"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Roy Jones Jr V Antonio Tarver 3

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Its on, October 2nd.

Thoughts and opinions?

This should be a classic! Or at least on paper and have a huge lead up of hype!

I think Roy is past it, he has not looked impressive for years, Tarver on the other hand, started later, and seems to just be peaking now.

I will take Tarver by another brutal KO. Roy has lost his speed, timing, confidence and mind by the looks of it. He is in no physical or mental shape to beat a dangerous, well schooled, powerful fighter like Antonio Tarver. That being said however, I really hope Roy can pull something out of the hat and win this fight.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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I don't like RJJ. He is annoyingly ****y. Muhammed Ali was popular because he was ****y & funny. Ali was acting ****y to be a performer/crowd pleaser. Roy Jones is just arrogant.

Tarver by KO.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Originally posted by Bradshaw
I don't like RJJ. He is annoyingly ****y. Muhammed Ali was popular because he was ****y & funny. Ali was acting ****y to be a performer/crowd pleaser. Roy Jones is just arrogant.

Tarver by KO.
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You ever met Roy? Nobody I have ever heard of said he was ****y to or arrogant to them................

Just a thought
 
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Originally posted by CLOONEY
You ever met Roy? Nobody I have ever heard of said he was ****y to or arrogant to them................

Just a thought
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I usually do not make judgements against people. It's just that I have seen a few fights were he humiliated opponents (dropping hands), who he was ranked way higher than. It is one thing to drop your hands against opponents who have a chance of knocking you out, and it is another thing to drop your hands on an opponent whos vegas odds of winning are 200:1. To me, that isn't showmanship, that is arrogance.
 
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Originally posted by Bradshaw
I usually do not make judgements against people. It's just that I have seen a few fights were he humiliated opponents (dropping hands), who he was ranked way higher than. It is one thing to drop your hands against opponents who have a chance of knocking you out, and it is another thing to drop your hands on an opponent whos vegas odds of winning are 200:1. To me, that isn't showmanship, that is arrogance.
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No way, that is pure showmanship! It is awesome to see him do that, like against Glen Kelly, when he did the chicken dance, put his hands behind his back, and then knocked him down and "out" on the counter!

Although, I do see what you mean, and it would be easy to perceive him as arrogant. I just felt like a debate :) And pointing out the fact that EVERYONE who has met him in person says his one of the nicest guys you could ever meet!
 
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It is amazing how people love underdogs. That is the first time Roy will be an underdog, or at least convincingly, so everyone is rooting for him as the emotional favorite. He has been humbled, and is not as arrogant during his HBO commentaries as he was before.

People have a new image of Roy Jones; but when it really comes down to it, it will just be Jones and Antonio Tarver in there, and that's where Tarver will take charge.

Expect an outcome somewhere between both fights, Tarver dominating, but probably not a huge, brutal KO, because Jones will use his bike and his speed to avoid the KO.
 
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yeah i cant predict this one yet.... but I agree with you Clooney. Roy is not arrogant and the fact that he does those taunts is pure showmanship.


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By doing dangerous things like putting his hands behind his head he is giving his lesser opponent a chance. I think that takes a lot of balls.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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It wasn’t entirely the dropping of the hands that made me think he was arrogant. It was mainly his post fight interview.

(I can’t remember which fight it was, or when it was, so the following quote is paraphrased from my own recollection)

After his victory against some unknown fighter, RJJ goes on camera and starts saying things like “He isn’t even a has been, he is a never was & and a never will be!” "That guy had absolutely no business being in the ring with Roy Jones", etc.

To me, it made him look very bad. The other fighter had a better chance of winning the lottery than the fight. Why the need to humiliate him? In fights like this one, dropping the hands is disrespecting the other opponent, not placing himself in harms way. Other fighters have dropped their hands, but it was done to awe the crowd.

If you drop your hands against a fighter who odds makers say is ranked higher than you: that takes balls. If you drop your hands against an opponent who admitted before the fight that he probably wouldn’t win, but that he would at least give it his all: that takes no class.
 
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Oh yes, I forgot... It is difficult to tell when someone is being factitious in written text (re: hot or not). It probably makes it even more difficult to tell when you are a moron.

Wack off....

jackass.

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