Ok... The total 'chatting up' done by me in the 43 years since hitting puberty is represented by the content between the 2 arrows. I've never done it and I certainly don't intend to start in the future!
I'm not even very good being chatted up either. I once went to visit friends in Plymouth and we ended up in a busy pub near the sea. We were chattering away when I noticed a rather attractive young blonde looking in my general direction so I picked up my pint and walked over to her table...
... then turned sharp right and headed out of the pub! I crossed the road and stood looking out to sea, feeling like a complete idiot and wondering how long I should leave it before going back into the pub. Then I sensed a movement behind me and turned to see the young woman in question, also holding a drink, approaching me with a big smile on her face.
I couldn't think of anything sensible to say, except perhaps "
Sorry, I don't do chat", but I didn't think that would go down too well. I stood there mute for 5 minutes then I but was suddenly horrified to hear myself stutter out the immortal words "
This is a big river!"
She cracked up - "
It's the sea, silly!"
D'oh! I fled back into the pub and hid in the middle of my group of friends!
