Where to meet people

Well, if the Internet is full of pervs, desperadoes and psychos and the nightclub is full of arrogant posers, where are you supposed to meet a decent old skin? Well after much thought, I'm come up with this very subjective chart! It shows the possibility of possibility of meeting someone nice in a range of different scenarios:

• P/C: ye olde pub/club.
• Net: Internet, the new frontier.
• Work: Err, at your place of work.
• F of F: Friend of a friend. The auld reliable!
• HG: Hobby group. Some club that you are an active member of.
• Shop: Well everyone says the supermarket is a great place to meet people!
• WD: Walking the dog. Hell, even a leash will do (see Eddie Murphy in Boomerang!).
• WB: Walking a baby (mainly for guys).If this doesn't have the broody chicks eating out of the palm of your hand, nothing will! Just don't steal the baby - borrow a friend's/relation's.

It's not exactly rocket science, is it?! You stand the best chance of meeting someone decent in a scenario in which you spend a lot of time together and have a common interest (be it hill walking or bitching about the boss). This obviously significantly reduces your chances of meeting a gobshite or someone you don't have anything to talk about with! If you do still manage to hook up with a gobshite in any of these scenarios, then you only have yourself to blame!

One of the only good things about your friends being snapped up one by one as the years pass (besides them living happily ever after, of course) is that their partner usually has a number of singleton friends. If s/he likes the cut of your jib, then introductions (subtle or otherwise) are guaranteed. I rate the shop slightly above the pub/club as women in particular are likely to much less on the defensive there and also not likely to be surrounded by a posse of friends!

I'm open to more suggestions on this matter!