg tarts?
Victor: being cooked for in general by another person is a treat...so hey, when you're next in Sydney, let us know what you're going to make for us, ok? ;-)
Posted by: Adrian at December 10, 2003 4:03 PM