Though now I think about it
I was at a bar in Vietnam with a mate, who is completely petrified of talking to women under any circumstances, but was hungrily eyeing up the table of Aussie girls in the corner. In that situation, not being the shyest nor the one on the pull, I had absolutely no problem in going over and talking to them, and even knew what I was going to say when I got there. Now this mate had been wearing his wrap-arounds all the time while getting a decent tan elsewhere, so I started with "Excuse me, ladies, can I ask you a question? Have you seen any pandas in Vietnam?". When they replied with a puzzled "No", I turned round to point out my mate, only to see the bar door flapping just like in the Westerns. I then immediately realised I was on my own, talking to a bunch of women who probably thought *I* was trying to chat them up, turned red, and bolted it through the door after him.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Fri 19 Feb 2010, 15:27, Reply)