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TivaBella · 03-29-2006, 08:34 PM

I've got a Mr. Blind Date too:
My friend decided that this guy she knew was perfect for me. Apparently, the deciding factor was that we were both single. I don't think we actually had anything in common other than that.

She gives him my number and we chat on the phone a while before deciding to meet up for dinner the following night. I was living in the east end of Toronto at the time and he was from the west end, so he didn't know my area well. No problem - I gave him specific directions to the restaurant which included the fact that he was supposed to turn at the first lights after the highway.

The night we are supposed to meet he calls me to tell me he is going to be late because he has to go look at a car. "Oh, you are buying a new car?", I ask him? "Oh no, I'm not going to buy it. I just saw it was for sale and wanted to go see it" Strike 1.

So, I arrive at the restaurant at the agreed time and wait... and wait... and wait. Then it dawns on me - about 5 miles further down the road was another restaurant with the same name. Of course this is 5 miles past the lights where he was supposed to turn, but I figured, what the heck. I'll check it out and see if he is there. Sure enough, I walk in and there he is waiting at the bar. Dressed impressively in ripped jeans and a plaid flannel shirt. Strike 2

We have a chuckle over the mix-up (my chuckle is a bit strained at this point) and we go to our table. As we are arriving at the table he says to me, "You have to check out this great t-shirt I found". He takes off the flannel shirt and I see this t-shirt with a police badge on it. Below the badge are the words, "Canadian Beaver Police Please lie down and do what the nice officer tells you". Strike 3 - you are so out.

So, I sat down, ordered the most expensive item on the menu and just sat looking innocently clueless when the bill arrived so he ended up paying for everything.

The really sad thing about this story is that he is now happily married with 2 kids and I am still single.

03-29-2006, 08:34 PM	#28 (permalink)
TivaBella Tilted	I've got a Mr. Blind Date too: My friend decided that this guy she knew was perfect for me. Apparently, the deciding factor was that we were both single. I don't think we actually had anything in common other than that. She gives him my number and we chat on the phone a while before deciding to meet up for dinner the following night. I was living in the east end of Toronto at the time and he was from the west end, so he didn't know my area well. No problem - I gave him specific directions to the restaurant which included the fact that he was supposed to turn at the first lights after the highway. The night we are supposed to meet he calls me to tell me he is going to be late because he has to go look at a car. "Oh, you are buying a new car?", I ask him? "Oh no, I'm not going to buy it. I just saw it was for sale and wanted to go see it" Strike 1. So, I arrive at the restaurant at the agreed time and wait... and wait... and wait. Then it dawns on me - about 5 miles further down the road was another restaurant with the same name. Of course this is 5 miles past the lights where he was supposed to turn, but I figured, what the heck. I'll check it out and see if he is there. Sure enough, I walk in and there he is waiting at the bar. Dressed impressively in ripped jeans and a plaid flannel shirt. Strike 2 We have a chuckle over the mix-up (my chuckle is a bit strained at this point) and we go to our table. As we are arriving at the table he says to me, "You have to check out this great t-shirt I found". He takes off the flannel shirt and I see this t-shirt with a police badge on it. Below the badge are the words, "Canadian Beaver Police Please lie down and do what the nice officer tells you". Strike 3 - you are so out. So, I sat down, ordered the most expensive item on the menu and just sat looking innocently clueless when the bill arrived so he ended up paying for everything. The really sad thing about this story is that he is now happily married with 2 kids and I am still single. __________________ It's all falling into place. Of course that place is nowhere near this place. Buffy - "Gingerbread"