- Greg, did you see that guy talking to me over there?
- Yeah, Amy, it looked like he was into you.
- Well, he wasn’t. He was interested in talking to Michelle. He was just using me as a wedge!
- Wait, a what now?
- A wedge. He wanted to talk to Michelle and I was hanging out with her so he started talking to me first.
- Whoa...hey...you can’t do that. You need a partner to do that--someone to talk to the friend while you launch an initiative against the primary target. This guy was trying to be his own wingman!
- Hey...you’re right.
- That is a complete violation of bar etiquette. I know not of this “wedge,” but I absolutely know that you can’t be your own wingman. It’s like O.J. Simpson saying he’s going to track down his wife’s killer--it’s just chasing yourself around in a circle.
The real question is: did he get to talk with Michelle? Because if he did, bar etiquette be damned. The end, as they say, justifies the means, my friend. Far as I’m concerned, the guy’s a maverick and might be a genius. I’ll wait to hear if he actually scored to make that final determination however.
Hahaha, I thought this conversation was awesome, then I got to the last line, then choked on the hilarity.
No score.
Your use of the term “wingman” explains to me why the guy whose approach is summarily rejected is described as being “shot down.”
P.S. I too would like to know if Michelle was interested in the guy flying solo.
PPS
No score - got it.
SNAP. Just to let you know, I had to applaud your last line.
The Washington Post had a huge article on wingmen and their job. They had an example where the wingman and the pilot both completed the mission.
My middle name is Wedge.
Wasn’t one of the wingmen in the first STAR WARS named “Wedge?” Does that mean anything?
Forgive my simple-minded question. I’ve been married for 21 years and no longer know the ways of the pickup.