The Time Machine

Humour / 1 October 2005

How to pull freshers

Jaded impoverished finalists! Have no fear! This tried and tested chat-up routine will have the fresh meat leaping out of their stupid fucking hats...

Nikolai Morofski

“HEY, whats your name? ....Really, that is a cool name, didn’t/did expect that from someone who looks like they are Indian/Chinese/European/from Somerset. Where are you from?... Woah, well I am not quite from such an exotic place, just Oxford, you know... 50 miles away from here... yeah we don’t do much there, there is a kebab van on Saturday for when the pubs shut but apart from that... well yeah it used to have some industry but now it’s all university, you’re right... yeah all my friends that went there have become tosspots too, I agree... I know we should have got in... it’s a shame.. a travesty one might say... so what are you doing?... wooaaaoh.. well you are certainly sorted out with a job after that... I mean at least you know where you are going... Oh I am just doing philosophy... 3rd year.. yeah still don’t know what I want to do with it... thing is with philosophy you can do anything... and yet you have nothing to do... so consider yourself lucky, it may seem hard... but at least... you know, KPMG will be interested in you after you graduate...

[pause]

That’s a nice hat... yeah what is it with hats these days, everyone is wearing them... Niklas.. you met him right, says Topshop is doing those... oh you got it from Topshop did you... GREAT STORE.... yeah... really... really... really... unpretentious...

So, what was your number again?

Oh.