Does ‘Get the Guy’ viral kids' dating video bring hints or heckles?

"Get the Guy: Kids Talk Dating Problems" is becoming a viral video with more than half a million views in a couple of days.

Is it side-splitting schtick or screwball strangeness? Maybe the idea just silly. Possibly it’s truly sick. Or perhaps it’s a sign of the times.

“I just don’t get it,” a little girl says. “Yesterday, he picked me twice in ‘Duck-Duck-Goose.’ Today, when we were coloring, he wouldn’t even look at me.”

“Maggie,” counters her seemingly sophisticated classmate, “You are a beautiful, strong-willed, independent girl. And if Johnny doesn’t see that, it’s his loss.”

Is this first grade or freshman study hall?

The video appears to be a promotion for an upcoming dating book by Matthew Hussey, billed online as a life coach and strategist. Hussey is the author of Get the Guy: Learn Secrets of the Male Mind to Find the Man You Want and the Love You Deserve. The 272-page how-to book, published by HarperWave, is scheduled for an April 9, 2013, release in hardcover and Kindle editions.

Hussey appears as the television matchmaker on NBC’s new dating and love connection series, “Ready for Love.”

Of course, this two-minute video may have parents arguing that early elementary school students are most certainly not ready for love, as the video suggests in a stab at humor.

Take a look at “Get the Guy: Kids Talk Dating Problems,” posted on YouTube on March 26 by Matthew Hussey.

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What’s your take on this tactic?

Is it sweet, sassy or simply scandalous? Cute or creepy? Adorable or deplorable?

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Caption Contest: Guess Who I Met at the Beach

You meet the strangest people at the beach.

C’mon. You know it’s true. Sure, odd folks may frequent train stations, airports, shopping malls, and county fairs. But the beach tops ‘em all for weirdness.

Maybe it’s because we’re all hanging out in swimsuits, with everything sort of hanging out all over.

Look who I met last week, while walking on a Florida beach.

A man was sculpting this creature carefully, as his wife observed his handiwork. Based on the intensity of their suntans, I’d have to guess they’d been at the beach for weeks.

I wondered how long he’d been working on his life-sized masterpiece in the sand. (Check out the seaweed hair and shell eyes.)

As I stopped to marvel at the site, I had to ask the creative beach sand art craftsman if he would mind my snapping a photo.

Who wants to give the guy a name?

Does he remind you of anyone?

Points and kudos to the best caption. (You'll know who you are.)

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Dumb crook hands stolen ID to waitress/actual owner

Applebee’s waitress Brianna Priddy lost her wallet on the town on February 13. She probably never thought she’d see her Colorado driver’s license again. But she did, when an Appleby’s customer tried to pan it off as her own.

Crime-buster and Colorado Appleby's waitress Brianna Priddy

It sounds like a bad joke.

Four people walk into a bar. They order a few drinks. And one hands her fake ID to the waitress, who actually happens to be the genuine owner of that ID.

Seriously?

Yes, this actually happened in Lakewood, Colorado, on February 25.

You’ve gotta see this newsreel from Colorado’s 9 News.

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That’s right. A 26-year-old customer handed Priddy her own license, with her pretty face peeking up from the card. Without missing a beat, Priddy handed the Applebee’s patron back the ID card and went to fetch the ordered drinks.

Only she didn’t.

Instead, the 24-year-old waitress called the police, offering them a big tip.

The local cops arrived and apprehended the errant customer. They found narcotics in her purse. The woman, dubbed a “dumb criminal” by at least one local authority, faces felony charges if criminal impersonation, identity theft, and theft.

Priddy may never see her stolen cash or credit cards again. Let’s hope the other three customers at the table left her a generous gratuity.

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Best beware of ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ ... or die laughing

This cartoonish safety video is either mortally merry or simply silly. It's like watching a train wreck - you can't stand it, but you cannot turn away.

Daredevils, beware.

Metro Trains of Melbourne, Australia, hired their advertising agency-of-record, McCann, to produce an educational video promoting railroad safety. The creative agency staffers developed a cartoon campaign, tagged as "Dumb Ways to Die," that launched in early 2011.

A subsequent music video appeared online in November 2012 and went viral. The song, performed by someone called Tangerine Kitty, hit the Top 10 on the iTunes chart.

Wait till you hear it, if you haven’t already found the song stamped indelibly into your memory. (If you have preteens or teens in the home, this is likely already the case.)

The Dumb Ways to Die website spells out the stated intent of the video.

Most people don’t like being told what to do. But if you can download this song and share it with your friends, they’ll be able to discover for themselves a few simple ways to avoid premature death. The more people that watch the video or listen to the song, the less [sic] accidents we’ll have and the happier we’ll be.

Watch “Dumb Ways to Die,” and try not to laugh. We dare you.

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Sure, safety is no laughing matter. Or is it?

Now, be careful when you visit a train station in Melbourne, Australia, or any other spot. Look out for Super Glue and Rattlesnakes. Don’t try to bait Piranhas with your privates. Never hide in the dryer. And look out for trains.

After all, there are many, many dumb ways to die  … especially of laughter.

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