using an old joke as a conversational 'icebreaker'
(..) I look like a total idiot. You do, in fact. Ah. But it's actually a seduction technique known as "peacocking." My outfit serves the dual function of icebreaker and attention-getter. You can go in now. Watch. Are you peacocking? Really? You think that's gonna work? I think it just might. (..)2009 17 Again