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How to snare a decent English man? Are there any?

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WashedandDried · 20/10/2020 03:40

As a foreign woman living here, I'm wondering about this. Thanks.

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GetYourGoatYouHavePulled · 20/10/2020 03:54

Is that you Megan??

LaBellina · 20/10/2020 03:57

Go to the nearest fish market and seduce him there with your Christmas cookies scented bumhole.

raddledoldmisanthropist · 20/10/2020 04:26

What's wrong with the Welsh?

raddledoldmisanthropist · 20/10/2020 04:31

As a foreign woman

I'm from foreignia originally too. Don't you miss the pasta/curry/tacos/borscht/crepes? And the lovely rolling hills/dessert/tropical beaches/elephants/traffic?

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 20/10/2020 04:51

Dig a small pit, cover with branches and leaves and wait for an English man to fall in.
It is difficult to ensure that you have snared a decent one so you may have to release a couple back into the countryside before you get a good one.
To this end the siting of the pit is important so Chelsea and Knightsbridge are both fine locations.
Should you be after a 'country type' the Cotswolds can be a good starting point.
Good luck 🤞

minipilling · 20/10/2020 05:02

No you use a cardboard box trap with a stick and string. Put a copy of Town and Country inside to catch a decent man. Or the Bible if you mean that type of decent. If you're not catching anything try a greggs steak bake and hope for the best.

Namechangeme87 · 20/10/2020 05:17

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles 😂😂

I may try this myself actually

Huge fan of the cotswolds so will try my luck next time I am down there

Letsallscreamatthesistene · 20/10/2020 05:36

Lay a sprung net out on the floor and cover with leaves. Put something of interest in the middle of it, but be sure to attach a trip wire to it. Then an unsuspecting man will walk in, pick up the object and be hoisted into the air by the net, and you've got him.

Bonuses of doing it this way is that you can use the object as something you have in common. Imagine this - standing below the net and shouting up, "OMG, I like malteasers to". Excellent ice breaker.

NiceandCalm · 20/10/2020 06:36

Grin Grin at replies whilst looking for my spade and net.

FippertyGibbett · 20/10/2020 06:39

Would you consider a man from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, or does he have to be English ?

JorisBonson · 20/10/2020 06:40

@raddledoldmisanthropist

As a foreign woman

I'm from foreignia originally too. Don't you miss the pasta/curry/tacos/borscht/crepes? And the lovely rolling hills/dessert/tropical beaches/elephants/traffic?

Dying 😂😂
TheEmpressOfUtterBastardry · 20/10/2020 06:40

Sorry OP but it's not possible as they are all taken.

BobbinThreadbare123 · 20/10/2020 06:47

Get yourself up to Cumbria. One of them will club you and drag you back to his cave by the hair. This is a lot less work for you.

bibbitybobbitycats · 20/10/2020 06:50

Wear a football strip and eau-de-lager.

FurTeacup · 20/10/2020 06:50

I used to lasso them when I first arrived from overseas on my English Manhunt, but I kept being knocked over by other foreigners’ boomerangs, or Frenchwomen trapping them with Gauloise-scented strings of onions.

crankysaurus · 20/10/2020 06:54

Stealth. Lots of stealth, and good running shoes.

emmetgirl · 20/10/2020 07:01

@GetYourGoatYouHavePulled
I nearly wet myself! Wink

Artforartssake · 20/10/2020 07:03

Lurk near the gentlemen's relish and bath oliver display at Fortnum's? But check they didn't go to Eton before you pounce ... .

DorisDaisyMay · 20/10/2020 07:08

I followed the angel feathers right up to his door.

LunaNorth · 20/10/2020 07:09

Stun gun.

TheAugury · 20/10/2020 07:10

I'm just here for the replies 😂

Disappointedkoala · 20/10/2020 07:12

Always have a freshly poured pint and a meat pie about your person. They can't resist.

ShebaShimmyShake · 20/10/2020 07:14

Upturned laundry basket, propped up with a stick and string tied to it. Place bacon under the basket, hide nearby, pull string at right moment.

flaviaritt · 20/10/2020 07:16

Walk Land’s End to John O’Groats with a sandwich board.

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