Article: Beauty and the wildebeeste

Penny Starr
Jerusalem Post
10-06-1995
Here's a chat-up line if ever I heard one.

Next time you're at a party just stroll over to the nearest small group, apologize for interrupting, introduce yourself and pose this time-honored question:

"Did you know that the botfly causes madness in wildebeeste?"

It's a classic ice-breaker. I can reveal to you, dear readers, that this fail-safe opener will melt the heart of even the most hardened singles' party goer. And, incredibly, it's not even mentioned in How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Well, of course not. Dale Carnegie never knew it. It's a closely-guarded Australian secret chat-up line which only slipped onto our TV screens by a ...

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