Bottleneck: Science Hacks - How to impress your date (highly recommended)

Out on a date? Are you a geek with spectacles? All your life you have been fascinated with science but suddenly a human struck your fancy. Lucky as you can get he/she agrees to go out with you. As much as you like this person, you want to show how much of what you do is relevant to her and the world (and also look cool). Here are few hacks to being nerdy and fascinating.
No, its not about dressing well and talking boring, usual stuff. This your chance to let the personality shine.
So here are some unconventional conversation starters. They will definitely exhibit your brilliant and thoughtful nature along with the quirky weird scientist you love a lot. These could be used to your advantage to enhance the date.

Since you are a scientist I am pretty sure you will the enjoy the science of subtlety.

Though the following are written keeping in mind my friend who needed some date ideas and conversation starters. All the women out there, these are for you too.Try them and see them get swooned .

THE STICKY NOTE HERO
Lets assume she meets you in the library and asks you for help. You suggest flashcard or sticky notes are the best way to get the work done on time. As luck may have it she takes out her post it, peels the note and starts writing on it.

She sticks it on her study board. This is the moment you swoop in like nerd hero and say "Oh now I understand why you are having hard time remembering what you learnt". She looks at you puzzled.

You tell her "These sticky notes don't last that long".
She tell you true and complains about how her sticky notes keep falling from the walls and study boards.

You confidently assure her "There is way it wont fall".

Well all this needs is some demonstration. So to demonstrate, I took my sticky note pad (and I am sure you will too). Lets call the side with the strip of adhesive, the top side. Now most of us peel the sticky note from bottom to top as shown.

Peeling it like this will cause the curling effect as shown

I did try this with different sizes of sticky notes to prove my point (and incase she carries different type of sticky note) and as you can see this kind of peeling leaves similar curling.

When you peel like this, sticky notes don't stick on the wall for long enough to remind you of the work scribbled in yesterday (Finally an explanation for her so called procrastination).
Now for the trick part

You tell her to peel the sticky note along the adhesive that is from left to right (or vice versa)

I tried this way of peeling with other sticky notes and the outcome is pretty evident.

Obviously she would want to know why does the sticky note sticks better in the latter case?


Macroscopic representation of microfolds

Well now to reveal the best part of the story (the nerd in you is ecstatic). You tell her peeling the sticky note from bottom to top creates microfolds that are parallel to the top side as shown. This causes the curling.

Macroscopic representation of microfolds

But on the other hand, the microfolds created while peeling it along the adhesive band are perpendicular to the adhesive which reduces the curling effect due to better spacing.
Clearly don't try telling that in one breath. Be sure to tell her in the most amusing manner possible because this piece of information will blow her mind. It may seem silly to talk about sticky notes but this may ensure that she sticks around you longer.
Who doesn't like the guy with solution to her tiniest problems

DOWNED POWER LINES DRAMA

You are walking down the lane beside her after a rainy day and lets assume your chances of encountering a downed power line is pretty high.

If you spot a downed power line walk the other way immediately with her and you call the police immediately.

Now she is bewildered at your dramatic behaviour on downed electric wire. This is the moment you show how much you care.

You tell her even walking near a downed line can electrocute you because the voltages are high enough to push electricity through the dirt nearby (pause) and that could kill us.
She does blush and asks you even more dramatic question "Now what do you do if a power line falls down near us?"
Then you assure her there are still ways to ensure no harm is caused (macho man). She looks at you enquiringly.

You tell her "I would immediately stop you from moving, ask you to jump straight in the air and land with your feet together. Continue jumping away from the line, keeping your feet together, until you're at least 50' away".

She replies " I would look silly and stupid doing that almost like a kangaroo".

Well the hero nerd in you swoops in again and tells "Yes you may look silly and adorable doing it. But definitely not stupid because this is the concept of step potential, where one point on the ground is at a higher voltage than another. If you walk normally, your left foot may be several hundred volts higher than your right which would cause electric current to flow through your body and kill you, which I am not ready to risk. Keeping you feet together keeps it in same potential and prevents current from flowing."

You could tell her that in one breath and definitely that will take her breath away.

TOOTHPICK TRICK

Well you go on a dinner date to high end restaurant. You have nothing interesting to say. You are done with the usual set of comfortable topics. Now she asks you what do you do. You tell her you do physics. You can see the interest fizzling out.
Suddenly with twinkle in your eye you ask her "Do you find the toothpick interesting?".

She looks at you like she is having bad date and about to run but she tells you "Not really. Its just used to pick out the dirt in your teeth. What can possibly be interesting about it".

Then you swoop in like the genius hero and tell her "Well do you see the ridged end of the toothpick. Ever wondered why its there."

She looks at you puzzled but interest ignited because what possibly can be interesting about that.

You tell her "In order to correctly use this toothpick, you must first break off this ridged or patterned end. Then use the remaining needle portion as toothpick like you normally do. Once you have used it, simply place the ‘needle end’ on top of the broken-off ridge. This prevents the tip of the toothpick from getting contaminated by coming in contact with any other surface. This way, a single toothpick must last for one complete meal. It can be used multiple times."

She is like "Ohh I didnt know that. That is very interesting."

You tell her "Just like that if you get to know what I do, you may find it interesting too."

Baam!! That is confidence and pretty impressive.

Being all stiff, formal and having usual conversations during a date is safe but also boring. So successful date is a date that will be remembered and these dates have quirky moments. So being a little geeky, funny and downright scientific makes you all the more interesting. So go ahead and have a wonderful date(do tell me about it).

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