Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be desperate...

I hate commuting. Seriously. If there was a way that I could beam my Weapon of Mass Correction into the office from home, I'd be set.

That's not to say that I haven't gone to great lengths to make The Closet feel more like home. I have a Fairly Oddparents welcome mat and I'll occasionally wear my houseshoes when I don't think anybody will notice. ::grins::

So anyway, I hate commuting, which is why I was so peeved that I was stuck in traffic forever on Tuesday. After sitting at a complete standstill for literally 11 minutes, I called Jeremy to kvetch.

He told me traffic was jammed due to the Mile of Men, a Valentine's Day radio promotion going on in front of a local bar. He said that the idea was for men to line up holding numbers while women drove by really slowly and chose a lucky (?!) bachelor.

Wha-? Now that's the epitome of desperation, a drive-by ogling which — for some couples — apparently led to some serious PDA with total strangers.

I think those locals looking for love should've opted to stay home to cook Engagement Chicken, which became popular in January 2004 after Glamour magazine reported it'd led to three marriage proposals. And FOX News reported in June 2005 that in the year and a half since the recipe had been published, Glamour had received 21 letters from women saying Engagement Chicken had worked for them.

Perhaps it's the succulent lemon peeking out of the chicken cavity that pushes men over the edge. (That's what made me giggle when I saw the photo!)

So, in the pursuit of true love, would you rather resort to the Mile of Men or Engagement Chicken? I suppose it really depends on where you'd prefer to stick your fist...