# Love Charm: better answer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 29, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550 "2009-01-29T14:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/1 "2009-01-29T14:38:56Z")
I’m afraid Cecil spent way more time and space than he needed to on [love charms](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/41/do-you-know-a-guaranteed-love-charm-recipe). It had been covered already: [QUOTE=Ogden Nash] Candy Is dandy But liquor Is quicker [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/2 "2009-01-29T15:52:24Z")
Cash is King Cash is the the thing Cash in the mail Cash never fails ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/3 "2009-01-29T16:44:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Ogden Nash Unfortunately, when he was an old man he lost touch with the world and appended: > [@](#): > > Pot > Is not ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/4 "2009-01-29T17:50:47Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Cash is King > Cash is the the thing > Cash in the mail > Cash never fails Precisely what I came in here to say. A notorized accounting statement giving a balance in USD with 9 digits to the left of the decimal point = love. Statement must use arabic numbers in base ten format. No binary.😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/5 "2009-01-30T01:45:27Z")
“All I can say is that enthusiasm, sincerity, genuine compassion and humor can carry you through any… lack of… prior experience with… high numerical values.” – Cdr. Susan Ivanova ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/6 "2009-01-30T02:14:53Z")
> [@John\_W.Kennedy](#): > > “All I can say is that enthusiasm, sincerity, genuine compassion and humor can carry you through any… lack of… prior experience with… high numerical values.” You had me at high numerical values. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/7 "2009-01-30T04:34:35Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > A notorized accounting statement giving a balance in USD with 9 digits to the left of the decimal point = love. No problem. Oh wait, I guess you meant to say “and no minus sign in front” right? ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/8 "2009-01-30T14:19:49Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Oh wait, I guess you meant to say “and no minus sign in front” right? Hey, no problem! Wait. Printed in red with parentheses around it is OK, right? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/9 "2009-01-30T17:00:14Z")
If someone lets you get into that much debt, then your smooth enough that I’m pretty sure you don’t need a love charm. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/10 "2009-01-31T19:15:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Personally I’d go with, “I hereby declare this circle cast. Amen and hallelujah.” Magnificent. Cecil could just talk himself blue in the face about disbelief in “majik”, to no good effect. Here, he just sums it up, clean and clear. And hey, if you truly believe in drawing down a circle, what’s wrong with Cecil’s incantation? If it’s going to happen, and you believe it will, and you can do it – then it just gets done. More religions could take that tip from the Master. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-charm-better-answer/483550/11 "2009-02-01T14:32:23Z")
> [@Arkcon](#): > > More religions could take that tip from the Master. Ah, but that might cause the faithful to ask questons they should not be asking. Can’t have that.