MAF who are you trying to impress with your Fables?

[Madrun Badrun]

Many lie over books 'to impress'
Could the right reading matter make all the difference?

Nearly half of all men and one-third of women have lied about what they have read to try to impress friends or potential partners, a survey suggests.

Men were most likely to do this to appear intellectual or romantic, found the poll of 1,500 people by Populus for the National Year of Reading campaign.

The men polled said they would be most impressed by women who read news websites, Shakespeare or song lyrics.

Women said men should have read Nelson Mandela's biography or Shakespeare.

Among the 1,500 who took part in the research were 864 teenagers.

About four in 10 of the 1,500 said they had lied about what they had read to impress friends or potential partners - 46% of men and 33% of women.

Among teenagers, the figure rose to 74%, with most saying they would pretend to have read social networking pages or song lyrics.
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    I have to confess I do lie about my reading

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One in five adults said they would read their chosen material whilst waiting for their date to arrive in the hope of making a good first impression.

Honor Wilson-Fletcher, director of the National Year of Reading campaign, said: "Reading is a brilliant tool for self-expression.

"I love the fact that every generation seems to know that it can help us all increase our potential appeal in the search for love and romance.

"For all the talk of our superficial obsession with beauty, it looks like underneath it all we know that brains contribute to sex appeal too."

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preemptive strike before maf made a thread with my name in the title.

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[demi]

Dumb thread. You lose! Back to stuffing cocks in tubes!

[Madrun Badrun]

up your stink tube.   

[Don Flamenco]

I was really impressed by the shakespearian elements of Nelson Mandela's biography.

[Eric P]

The men polled said they would be most impressed by women who read news websites, Shakespeare or song lyrics.

seriously?

i read the lyrics to all the albums i own, but no one's breaking down the door to blow me for knowing Minor Threat lyrics.

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i'm a person just like you but i've got better things to do than sit around and fuck my head hang out with the living dead

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[Madrun Badrun]

I read song lyrics too.  Girls flock to me.  Then I try and sing along to the song.  They flock away again  :'(

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Eric:  MEN where the ones who said they were impressed with song lyric reading BTW. You putting deadbolts on your backdoor now?

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[Eric P]

i live in chelsea

[Van Cruncheon]

brains never helped my limited sex appeal, but being an asshole sure did

[Eric P]

brains never helped my limited sex appeal, but being an asshole sure did

truth

but if you're an asshole with brains then you can fuck with people in all kinds of new and exciting ways

[Van Cruncheon]

also, any "book" related cross-gender convo was sure to play out like

her: "oh, you read 'infidel' too? i loved that book <3 <3 <3"

me: "yeah, it teetered between maudlin appeals to western sensibilities and a fractured, poorly-translated narrative. i'd take a dragonlance novel over that trash if i'm gonna pointlessly squander four hours i could spend masturbating or playing pc games."

her: "</3"

me: "...yup. what?!"

[Madrun Badrun]

brains never helped my limited sex appeal, but being an asshole sure did

I'm sure many a girl was impresses by your command of language whilst being an asshole. 

[Van Cruncheon]

brains never helped my limited sex appeal, but being an asshole sure did

truth

but if you're an asshole with brains then you can fuck with people in all kinds of new and exciting ways

i was cursed with empathy :'(

and do not doubt this: it is a curse when it comes to the game of fucking

[Van Cruncheon]

i should add that the number one point of contention in my shocking 11+ year marriage -- an abomination of divine justice e'er there were one -- is my totally assholish reaction to my wife's tastes in music and literature. when i am forced to sleep on the couch, it is because i bashed coldplay or grr martin. she'd probably rather catch me six inches into the cat's ass than hafta endure another snide remark about viva la vida.

[demi]

tell her you cant fit in a cardboard tube.

[Madrun Badrun]

lol

[Van Cruncheon]

she'd probably be suicidally ashamed if she caught me fucking arvie. fucking the cat is disgusting, degrading, cruel, and an act of total depravity, but it's still more socially acceptable than sexing poncho mclonely. i think most women would agree.

[Madrun Badrun]

It's true.  Most girls prefer pussy to me  :'(

[Van Cruncheon]

it's okay. tvc will still let you sexwork at his apartment, although your recent spate of forum cockiness might cause him to, ah, reduce your benefits package, as it were.

[Eric P]

i should add that the number one point of contention in my shocking 11+ year marriage -- an abomination of divine justice e'er there were one -- is my totally assholish reaction to my wife's tastes in music and literature. when i am forced to sleep on the couch, it is because i bashed coldplay or grr martin. she'd probably rather catch me six inches into the cat's ass than hafta endure another snide remark about viva la vida.

man i hate that.

"you like what?  get the fuck out of my apartment"

[Eel O'Brian]

i was never much of an asshole, but i was funny, and i knew where to get alcohol, so $$$

[Howard Alan Treesong]

i should add that the number one point of contention in my shocking 11+ year marriage -- an abomination of divine justice e'er there were one -- is my totally assholish reaction to my wife's tastes in music and literature. when i am forced to sleep on the couch, it is because i bashed coldplay or grr martin. she'd probably rather catch me six inches into the cat's ass than hafta endure another snide remark about viva la vida.

I got this girl on OK Cupid seriously mad at me because she listed I Am Charlotte Simmons as a book that greatly influenced her and I said that I hoped she'd grown out of that phase cause the book was a piece of maudlin shit. Oops, that didn't go over well!

[BlackMage]

I was really impressed by the shakespearian elements of Nelson Mandela's biography.

ahh shove it up your ass cigarillo

[Don Flamenco]

I was really impressed by the shakespearian elements of Nelson Mandela's biography.

ahh shove it up your ass cigarillo

SOMEONE didn't read Nelson Mandela's biography.

[BlackMage]

i did and now i've turned gay. thanks a lot. what am i to tell my parents?  :'(

[Propagandhim]

The men polled said they would be most impressed by women who read news websites, Shakespeare or song lyrics.

seriously?

i read the lyrics to all the albums i own, but no one's breaking down the door to blow me for knowing Minor Threat lyrics.

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i'm a person just like you but i've got better things to do than sit around and fuck my head hang out with the living dead

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We're just out of step with the world.

[Don Flamenco]

i did and now i've turned gay. thanks a lot. what am i to tell my parents?  :'(

You don't have parents!

[Eric P]

The men polled said they would be most impressed by women who read news websites, Shakespeare or song lyrics.

seriously?

i read the lyrics to all the albums i own, but no one's breaking down the door to blow me for knowing Minor Threat lyrics.

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i'm a person just like you but i've got better things to do than sit around and fuck my head hang out with the living dead

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We're just out of step with the world.

i can't keep up

[muckhole]

she'd probably rather catch me six inches into the cat's ass than hafta endure another snide remark about viva la vida.

she'd probably be suicidally ashamed if she caught me fucking arvie. fucking the cat is disgusting, degrading, cruel, and an act of total depravity, but it's still more socially acceptable than sexing poncho mclonely. i think most women would agree.

 

It's likely the wine, but I'm dying here.