So, a couple months ago some ladies that I worked with convinced me to sign up for an online dating site. I actually know a lot of people, a lot of friends, who have profiles on various dating sites and are wonderful, accomplished people and so I consented to try it out for three months and see what it's like. Well, thus far the social results have not really been worth my $19.95 (or whatever it cost), however, I have found it to be a source of great entertainment and a fascinating look at human nature and personalities. It's a gold mine. I have extracted a choice sample of comments that have been sent to my profile, which does have a photo of me and a brief description.
Anyhow. You can be the judges. Here we go:
Candidate descriptions:
"[He] loves loving and being loved." Duly noted. Great. Love is a divine attribute...
"[He] can name all jelly bean flavors blindfolded." Awesome. Sign me up.
"[He] loves giving massages." Delete!!
"[He] loves sports, big screens, BBQ meat..." and the list continues.
Now, I mean no criticism towards these people. I just read some of these recently and they made me LAUGH! There is a lid for every pot and I know they will find theirs and be wildly happy.
Then a couple gems from messages sent to me:
"You look so tiny in your picture." ????
And the message that contained only these two words: "You gorgeous" - LOL! True, brevity is the soul of wit but there are other issues here: A. silver-tongued? B. Grammar rules to the wind...
But, this one is the champion. This message truly appeared in my little message box:
"hey I'm not not really here for dating, I'm actually recruiting for a SpecOps team to overthrow a series of small Asian governments. It's a lucrative temp-to hire position, great benefits and amazing scenery. If you like storming beaches for good surf and roasting marshmallows by the light of flamed-out tanks, drop me a line..." If only it wasn't Asian governments that he was overthrowing. We might have made it work!
Ah, that's why I love people :)
3 comments:
HA! Awesome. Lets be honest... that is why I keep my account on ldslinkup (which is free) because it is really entertaining and I hardly write any of them back. But my favorite ones are when the guys think they are being really smooth and they write me a poem that rhymes and everything. I should have done a blog entry about them so I didn't forget how funny they were. Good thinking.
Hilarity! This cracked me up: ""You gorgeous" - LOL! True, brevity is the soul of wit but there are other issues here: A. silver-tongued? B. Grammar rules to the wind :)"
I find the lack of grammar on dating sites distressing. But do you know what I would find more distressing? If you didn't reply back to the SpecOps guy. Creativity, cleverness, a sense of humor ... c'mon Ash, carpe diem!
OMGosh! This is HILARIOUS! Thanks for the laugh!
Post a Comment