Seeking desperately strangers

I was surprised to find in all London’s papers those random add of people who want to connect with a stranger they briefly saw in some public place like the tube or a market. How absurd that in this day and age they still write those adds. What are the odds of somebody actually replying? Having the right person actually reading it? I want to meet somebody who actually met that way. I think I will test it. I will place an add and might as well describe my ideal match (you never know after all, it’s like playing the lottery!), I want to see if any freaks will reply to me! At this point you already know that they are liars though! Because you made up the add. Therefore, do you want to meet a desperate liar? Not really! I just picture this guy or girl, he gets on the tube, it’s packed. He/she sees an attractive person… their arm brushes against each other (which will happen no matter what because you are packed in there like sardines). The girl/dude runs in the office, goes online to contact either The London Paper or London Metro to post “Saw you on Victoria line, you had blue scarf and you smiled at me. Want to catch a drink?”…. is that for real? Who reads those adds? I did because I read everything or anything when I’m bored… but do other people actually “read” them? Hoping that someone , somewhere noticed them and would like to see them again? Wouldn’t be easier to meet strangers on the internet? I really want the statistics of what are chances of really have these strangers colliding into each other again through a silly add on a free tube trashy paper.