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Ok, at the Wedding of a friend last weekend I was bouncing around in happy party mode, definitely not on the pull and cheerfully tiddled (by the end of the night - about 3am). Monday I got a call from the bride saying her friend and colleague had been badgering her all day to call me and ask for a date.

This sort of thing doesn't happen to Clods! The warts, hunch and mad rolling eyes make sure of that!:yh_beatup

I don't recall her, except a vague impression of brown curly hair.:yh_monkey

I'm meeting her at 6 this evening. Sheer curiosity guaranteed that.

Any advice? Serious or otherwise?

Clodhopper;1121214 wrote: Ok, at the Wedding of a friend last weekend I was bouncing around in happy party mode, definitely not on the pull and cheerfully tiddled (by the end of the night - about 3am). Monday I got a call from the bride saying her friend and colleague had been badgering her all day to call me and ask for a date.



This sort of thing doesn't happen to Clods! The warts, hunch and mad rolling eyes make sure of that!:yh_beatup



I don't recall her, except a vague impression of brown curly hair.:yh_monkey



I'm meeting her at 6 this evening. Sheer curiosity guaranteed that.



Any advice? Serious or otherwise?




Wooohoooo Clodhopper:-6



Just go with a smile and good mood and have a great time.....



Who knows:-6She may be the one for you;):D

well you are off to a good start seeing as she wanted the date:D have a great time, and good luck:D

Just go with a smile and good mood and have a great time.....


Kathy Ellen: Solid good sense. Just what I expect from you. Thanks.

Kaz: See above.

Good luck, it'll be fine, she already likes you if she's instigated it! :-6

Good luck, it'll be fine, she already likes you if she's instigated it!


Betty: Yeah, but Clods being Clods the fact I don't know why makes me jumpy... Ye Gads, she saw me DANCE...is it acceptable to conduct a blind date from the top of the nearest lamp post?

Clodhopper;1121226 wrote: Betty: Yeah, but Clods being Clods the fact I don't know why makes me jumpy... Ye Gads, she saw me DANCE...is it acceptable to conduct a blind date from the top of the nearest lamp post?


:wah: so if she's seen you at your worst, in your opinion, and she still likes what she sees whats the problem, stop panicking and go with the flow..... stay cool

You GO boy!!!!!!!



Mind your manners and remember............to open the doors, clean undies, and don't drool.

Follow those rules and you just might not be back until Fri........LATE.........

Mind your manners and remember............to open the doors, clean undies, and don't drool.


BTS: I shall keep saying that to myself all through the date*. Good advice from the guy peeing on the fire hydrant!



* Um, thinking about it, won't she be a bit surprised to find me in the pub washing my smalls in a bucket? Not very experienced at this sort of thing.:wah:

Laughs. Yes I'm nervous, but then I should be! If I wasn't nervous, that would worry me far more.

Have fun!

Just be yourself as obs that's what she liked in the first place. Have fun!

Clodhopper;1121243 wrote: BTS: I shall keep saying that to myself all through the date*. Good advice from the guy peeing on the fire hydrant!





* Um, thinking about it, won't she be a bit surprised to find me in the pub washing my smalls in a bucket? Not very experienced at this sort of thing.:wah:



Laughs. Yes I'm nervous, but then I should be! If I wasn't nervous, that would worry me far more.


Quote:

How much tyme do I have to get your head straight before this date?

And about them "Smalls"??????? This hickabilly from the US got lost......

"Smalls" is WHAT now?

And about them "Smalls"??????? This hickabilly from the US got lost......

"Smalls" is WHAT now?


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

"Smalls" = "Undies".

How much tyme do I have to get your head straight before this date?


In the opinion of my friends, eternity is too short. Hey ho, I may be bonkers, but I'm not depressed and it's never dull.:-6

[QUOTE]Just be yourself as obs that's what she liked in the first place. QUOTE]

What? Me half drunk and dancing ????? THAT's scary!



(Clods clambers back up the lamp post)

No. You're quite right. I'm just being bumptious.

Actually, the bit that worries me most is that I don't remember her, and things aren't right, and I have to reject her.:-1 Rejection isn't nice from either side of the equation.

But hey, that's the risk with a blind date, and the fact that someone has been prepared to take that chance has improved my mood immensely!

Clodhopper;1121278 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



"Smalls" = "Undies".







In the opinion of my friends, eternity is too short. Hey ho, I may be bonkers, but I'm not depressed and it's never dull.:-6


Thank god.......='s undies



Never de-pressed.

You got speakers on your PC?

If so try this hickabilly tonk out......



Have your speakers on and CRANKED........

The link plays their WHOLE new album and it is great, gettin ready to party music



Joey + Rory :: Home :: Debut Album Life Of A Song Now on Sale!

BTS: I like a bit of honky tonk, and I enjoy a sad song (ever heard of the Cowboy Junkies...?) but Man! Ran out of wrists to slit! What sort of parties do you go to?

Good stuff. Crisp and tight.

Ok, I'm off. Thanks all for holding my hand while I gibbered.

Clodhopper;1121463 wrote: Ok, I'm off. Thanks all for holding my hand while I gibbered.


We want to hear everything when you get back...

Clodhopper;1121214 wrote: Ok, at the Wedding of a friend last weekend I was bouncing around in happy party mode, definitely not on the pull and cheerfully tiddled (by the end of the night - about 3am). Monday I got a call from the bride saying her friend and colleague had been badgering her all day to call me and ask for a date.

This sort of thing doesn't happen to Clods! The warts, hunch and mad rolling eyes make sure of that!:yh_beatup

I don't recall her, except a vague impression of brown curly hair.:yh_monkey

I'm meeting her at 6 this evening. Sheer curiosity guaranteed that.

Any advice? Serious or otherwise?


Did she bring her blind dog with her???:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Just relax be yourself and enjoy the date :-6

Not back yet................ must be going well ;)

Jester;1121949 wrote: Why is she half blind? Does she wear an eye patch? :-2


That's what I thought when I read the title too...she was blind in one eye. :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Why is she half blind? Does she wear an eye patch?


Jester (and others): It's that danged English Clodhopper playing with words again and not thinking that the phrases might not be in use in the US. We have two phrases we use over here and I mixed them:

"Blind drunk", ie so drunk you can't see

and "blind date" - meeting someone you've never met before where romantic developments are understood to be possible.

I was half drunk and half remembered her.

Anyway a pleasant evening, but no thanks.

Met in a smartish local pub, chatted, went for a Thai meal, chatted some more, all fair enough; no real meeting of minds, no real chemistry, she said she had to work tomorrow, I didn't ask for her phone number, saw her to the bus stop and waited for the bus, we didn't kiss, she muttered something about a text, hopefully that's it and no harm done.

But hey, what a boost at a the worst time of the year! :-6

Clodhopper;1122012 wrote: Jester (and others): It's that danged English Clodhopper playing with words again and not thinking that the phrases might not be in use in the US. We have two phrases we use over here and I mixed them:

"Blind drunk", ie so drunk you can't see

and "blind date" - meeting someone you've never met before where romantic developments are understood to be possible.

I was half drunk and half remembered her.

Anyway a pleasant evening, but no thanks.

Met in a smartish local pub, chatted, went for a Thai meal, chatted some more, all fair enough; no real meeting of minds, no real chemistry, she said she had to work tomorrow, I didn't ask for her phone number, saw her to the bus stop and waited for the bus, we didn't kiss, she muttered something about a text, hopefully that's it and no harm done.

But hey, what a boost at a the worst time of the year! :-6


Now she stalks you :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

oh well at least you had a good meal and was a gentleman and saw her to the bus stop:D...dont you have a car

kayleneaussie: No, don't have a car - the public transport is pretty good and it isn't necessary. She lives in the neighbouring suburb and using the bus is normal. Were she going far I'd have ordered a cab.

Oscar: Then I explain that I'm a wargamer and not really used to lumpy men like her, but that I'd heard they were really good at cleaning toilets and would she care to have a go at mine. Then I call the Police and run like hell.:sneaky:

Clodhopper;1122026 wrote: kayleneaussie: No, don't have a car - the public transport is pretty good and it isn't necessary. She lives in the neighbouring suburb and using the bus is normal. Were she going far I'd have ordered a cab.

Oscar: Then I explain that I'm a wargamer and not really used to lumpy men like her, but that I'd heard they were really good at cleaning toilets and would she care to have a go at mine. Then I call the Police and run like hell.:sneaky:


I was tittering to myself tonight because i'd have loved it if you came back with the news that she was actually a he :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Advice for future blind dates.

Always go with a friend if you don't know what they look like. Hide around a corner until you spy the datee. If they are a real minger...send your mate out to them to explain that you've been injured in a car crash and won't be walking again for several months, then run like hell.

Always go with a friend if you don't know what they look like. Hide around a corner until you spy the datee. If they are a real minger...send your mate out to them to explain that you've been injured in a car crash and won't be walking again for several months, then run like hell.


Laughs. I couldn't do that. Say no in advance or go on the date. If she's a bunny boiler so be it. Did I say my life was never dull?

Clodhopper;1122051 wrote: Laughs. I couldn't do that. Say no in advance or go on the date. If she's a bunny boiler so be it. Did I say my life was never dull?


To be honest, if i was on a blind date and they turned out to be a real minger, i'd feel sorry for them and wouldn't have the heart to be un-kind.

Your up very late for a British person. Are you par-taking of tiffin before you retire?

Ireland closed some hours ago.

Still on the adrenaline buzz. Am just having a wee drinkie since I won't sleep for a while yet. (Was on the tea until five mins ago).

Clodhopper;1122087 wrote: Still on the adrenaline buzz. Am just having a wee drinkie since I won't sleep for a while yet. (Was on the tea until five mins ago).


A wee dram eh :wah:

Didn't spend four years at a Scottish Uni for nothing!

I have even been known to say "Och" without provochation.

Clodhopper;1122107 wrote: Didn't spend four years at a Scottish Uni for nothing!

I have even been known to say "Och" without provochation.


If i have much more dealings with gmc, i shall be speaking in some bizzare celtic language. The only person i know that actually writes in a way that you read it in a Scottish accent.

i shall be speaking in some bizzare celtic language


I thought you were...:sneaky:

Ooops!

(Clodhopper dives for the slit trench and begins cowering)

Clodhopper;1122116 wrote: I thought you were...:sneaky:

Ooops!

(Clodhopper dives for the slit trench and begins cowering)


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

See, i told you.... too much time talking to that kilt flinger :yh_rotfl

well, at least we know she has excellant taste! :p :-4

sunny104;1122409 wrote: well, at least we know she has excellant taste! :p :-4


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Was your meal ok? Went on a blind date once, was horrible. Never again thankyou very much! Met hubs in a bar so I wouldn't even know what to do about meeting someone again if he goes ahead of me which might be the case this weekend if he doesn't fix the toilet.:wah:

well, at least we know she has excellant taste!


:wah:

I certainly hope so! chuckle. let's just say that from about 30 seconds in I was doing my best to convince her - without in any way being offensive - that we did not have a future together.

She reminded me of my rebound girlfriend. Poor thing.

eep.

Latest and I hope final update. She was not deterred and I've just had to kill her hopes over the phone. I did it as nicely as I could.

Yargh.

Clodhopper;1122524 wrote: eep.

Latest and I hope final update. She was not deterred and I've just had to kill her hopes over the phone. I did it as nicely as I could.

Yargh.


Now she will stalk you:yh_rotfl

There's quite a queue. She'll have to take her turn. I'm occupied with Zara Phillips at present.:sneaky:

Clodhopper;1122543 wrote: There's quite a queue. She'll have to take her turn. I'm occupied with Zara Phillips at present.:sneaky:


Aunty anne's daughter? Is she quite a looker?

...she certainly is in jodhpurs.

Clodhopper;1122552 wrote: ...she certainly is in jodhpurs.


I would hope so as her mum looks like a horse.:wah:

Well, at least she's thoroughbred. Produced a damn fine filly, too.:-4

Ok, but was she HOT???

Was she a 'before, during or after'....?

Mare or filly?

Mum went for soldiers and photographers; daughter's been breakin' in Rugby players in between breakin' bones in point-to-points, doncher know.

Hmm. My money's on the daughter as a real goer on firm ground, but I suspect it'd be a photo at the finish.

Clodhopper;1122524 wrote: eep.

Latest and I hope final update. She was not deterred and I've just had to kill her hopes over the phone. I did it as nicely as I could.

Yargh.


Gee Clodhopper, here I was hoping that things would turn out great and you would be dancing on top of the lamp post instead of climbing it. Heck we could have had a real romantic soap opera going here. You would have been filling us all in on what you did on your dates and where you went and asking us all for our female advice etc. Now you have gone and left the poor girl in tears. :wah: I can just imagine her sitting there crying into her handkerchief, wanting your body and knowing she will never have you. :-4:-4

LOL, some men are sooooo selfish with their bodies and their kisses.:-1

OH **** ! :wah:

Good luck man.

First dates are the worst.

I mean if your on your game and you can relax and just be yourself then the Gods are with you.

Personally speaking the Gods forsake me on my first dates.

I was a sheep in a wolves den. The sun eclipsed. It was like being airlifted and dropped into Bin Ladens himself private den on a holy day.

A first date for me was like that final walk down death row, dead man walking.

The hour before I picked her up was the worst. I would have been grateful if a building fell over on top of me.

I would have sold my soul to Satan to get a call from her that her grandma just died and couldnt make it.

But you know...just keep it light. Whatever you think Nomad would do or say do the opposite. Thats a good rule of thumb for everyone.