Imagine a world without imagination
February 10th 2009 20:33
Dating is in the news. It might have something to do with the imminence of an annual pagan ritual with origins from way back when the retail industry was just starting.
Dating, however, isn't what it used to be in the days when people had money, or at least friends from whom they could borrow money to pay for a fancy night with a potential sweetheart.
In these days of economic darkness, when all your friends are calling in their loans, dating demands imagination. This is according to a much-vaunted, much-panned - depending which side of the Reality TV Appreciation Society fence you sit on - American television show named Wingman.
The show premiered this week with the claim that a recession doesn't lead to suppression of the dating urge, just the wherewithal to impress on the big night out.
And so, inevitably, men and women all over this fiscally challenged world are having to resort to imagination to spice up their romantic get-togethers. People are actually having a good time, says Wingman, playing frisbee in a park or staying home and cooking for each other.
Really? You don't say!
It's the people behind Wingman who are in need of imagination.
www.nytimes.com, www.flashnews.com
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