Humour and hygiene romance clinchers

TELL mysterious jokes to a woman and she will be yours. Shower fairly regularly and make a man laugh and you are halfway to a second date.

That would appear to be the recipe for romance, according to a poll by online dating website anotherfriend.com. It did not point out that an ability to talk face-to-face rather than through a computer screen would also be a helpful talent.

The survey asked the male and female users what made for an ideal date. It found that men who are mysterious and funny are the biggest turn-on for women while men look for a partner of the opposite sex who has a sweet personality and can make them laugh out loud. The website suggests that actress Jennifer Aniston is the ideal female date. (Was it not the scriptwriters who came up with her punchlines in Friends?) A close second is Sharon Ní Bheoláin, who needs to start reading the news a bit more seriously because the website obviously thinks she is a hoot.