Thursday, July 10, 2014

Paper Bag Speed Dating Craze Lets Personality Take Center Stage

G'day to you! How the heck are you? Tickety-boo? Great!  Help yourself to a freshly roasted and brewed mug of coffee and a virtual treat, why don't'cha? Here's a new spin on speed dating services...

While most people rely heavily on looks while speed dating, this new trend in London is forcing people to do the exact opposite – choose by personality.  ‘Paper Bag Speed Dating’ doesn’t allow you to see the face of the person you’re talking with. 

It’s basically a looks-free hookup party, where participants place a paper bag over their head. You still get to make quick decisions just like with regular speed dating, but the deciding factor is personality, not physical appearance.

Paper Bag Speed Dating is the brainchild of the people behind a new London-based dating app called LoveFlutter. They organised the event as a part of their #SayNoToShallow campaign. 

“Could you get a date using just your personality?” they asked, challenging people to attend their paper bag dating event. 30 women and 30 men signed up. They were given a paper bag each and were asked to personalize them using various designs – they could add quirky personal messages to serve as conversation starters.

 Later, they had to wear the bags on their heads. Some people did beautiful drawings, while others wrote stuff like “I used to be a spy,” or “Does my head look big in this?”

Remember the old joke about "S/He was so ugly, s/he wore a bag over her/his head!"

...and the follow-up, "S/He was a two-bagger. I wore a bag over my head in case hers/his fell off!" Now that was ugly .

Send me an ugly joke, okay?

See ya, eh!

Bob 

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