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one of my friends has declared that 2003 is the going to be the year that blind dates come back into fashion. is it?

more seriously, have you ever been on a blind date?

i guess less extreme versions = being set up by friends at dinner parties etc. c or d?

(i'm sure we've done this before but my lame search skillz couldn't find it.)

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:02 (twenty-three years ago)

this really happens?

― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:04 (twenty-three years ago)

never been on one

― gareth (gareth), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Were they ever in fashion? I always thought they were more of a film/tv thing with hilarious consequences.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Any kind of date, whether with guide dogs or not, would be nice.

― alix (alix), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:14 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd like to be set up. Even if she was ugly it would still be good fun.

― Gordon (Gordon), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Blind Date the programme is the most evil thing on telly.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes! Classic. We used to have an organized blind date thing at rag week at Univ. You put yr name in and were paired up with someone for a date. I did it each year - all the girls that I met were great too.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:23 (twenty-three years ago)

blind the date (the prog) is terrible!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Blind Date the TV show has got a lot eviller recently though - getting rid of one contestant earlier, letting the chooser go out with the runner-up if they've met, etc

(see The Guardian the other day too, the article with the infamous Wearing illustration)

― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:28 (twenty-three years ago)

I went to watch the show being filmed once (don't ask how, involves lesbians and a student union)and it was possibly the most unpleasant few hours I've ever endured in terms of embarrassment. NEVER AGAIN.

― alix (alix), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:35 (twenty-three years ago)

FUCK CILLA BLACK

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd rather not.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:38 (twenty-three years ago)

I did.

― alix (alix), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:07 (twenty-three years ago)

been on two blind dates. same result--guy liked me, i thought him rather dull. oh, actually, 3. dud.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 10 January 2003 16:58 (twenty-three years ago)

My err girlfriend has been on blind dates. I think the success of blind-dating reality TV shows could bring them back in typical post-ironic fashion for actual people! It would be just like being on the show, except without the cameras.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 10 January 2003 17:46 (twenty-three years ago)

The problem with them, though, is that they're just sort of unnecessary now: most people seem perfectly content to fix people up by just asking them out as part of some group, thus allowing them to hit it off or not on their own casual terms. I suppose at some point your dating life might get to a point of such frantic efficiency that you didn't even have time for that, and needed immediate one-on-one sink-or-swim "dates" with people. But hopefully none of us will be at that point anytime soon, and will be content to mosey casually out in larger company and figure things out from there.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 10 January 2003 17:48 (twenty-three years ago)

We should fix fellow ILXers up! Or more accurately, you should fix me up.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 10 January 2003 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Martin, what? no more "exciting" Italian gf?

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 10 January 2003 18:42 (twenty-three years ago)

No, we seem to be finishing, sadly. It's in a kind of uneasy winding-down phase, but I'm sure it's coming to an end. A pity, but it was great for a while.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 10 January 2003 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

absolute dud, especially if you go on more than one, then you end up in some kind of experiential loop where the same things get discussed over and over again. bah!

― fiona, Friday, 10 January 2003 20:12 (twenty-three years ago)

No Noo a thousand times nooooo...

― brg30 (brg30), Friday, 10 January 2003 21:04 (twenty-three years ago)

I really should set up an ilxor dating service, then I could finally make some money (or you could all pay me Hello Kitty).

― Nicole (Nicole), Saturday, 11 January 2003 00:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Ooh we could all light up our room funny and do our hair up and take webcam shots of ourselves then post our IM nicks Ooh!

ilxor dating service = most fucked up self-deprecating ironic descriptions imaginable all in one place.

― Tom Millar (Millar), Saturday, 11 January 2003 01:15 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

uh,

― -- (688), Tuesday, 8 August 2006 11:02 (nineteen years ago)

a friend of my flatmate got given this CARD on the tube by some girl.

and on it was a website and from there you can see her profile and email her and so he did and apparently went on a date last night and it went quite well!

so there.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 8 August 2006 11:05 (nineteen years ago)

How did she know he was single?

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Tuesday, 8 August 2006 11:31 (nineteen years ago)

i've never been on a blind date. i'm not sure if this is an advantage or a disadvantage.

― gem (trisk), Tuesday, 8 August 2006 11:32 (nineteen years ago)

How did she know he was single?

well she probably didn't! but what's to lose apart from a card (i think that's the whole idea)

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 8 August 2006 11:47 (nineteen years ago)

i'd love to go on a blind date, if only for comedy value. it's a WEIRD situation, so i'd like to experience it. i have a girlfriend, though, so i won't.
i imagine these are GREAT or DISASTER with no inbetween.

― teh_kit haev been evicted, oh noes! (g-kit), Tuesday, 8 August 2006 12:30 (nineteen years ago)

I went on one once about three years ago and last saturday went to her wedding and watched her marry someone else, perhaps it should have been me but she is pretty much my best friend and my life wouldn't be the same without her. ]

Damnit it should have been me.

― Paul Kelly (kelly), Thursday, 10 August 2006 02:07 (nineteen years ago)

I went to one of those dances where your roommate fixes you up with a date. It was tolerable, but the guy had a huge crush on my roommate. In theory I don't think they're a bad idea, though.

― Maria (Maria), Thursday, 10 August 2006 02:21 (nineteen years ago)

blind dates are pretty sweet

― S-L-U-G (plsmith), Thursday, 10 August 2006 03:20 (nineteen years ago)

The only blind date that I ever went on was a horrible disaster. I wound up walking out on it, actually. First the guy informed me that he "believed in the Republican way of life" (this was right after the 1992 GOP convention in Houston, featuring Pat Robertson and Pat Buchanan whipping the crowd into a ridiculous anti-feminist froth). Then he went on about how he wanted to kill a random deer that we saw (charming). We were (thankfully) in a large group and my friend who set me up was there. For some reason we wound up watching the Olympic opening ceremonies. My friend mentioned she was looking forward to the gymnastics. I said, "yeah, I think it is so amazing that they can do that!" My horrible date got all weird and defensive and asked, "are you saying I couldn't do that?" I figured I could stick it out for the rest of the evening, but that this guy was a jerk with serious testosterone poisoning. The last straw came when he started making horrible homophobic and racist remarks. I got up and said... well, I still don't know; I was that pissed off. I know I ended with, "and I'd rather walk home and risk being raped and killed than spend one more minute here with you!" My friend wound up driving me home and apologizing to me. Ugh, bad scene.

Bottom line: I would never go on another blind date.

― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Thursday, 10 August 2006 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

I went to a blind prom. He was a dreamy art school graduate and a bit too old for me, looking back on it.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

The only one I went on was a dud. We sort of knew each other from phone conversations that were business related, but had never met as we lived 25 miles apart. Just one of those things that wasn't meant to happen. Then, with more than just a touch of coincidence, some 5 or 6 years down the road, I met and later married her next door neighbor who had moved to the town I was living in. It turned out that my wife 's family and hers are all VERY close friends and this *blind date* keeps popping up in my life every now and then, most aptly as a subtle reminder that they really can be DUDS!

In theory though, I very much like the idea of them.

― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:36 (nineteen years ago)

im going on a semi blind date (seen one pic) tomorrow night, except the girl is apparently shy, so our mutual friend/go between/mediator is coming along to give her moral support. not sure if that really counts as a proper blind date, and its going to be a little odd with someone else there but that might actually take the pressure off so not a bad thing. i cant help thinking though that its kinda contrived isnt it? more pressure, like 'we must get along' and youre both going in with 'the expectation' (well to a degree) that youre only going in there with romantic inclinations. well actually... thats no diff from approaching someone in a bar or being approached really is it?

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Monday, 21 August 2006 13:47 (nineteen years ago)

I predict another hilarious thread! Good luck tiger, hope it goes well.

― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Monday, 21 August 2006 14:33 (nineteen years ago)

the mediator is the girl i posted about who i wanted more than platonic relations with! yay!

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Monday, 21 August 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

double team 'em

― mentalismé (sanskrit), Monday, 21 August 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

Sanskrit is on the money - it's the only possible way you'll come out of this series of threads with your dignity intact :)

― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

100% dud

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

i mean 100% dude

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

whos sanskrit?

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

looks like mine isnt happening now

― -- (688), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

don't do it, you'll regret it.
oh yeah, dud!

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Monday, 21 August 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

sanskrit is your double-teaming tear-soaked confidant

― hippo eats dwarlf (lfam), Monday, 21 August 2006 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

yes, because i have been simply bawling my eyes out over here since my first post. hand me a tissue.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Monday, 21 August 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

You can have the whole box if you like. You'll probably need it.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Monday, 21 August 2006 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

how kind.

― big bawler shot caller (tigertiger), Monday, 21 August 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

:-)

― Scourage (Haberdager), Monday, 21 August 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

'Girl I want to hump but can't is accompanying me up on a blind date with socially inept shut-in' - what part of that screams good idea?

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 21 August 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

well its now just me and the socially inept one, the one i want to hump has dropped out. which is much better i think.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 09:34 (nineteen years ago)

I'm going on a parallel date, if it cheers you up, TigerT. We can exchange success stories whenever we get back online! :-D

― Scourage (Haberdager), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 09:38 (nineteen years ago)

If it cheers you up, the socially inept one might put out and you could finally lose your virginity.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 09:41 (nineteen years ago)

matt DC, thats what im hoping for. its been 27 long hard years of lonely masturbation, phone sex bills, and unproductive chat room time.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 09:57 (nineteen years ago)

27 long hard years of lonely masturbation, phone sex bills, and unproductive chat room time.

Can we have this as the ILX masthead?

― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:09 (nineteen years ago)

i might put it on a badge and see if anyone helps me lose The Big V.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:17 (nineteen years ago)

Not sure it would help that much tbf.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:23 (nineteen years ago)

o man i went on one once and i was soooooutta my league it was, um, i...i fucked up.

maybe i shld have put out?

― alicer (alicereed), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:26 (nineteen years ago)

im hoping to lose THE BIG V tonight. thats it, ive decided. its going to happen. finally.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:27 (nineteen years ago)

whoAH! o go on! x fingers if you want it. g'luck.

― alicer (alicereed), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:29 (nineteen years ago)

oh thanks! do you think it will really happen? oh do you?! do you?! say yes! please!

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:35 (nineteen years ago)

um.

― alicer (alicereed), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:45 (nineteen years ago)

oh nooooo, im sensing a lapse in encouragement!

good thing i stopped being a virgin about a decade ago then.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 10:48 (nineteen years ago)

As you have already made pains to tell us. :p

― Scourage (Haberdager), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:12 (nineteen years ago)

im still an anal virgin though. i could see if this socially inept girl would be up for a bit of strap on butt fucking! the adventure isnt over yet people!

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:20 (nineteen years ago)

I went on on once and got stood up. I suppose that's better than getting stood up by someone who knows what you look like.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:23 (nineteen years ago)

thier loss from what i've seen albs

― alicer (alicereed), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:45 (nineteen years ago)

forgot to say, scourage, yes, lets compare when we get back. fingers crossed you get the four way action you deserve.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:46 (nineteen years ago)

what a horrific place this is! always snakes and pretenders lurking smarming looking forward to their next petty sophisticated victory.

― alicer (alicereed), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:52 (nineteen years ago)

i dont think scourage or myself are anticipating anything that might resemble sophisticated victory.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:56 (nineteen years ago)

*smirking*

didi you go to a public school chap?

― alicer (alicereed), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 11:59 (nineteen years ago)

sorry it was just an image i flashed on reading youse. of sad predatory losers. educated sad predatory losers

― alicer (alicereed), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:02 (nineteen years ago)

why yes, i went to eaton. and what of it?

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:07 (nineteen years ago)

take me!

― alicer (alicereed), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

oh i say!

seriously though i dont know what the fuck youre talking about. i went to a comprehensive in essex.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

so you deny being educated?

― alicer (alicereed), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:19 (nineteen years ago)

do you deny being raised in the wild?

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

GET ONE ROOM ALREADY!

― No Mistakes, Only Happy Accidents (kate), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:24 (nineteen years ago)

no. me mum took off early with me and spinker. we had it rough. theres photos that give me the memories. it wasn wild, no doubt. travellers, tent people, refo's. it was good. gave me tools to recognise chancers, those without the, er, substance to back their hip thrusts.

― alicer (alicereed), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:27 (nineteen years ago)

i dont recommend blind dates when the person setting you up is a friend (who will be reported to, which makes everything more icky and incestuous and more embarassing)

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 11:15 (nineteen years ago)

So it didn't go too well, then Tigertiger?

― Ruairi Wirewool (Ruairi Wirewool), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 12:29 (nineteen years ago)

Mine wasn't exactly the unqualified success I'd kinda hoped for either. Spent over eight hours in the girl's company, got on like a house on fire, but failed to get off in a similar manner. We drank, we sat in the park, we walked, we dined, we saw 'A Skanner Darkly', and we parted on the best of terms, with she encouraging me to 'text her' back. I never found an appropriate time to make a move, well, until within 100 yards of our parting point, when a street-seller asked if he could sell me flowers. I declined, but only realised later on that accepting his offer, and then presenting the flower to said girl accompanied by the cheesy couplet

"I've been wondering how to say it for over eight hours,
But when it comes down to it, say it with flowers"

could have been just the overblown romantic gesture the situation required.

Still, nothing lost, something (closer friendship?) gained...not an unsuccessful trip by all means.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 13:00 (nineteen years ago)

You've been on one date with a girl, it went well, and yet are miserable becuase you failed to fuck her? And this is a failure? THREE DATE RULE, BLOKES.

― USB Coffeehub (kate), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 13:01 (nineteen years ago)

Who, me? I'm not miserable. If you're talking to TT stick a coupla xxposts in front of your message... :p

― Scourage (Haberdager), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 13:03 (nineteen years ago)

im not miserable, it went okay. i dont think i really fancied her from the off (not cos she wasnt attractive, but just cos i dunno, i didnt, although she has great features). but i thought if we really hit it off then i might do. we did get on fine, conversation was pleasant, and quite good,but not really any sparks or anything so dont think anything will come of it. we didnt seem to have that much to talk about (maybe im expecting too much for sparks to fly though). maybe next time we meet, things might be diff though, as it would take off the 'blind date pressure' edge off things. all in all though, it was a pretty laid back date really, cant complain.

im more interested in how scourages 'date' was eight hours long though!

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 13:31 (nineteen years ago)

it was more of a 'day out' than a date.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

eight hours for a first date isnt a bad first date by any means.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

It was more of a second date, actually. And when we go off to different universities things could get a little tougher on the dating side. Not giving up hope on this front yet, although I appreciate that there'll be many more fish in the sea. Pity, she's a really good lass, and although I feel my attraction to her may have something of the nostalgic about it (we first met over a year ago at an open day, didn't communicate for many months, then got back in touch), I've not met many who manage to be interesting, funny, open and sweet all at the same time.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

well, to state the obv, stay in touch. you might be far from each other but if you get along that well, then its worth it. if you can pick things up/get things going after a year on, then who knows what might happen later down the line, even if you do meet other people in the meantime.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

five months pass...

I wonder where tigertiger went?

Anyway, it's MY turn to date blind tomorrow night! It's an organised university-wide event with hundreds, perhaps thousands of participants; fortunately I'm quite good friends with the people who organise it so (they claim) they've fixed me up with someone 'nice'. We shall see, we shall see...

― if bored, plz feel free not to read (Haberdager), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

i still check ILX from time to time.... always beware of 'someone nice'

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:49 (nineteen years ago)

turns out she's quite a devout christian... :-/

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

well in that case she probably really is 'someone nice'. but beware even more in that case (unless you are also a devout christian). well actually no, it only matters if she wants someone as devout as her.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:26 (nineteen years ago)

not again.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:26 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/25/53157192_da605ede33.jpg

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:27 (nineteen years ago)

if bored, plz feel free not to read

― if bored, plz feel free not to read (Haberdager), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

on our entry forms we have to fill out 'what does it take to get me into bed', she's emphatically circled 'marriage' :-/

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

~~amyl nitrate~~ marriage

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

ask yr DJ friend about ketamine.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:31 (nineteen years ago)

i've seen people on k and frankly i don't want anything to do with it. they turn into babbling zombies, ugh.

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

i get asked if i sell k quite frequently for some reason.

― tigertiger (tigertiger), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

zombies are way easier to date rape.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

bed schmed - floor, kitchen table, park bench, Gear's couch, your options are endless.

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

I been making ketamine jokes all day long!

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

no zombie/skullfuck jokes

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

Hang on a second, not to encourage him (honest), but what happened with the other girl who you proclaimed your undying affection for? I stopped following whatever thread that was on and now I feel like I've missed a part of the wonderful soap opera that is 'Unasked-For Personal Detail On ILx'.

― emil.y (emil.y), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:34 (nineteen years ago)

i love ketamine

― chaki (chaki), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

xp- do they have restraining orders in England?

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

her ideal first date movie is 'finding nemo', which is even cutesier than my own pick (spirited away). she comes across as ultra-nice and good fun, though, which is a good sign. hopefully it'll be a lovely, pure, innocent night out, and we'll be great friends afterwards.

the girl i proclaimed undying affection for has been having family trouble, and has maintained radio silence for the past week. hopefully when teh blind date reaches her bedtime at 10 p.m. i'll meet teh enamoured at the club night we both always go to. and arrange that bloody country walk. and avoid any suspicious-looking powder.

― sigh (Haberdager), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:37 (nineteen years ago)

I love ketamine too, but I wouldn't want to do it at a club. It's nice to be cosy and inside.

x-posts I knew that would sound stalky, ha.

― emil.y (emil.y), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:38 (nineteen years ago)

not for you, for him

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:39 (nineteen years ago)

good thing i stopped being a virgin about a decade ago then.

-- tigertiger (survivingdesireinthenoughtie...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2006 4:48 AM. (link)

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As you have already made pains to tell us. :p

-- Scourage (papiermachealamphibia...) (webmail), August 22nd, 2006 5:12 AM. (link)

― heal thyself (gear), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:39 (nineteen years ago)

haha, milo, let's all laugh at the CREEP, eh?

my friend tells me that someone on this board has contacted him with 'concerns' about my amyl intake. when he told me this, me and a couple of others stood, stared, and then burst out into fits of laughter. the stuff you guys assume about my IRL personage is astounding!

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:43 (nineteen years ago)

Ha. Someone posted this on ILM. It's about a blind date. Kind of. May be a nice diversion from druggy-boy's life story. Smack addict!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0359hSerDeE

― emil.y (emil.y), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, nobody thinks you are a massive amyl user. The ID bomb was so people who googled your name would find the thread, and read about you using amyl and being kind of, um, creepy about that girl.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:51 (nineteen years ago)

Surely Louis Jagger wouldn't use poppers.

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:54 (nineteen years ago)

I know the ID bomb was for that purpose (and in retrospect it was actually kinda funny), but someone (msp, I think) honestly thinks I have some sort of drug problem! And here's the creepy thing, she found (via, I assume, Facebook) my best friend (how, I have no idea) and told him of her very real concerns. I wasn't being creepy about that girl, anyway. Creepy != a little inebriated.

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 02:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IQR9bw-4R08

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

Hi Dom, you don't actually have to read this thread, you know.

My date likes her men with 'a bit of funk to go with it all'. Any suggestions?

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

Ask John Harris.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

Well, at least I'd know what to blame if it all went badly!

I should probably buy a Funkadelic album and listen to it on repeat before going out, or something.

― funk did this (Haberdager), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 02:13 (nineteen years ago)

I know the ID bomb was for that purpose (and in retrospect it was actually kinda funny), but someone (msp, I think) honestly thinks I have some sort of drug problem!

I doubt it - whoever it was probably did it on purpose to try and drop you into shit, as joeks. There are some cunts on ILX who have done this before to other people (just ask Remy!), which IMO is crossing the line.

There is only one way this stops for you Louis - shut up about it, no matter how much people bait you. Just dont say anything. And I don't mean "shut up LJ you nob", I mean stop trying to deflect all this shit with so called "self effacing humour" and whatnot. Trust me, it don't work.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

guys stop harassing this little britishes dude

― the kwisatz bacharach (sanskrit), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

you're not geting excelsiored for your efforts, ok?

― the kwisatz bacharach (sanskrit), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

also, at least he has a story arc, unlike most of us

― the kwisatz bacharach (sanskrit), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

apparently all of ILM is in some sort of deeply fucked-up codependent relationship with LJ. i cant believe that a) he doesn't want to leave and b) you guys still pay attention. i swear, it's like you all love these threads despite the constant bitching.

― max (maxreax), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 02:56 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

it just seems like such a risky endeavor. like skydiving or something.

― Surmounter, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 19:05 (seventeen years ago)

ok that wasn't so bad, even though i felt like i was going to explode.

― Surmounter, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 19:55 (seventeen years ago)

I thought that was a good feeling on a date

― nabisco, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 20:12 (seventeen years ago)

^^ I don't mean that in a dirty way

― nabisco, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 20:12 (seventeen years ago)

haha right

― Surmounter, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

How blind?

I mean, like, someone you have never met before or even seen a picture of, that was a friend of a friend that you got set up with? Or someone you'd looked at, scoped, checked out on the internets beforehand? There's whole new levels of "blind" WRT "blind dates" these days. Apparently.

― I've Got A MYSTERIOUS BOX And I'm Going To Open It (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:05 (seventeen years ago)

literally dating a person blinfolded

― cupcakes off the shoulder of orion (latebloomer), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:06 (seventeen years ago)

hahahaha

it's true. this was internet blind so i wasn't like shocked by anything.

― Surmounter, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:07 (seventeen years ago)

Does it really still count as "blind" when you've read their profile, looked at their pics, and probably googled them and read their blog? I'm not sure about that!

Or these days, does "blind" just mean "I have not met this person in the flesh before"?

― I've Got A MYSTERIOUS BOX And I'm Going To Open It (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:10 (seventeen years ago)

maybe you're right. but it's a toss-up -- i tend to think of it as blind if i haven't met the person in the flesh before, cuz it's a completely different way of getting to know someone. at times, i had to remind myself that the person sitting in front of me was the same person i'd chatted with online.

― Surmounter, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:11 (seventeen years ago)

OK, yeah, understood - that can be quite weird, when they are so different in person than they are online. One of the dangers of meeting people on the interweb - especially if you have lovely, free and easy chatting online and they are awkward in person. This is when the British idea of adding lots of booze is very helpful.

Does that mean it didn't go well, and was a bad "explode"? Or am I misreading this due to mine own pessimism about this process (that I'm embarking on myself, eep!)

― I've Got A MYSTERIOUS BOX And I'm Going To Open It (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:16 (seventeen years ago)

hehe. no, it wasn't a bad explode. see, i'm always worried i'm going to be the one who's so different in person. cuz well, it's in person. but i think we both just enjoyed being out and socializing, which is pretty much what we both wanted to get out of it, at least to start.

― Surmounter, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:22 (seventeen years ago)

ooh, do you have one coming up??

― Surmounter, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:25 (seventeen years ago)

Not yet, but I'm hoping too, soon... (maybe being overoptimistic - but at least trying to consider the option of this happening and endeavouring to actualise it by, erm, picking up boys on the interwebs, yes. I'm going to shut up now before I jinx anything.)

― I've Got A MYSTERIOUS BOX And I'm Going To Open It (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:45 (seventeen years ago)

well, i'm sure you'll have a good time :) if anything it's just good to meet people

― Surmounter, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 22:53 (seventeen years ago)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...

OK, he just asked me for a drink.

Half of me is yippie skippie yaying like a teenager who got asked to the prom, the other half is filled with dread that I'm going to have to turn up and reveal that I am actually a fat, ugly, middle aged woman. But! I've been totally honest about the fact that I am a fat, ugly, middle aged woman, so as not to falsely raise expectations.

― The Boring Machine (Masonic Boom), Thursday, 29 January 2009 20:46 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

i'm so tired of trying to meet people through conventional means that i am almost ready to go on a date with anyone, just because.

― Joint Custody (ian), Friday, 12 February 2010 06:14 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

On Twitter, Rhodri Marsden has asked for, received and RT'd a slew of amazingly horrible blind date stories. Samples:

Mate of my cousin, girl took her back to her flat, said "wanna see something sexy?", put on a gas mask, he ran away.
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met guy at his flat, opened door in blue check fleece dressing gown and an electronic tag on his ankle, "Shall we just stay in?"
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went on date with guy who said 'seeing as I'm paying' . . . 'we won't have starters and we'll drink tap water.'

And there's much more besides.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 22:57 (fourteen years ago)

Better link: http://storify.com/rhodri/your-awful-dates-in-140-characters

― generous loller at dollies (sic), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 01:07 (fourteen years ago)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously, this is where we are?

met guy at his flat, opened door in blue check fleece dressing gown and an electronic tag on his ankle, "Shall we just stay in?"

I split my fucking sides and mistook this site for a NY Daily News Comics "fun page" cartoon, all at once.

― paulhw, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 02:03 (fourteen years ago)

Bump for today. And you really should all read that link sic posted.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 13:32 (fourteen years ago)

Great. I went on one once. Half hour in one of her colleagues turned up, she ignored me completely and flirted with him outrageously. After he left she spoke to me for a couple of minutes and then noticed her bag had been stolen. I then had to comfort her while she was sobbing in the most distraught way. She wanted me to phone the police and her dad and I had to give her a cab fare. Disaster.

― mmmm, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 13:51 (fourteen years ago)

About 8 years ago I got into a long exchange on another web forum with a woman who lived a 10 hour drive away. Our online posts took some interesting turns and we thought we'd like each other, so we arranged over email to spend an entire weekend together, having no idea what she looked like (although another woman on the same forum who knew her IRL thought she was attractive), and also never having talked over the phone. We prearranged whitewater rafting on Saturday and left sat. nite & sunday unplanned!! Was actually quite fun - I felt like we were making a small commitment to each other even before we'd met.

About a year earlier I had another similar weekend date with someone I met online (on a forum about household appliances of all things), again without knowing anything about her looks, although she was only 4 hours away and we met in the middle, so it was only a 2 hour drive home if I wanted to bail out early; less commitment. It must have been uneventful since I recall very little about her or what we did for 2 nights and 2 days.

― Lee626, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:31 (fourteen years ago)

The only blind date I ever when on was a complete and utter disaster, but at least it was addressed up front so I didn't have to wast much time with it. We met for dinner, sat down, and the about the third thing out of her mouth was, "I normally date much better looking guys than you"... (long, uncomfortable pause)... "in fact, I don't see why I should have to waste my time with someone so ugly". Then she got up from the table and walked out of the restaurant.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:35 (fourteen years ago)

Best part was explaining the date to the "friend" that had set us up. "Yeah, I guess I should have mentioned that she can be kind of superficial somtimes". Really, kind of?

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:36 (fourteen years ago)

That's...that's totally fucking insane. Ugh.

― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:38 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, I was glad she was up front enough that I didn't have to sit through dinner pretending to be interested in someone so obviously shallow, but on the other hand the experience pretty severely fucked up my self-confidence for a huge chunk of college.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:44 (fourteen years ago)

wow. that's awful

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:48 (fourteen years ago)

"does this mean you're not giving me your number?"

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:56 (fourteen years ago)

lol, I wish I would have been quick enough to offer a witty retort but I was honestly too shocked that anyone would be that blunt. I mean, I'm all for honesty in relationships, but, uh, c'mon.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:57 (fourteen years ago)

no totally

if it was me i would have spent the next five months inventing comebacks

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:59 (fourteen years ago)

"like, i get you don't like the way i look but i've got a lot to offer. i've got other qualities. if you know what i mean"

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 15:00 (fourteen years ago)

"you're going to die alone and in pain like the rest of us, you soulless skank."

― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 15:01 (fourteen years ago)

the t-bomb option

― Neil S, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 15:02 (fourteen years ago)

@rhodri First date, girl turned up with three friends and suggested we go swimming. It was 10pm in the middle of Liverpool. I went home.

epic fail

― r|t|c, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 15:13 (fourteen years ago)

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