Getting women's phone numbers a matter of mood music It's official: if you want to extract a woman's phone number, then picking the right soundtrack for the attempt will significantly increase your chances of scoring. That's according to French psychologists, who found that an "average-looking man" doubled his chances of success when the object of his desire had been softened up …
"Men don't go in florists"
You have misunderstood what happened here.
This was men who had been placed in a florists and then had the door locked on them.
If romantic music was playing, it reduced their ability to pick locks, break down doors or throw heavy objects through the windows. It is thought to affect the decision making processes as well as motor skills.
Music can also be reused if nothing lasting comes of an encounter. Still, I wonder how may readers of ElReg have the test songs on their MP3 lists......
I mean, I enjoy listening to "The Transformed Man," while doing tedious IT work. But it sure as hell ain't gonna attract any women, unless, maybe, they're green.
Paris, because she'd never, ever, go out with an ugly commoner like me, nor does she know what "The Transformed Man" is.
This is even better than honey bee cocaine experiment. Plus a retro 80s ghetto blaster on your shoulder looks dead sexy, no woman can refuse chris de burg. Some things I want to know about the study are:
1. how many slaps did the researcher get for being an unprofessional sleaze
2. how many researchers were rejected for being too ugly/pretty to conduct the study
"1. how many slaps did the researcher get for being an unprofessional sleaze" Stop, stop, stop please. This is France not the UK. Over here it is not considered unprofessional or sleazy to flatter a woman or to ask her for a date.
While sexual haressment in the workplace is illegal, in France it actually has to be "haressment", "sexual" by itself is fine.
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