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Speed Dating
Topic Started: Jun 25 2007, 01:44 PM (475 Views)
Intrepid2002
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UNGH!
I was in Philadelphia this weekend to visit a niece but mainly to get together with some girlfriends/roomates from college. It was billeted as a "girls night out". Since I was the farthest one away and had to drive 4 to 5 hours to get there, they were the ones in charge of all the logistics. All I had to do was get my body there, or so they said.

We finally met and got in the car and started to drive into the city. The conversation went something like this.

"WTH are we doing here? I thought we were going to Morimoto's for dinner?"

"Short pitstop Moogie, I heard about this place and thought the four of us would enjoy this."


Fifteen minutes later we're in a lounge of some kind and a man is giving instructions to a group of women and the four of us were seated at separate tables for two. I so did not want to be arrested that night.

"Welcome ladies. Blah blah blah, blah blah blah. When the bell rings, we ask the gentlemen to stand up and move to the next table. You will have 7 minutes to find out as much as the other person as possible. blah blah blah.... blah blah blah" :headscratch:

*DING* And off to the races we went. At this point I'm a little PO'd at my friends.

Disclaimer: The following conversations were actually held.

"Hi, I'm Peter. blah blah blah.... blah blah blah. How much do you make?"

Did he just ask me how much money I make? Longest 7 minutes of my life. *DING*

"Hi, Call me Louie. blah blah blah.... blah blah blah. You have beautiful eyes. My ex wife had deep soulful eyes like yours. She cleaned me out. *DING*

"I'm George. I'll be 25 next week." *DING*

"My name is Andrew. Pleasure to meet you. I'm Republican. *DING*

"You're a Nova grad? Should you be wearing that?"
*DING*

"I like your shoes, where'd you get them?" *DING*

Towards the end, I was getting a little cranky. We should of ate before this 2 hour ordeal. We had tally cards we were supposed to hand in to the proprietor with our contact information if we were interested in anyone and if anyone was interested in us.

"Moogie, did you give them your cellphone number or your home number?"

"I gave them your cell phone number Liz."

Needless to say, we had fun the rest of the night after a good dinner at Morimoto's.
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A friend of mine invited me to one of those tings in Savannah. I declined. I don't know...Something just seems a little strange when you are sitting there rushing things along like that.
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What? It sounds like a two hour modern comedy. Thin on plot but entertaining none the less.

Ah to have been a fly on the wall watching you squirm uncomforatbly as these would be suitors prove to the world why they can't get dates.


Let us know how many calls Liz gets as a result.

I'd be tempted to call an pose as one of the serial nerds.

"Hey, moogie. We met speed dating last weekend. I was the one who said you had really soulful eyes like my ex. We talked politics and I told you I was a neo-nazi...but definatley not of the white supremicist variety. I was a bit surprised when you agreed we should contact each other"

Imagine if Liz got that voice mail ;)

Glad the rest of the night was nice.

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Intrepid2002
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They tell me it's the latest fad. You meet 15 people in an hour and a half. I must admit, it takes away a lot of the pressure. Towards the end, I was just getting silly. Next time, I think I'll bring my own bell.

It's hard to get a gage on someone's personality in 7 minutes.

But we had to try it.
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Jun 25 2007, 01:50 PM
A friend of mine invited me to one of those tings in Savannah. I declined. I don't know...Something just seems a little strange when you are sitting there rushing things along like that.

Start off

"Do you enjoy reading Kafka?"

Finish off with

"I think all the important exitential questions have already been anserwed, don't you?"

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:wave2: That was pretty funny, the way you described all that.



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Franko
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:scared: ....DING.....


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somerled
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Pass .... a few minutes is not enough time to decide any more than you are perhaps in lust for someone.
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captain_proton_au
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He really said "deep soulful"?
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Intrepid2002
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That was just the tip of the iceberg. I guess you'll say anything in 7 minutes.

If you try it one day, bring your own bell.
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^^^

To go with the Santa Suit?
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captain_proton_au
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And why was the 25 yr old guy an instant *DING?, everybodys doing it nowadays ;)
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Intrepid2002
Jun 26 2007, 07:18 AM
That was just the tip of the iceberg. I guess you'll say anything in 7 minutes.

If you try it one day, bring your own bell.

MMMmmmmHMMMMmmm. And just what did you blurt out in those 7 minutes?
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captain_proton_au
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I bet she told the cheesesteak story ;)
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She probably asked them all if they'd ever be interested in wearing a red dress! ;)
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