School for The Uncool
Rick Reilly
September 17, 2007
HEY, DUDE, haven't
had a date since the Fig Festival 12 years ago? Are you about as cool as a Bob
Dole bumper sticker? Do girls walk by you like you're running a seminar on jock
itch?
O.K., but how about
a few secrets? How do we get that Clooney stubble?
"This?" he
says, rubbing his cheeks. "I just hate to shave."
Dates?
"Whatever you do, keep 'em short. You can't let them know you're that
interested. I try to get this across to my best friend. He's really into this
girl, but I keep telling him she's got to leave that date thinking, What's
wrong with me?"
Machiavellian mind
games. Check.
Music back at the
crib? "Definitely not Metallica. And no girl music, like Madonna. Something
in between. John Legend always works for me."
And that's when he
had to go. So that's all I've got. But if you're not dating at least one
supermodel within six weeks, I'll double your money back.
"This is never
going to work," Brady said as he was leaving.
Firm grasp on
reality. Check.
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