世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s this week’s Silly Sunday survey. This time it was goo Ranking looking at aspects of expressing interest, or detecting if interest was being expressed. There was what men think is the most effective way to go for the kill and what women think is the most effective way to go for the kill; then what women’s actions men think indicates they may have a chance and what men’s actions women think indicates they may have a chance. I hope you get the idea, but if not, just read on and all may become clearer! The surveys were conducted between the 25th and 27th of September 2007.

Ranking results

Q1: What do you think is an effective action for going for the kill with a woman you’re interested in?

Rank	Action	Score
1	Plan a time to meet her next	100
2	Reply to her emails quickly	98.3
3	Invite her to a private, non-work matter	85.9
4	Praise her	80.8
5	Get her phone number or email address	72.3
6	Give her a birthday present	68.4
7	Ask how she’s feeling	58.2
8	Frequently email her	49.7
9	Take along presents received from her when meeting	48.6
10	Follow her with eyes, meet her gaze frequently	42.9
11	Ask what she’s doing at the weekend	39.0
12	Often laugh at her jokes	37.3
13	Act cool around her	33.9
14	Be sure to sit beside her in the pub	32.8
15	Invite her to your house	31.6
16	Ask what sort of clothes, appearance, character, etc she likes	31.6
17	Lightly touch her face, shoulders, etc	30.5
18	Call her often	29.4
19	Call her by her first name	28.8
20	If eyes meet, gaze into her eyes	27.1

Q2: What do you think is an effective action for going for the kill with a man you’re interested in?

Rank	Action	Score
1	Reply to his emails quickly	100
2	Often laugh at his jokes	91.1
3	Praise him	81.1
4	Plan a time to meet him next	73.3
5	Ask how he’s feeling	72.8
6	Take along presents received from him when meeting	72.2
7	Invite him to a private, non-work matter	61.1
8	Get his phone number or email address	60.6
9	Lightly touch his face, shoulders, etc	60.0
10	Frequently email him	57.2
11	Give him a birthday present	57.2
12	Follow him with eyes, meet her gaze frequently	56.7
13	Act cool around him	46.7
14	Be sure to sit beside him in the pub	40.6
15	Ask what sort of clothes, appearance, character, etc he likes	40.0
16	Don’t appear nervous with him	33.3
17	Incite him by sending a mobile phone email with just “?”	31.7
18	Emphasize I don’t have a boyfriend	29.4
19	Send mobile phone email with lots of emoji	27.8
20	If eyes meet, gaze into his eyes	26.1

Q3: What woman’s actions make you think you may be in with a chance?

Rank	Action	Score
1	She invites me to her house	100
2	She asks when to meet next	92.6
3	She invites me to a private, non-work matter	85.3
4	She soon replies to my emails	76.0
5	Our gazes often meet	72.4
6	She doesn’t seem to mind me lightly touching her	68.7
7	She comes to sit beside me in the pub, etc	66.4
8	She often lightly touches my face, shoulders, etc	64.1
9	She frequently sends me mail	64.1
10	She gives me a birthday present	59.4
11	She calls frequently	59.0
12	She asks what I’m doing at the weekend	56.2
13	She asks for my telephone number, email address	47.0
14	She wears stuff I gave her	45.6
15	She calls me by my first name	41.0
16	She asks how I’m feeling	37.3
17	She often laughs at my jokes	36.4
18	She emphasizes that she doesn’t have a boyfriend	35.9
19	She asks what type of woman I like	34.1
20	She praises me	32.7

Q4: What man’s actions make you think you may be in with a chance?

Rank	Action	Score
1	He invites me to a private, non-work matter	100
2	He asks when to meet next	86.5
3	He frequently sends me mail	85.8
4	He soon replies to my emails	81.2
5	Our gazes often meet	75.4
6	He calls frequently	73.1
7	He comes to sit beside me in the pub, etc	70.8
8	He asks for my telephone number, email address	63.1
9	He gives me a birthday present	62.3
10	He asks what I’m doing at the weekend	61.2
11	He often lightly touches my face, shoulders, etc	52.3
12	He invites me to her house	51.9
13	He praises me	50.4
14	He asks how I’m feeling	43.5
15	He wears stuff I gave him	41.9
16	He calls me by my first name	39.6
17	He often laughs at my jokes	35.0
18	He doesn’t seem to mind me lightly touching him	34.6
19	He asks what type of man I like	32.3
20	He emphasizes that he doesn’t have a girlfriend	31.2