A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...08-17-04...Blame it on St.Louie (What was your worst date?)

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Here Goes Nothing !

Arggghhh! I took his suggestion.. I threw it up and *ugly* happened. Arggghhh! I know.. it stinks but it was *his* idea. Arggghhh! I can't believe *anyone* will stay around today. Arggghhh! I bet nobody's first date was *this* ugly. Arggghhh! It's all St.Louie's fault if you *hate* today's thread! Arggghhh! He *made* me do it.. I didn't wanna do it.... I Blame it ALL on ST.LOUIE!

? ? ? Sometimes it gets hard to think of ideas for new threads, so we ask for suggestions from our Finest Family... like what - or maybe even who - you would like to see featured in the future. Sometimes we hit the jackpot. Last week I asked our dear FRiend, ST.LOUIE1, aka "wolfie", if there was anything in particular he would like to see presented at the Finest (Actually, I asked him if he would like to WRITE something for us, and I would even do the backgrounds, etc. and post it for him.) He very politely turned me down on writing it, but still offered this: "BACKGROUNDS?!" he said, "You don't need elaborate backgrounds or fancy graphics - just throw out a question, like: 'What was your worst date?' and let everyone take it from there. It'll be fun, and you won't have to work so hard either." "But Fancy Graphics and Elaborate Backgrounds R Us," I pouted. "It's what we've made as our trademark at the Finest. It's what others have come to 'expect' of us. They would be so disappointed. How could I just throw out a question..... with no background, no graphics, no pretty heading? No central theme, no color scheme, no coordinated pledge graphic, no welcome ping....." "And besides, what kind of a question is that for the Finest? Most everyone here's been married so long, no one even *remembers* dating!" Undeterred, wolfie (who, himself is a handsome and dashing and debonair bachelor and has probably never even had a *worst* date in his life) insisted this thread would indeed be a winner, so I begged and pleaded with him until finally he agreed I could at least have a background. "So throw a background around it and HUSH up!" So here goes.....my reputation as a Finest Hostess aka Layout Artist aka Graphics Guru is at stake, but he made me do it. So if you hate today's thread, today's topic, BLAME IT ON ST. LOUIE! On the other hand, if you just love today's thread, well,WE done good, didn't we? :) (That last part was just for you, T Man!) Oh, yeah - the question! Finest FReepers, "What was your worst date?"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 08-16-04 Military Monday

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[Pippin]

Oh, WOOOOLFIE!

[Aquamarine]

Thanks for the rose LOUIE. You're a winner!

[Gabz]

Yuppers............

I think my buddy CSM might fight the bill.............

[ST.LOUIE1]

He was, and is a nerd, and so am I!
Yep, We were made for each other! :^)

LOL

I doubt very much this is true. : )

Err.....wolfie has never had a nerdy hug before. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

The trick is to marry a FReeper.

I did and he did - but neither of us knew it at the time!!!!

Um....what's your freeper's nick?

Wolfie will lay low if he shows up on the thread. He doesn't look good with his wolfie ears pinned back. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

Yep. Not to worry... I already got my prize

And she's a *beauty*. You're a lucky man, friend.

[Gabz]

My FReeper is "coolbreeze"............and he is very cool - he thinks my flirting with the boys on FR is very cool!!!!

[visualops]

OK let's see...

This was after I got divorced, and had moved up here to Greenville with my kids. I'd been talking, well, chatting online, to a guy and we had decided to meet in person.
So the meeting place was the Asheville, NC airport (hey, he coulda been a serial killer). I decided to make a test run a day or two ahead, and the clutch starts to give out on the way up the mountains. Crap. So I gotta put the car in the shop and get a rental. The day arrives and I drive up there. We meet at the airport and decide to go eat lunch at the restaurant across the street. We get over there and they aren't open yet! So we drive around a city we don't know in his very dilapidated Ford Escort. Finally we find a place looks OK, and we go in and they have bowls of peanuts on every table (I am violently allergic), so I wait while he has the waitress get the nuts off the table. We ate lunch, and then decide to go see the Biltmore estate. Well, we get there and it's $30 per person to get in! We can't afford it and end up sitting on a bench at the entrance to the Biltmore for the rest of the afternoon. Despite all that we had a great time together that day(even though he didn't really look like his picture lol). This December will be our 7th wedding anniversary! :)
(And, he's a FReeper too hehe)

[ST.LOUIE1]

I need to find a FReeper to date! :o)

Well, c'mere, cute stuff. Here I is! Single and free as the breeze. : )

I'll be right over!

[dutchess]

Hi everyone...Just returned home from a 10 day Michigan visiting family roadtrip....New pup Rusty "left his mark" a bunch of places (mainly plowing through screen doors...Giz will give you an update next week LOL!)

Ummm...worst date....a guy in highschool asked me out weekly for atleast 6 mos. Called every other day. I was not big on dating, didn't have a boyfriend or anything....and definately wasn't interested in him.

My mother, (a school counselor) felt for the guy and FINALLY guilt tripped me into going out with him "just for his ego". (she knew his family and that he was a good guy) Well...(I'm like a highschool junior and certain rules in my house...first one is "Drive In's" are off limits. (Remember those 50 year old plus freepers???? Mom promised to ground me for life if I went to one with a date!)

So this guy picks me up...mom and dad talk to him...mom asks where he is taking me and he say...."the drive-in"....She's like....oh okay...that's nice. She just said..."have a good time" So...we do that...he's a perfect gentleman BUT A NERD....then we drive around and he wants to show me the new library in our area. We drive there....it's dark and he proceeds to get his car stuck in the mud of the construction site of the parking lot. The car is stuck in mud...we walk to the library there that is closed BUT a cleaning lady finally let us use the phone (this was 35 years ago...pre cell). He calls his father to say we are stranded. The father says...that's your problem. I then called my folks and they picked me up and took my "date" home. That was our first and last date. A year and a half later he wrote in our Senior Yearbook "I'm Sorry I Screwed Up Our Date" I look back and I bet this guy is running a major corporation. (and to this day my brother and sister in law think that we did the driving and back yard library thing to "neck"... Heck we never kissed goodnight!

[Kitty Mittens]

LOL!! You're so cute, Wolfie! :^D

[ST.LOUIE1]

My plasure, Ms.Aqua. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

My FReeper is "coolbreeze"............and he is very cool - he thinks my flirting with the boys on FR is very cool!!!!

Coolbreeze, eh? And he doesn't mind your flirting? Alright!!!!

[ST.LOUIE1]

LOL! He WAS a nerd not to have laid a smooch on you.: )

[ST.LOUIE1]

Thank you, sweet Ms.Mittens. So are *you*.

[Pippin]

WOOHOO!

C'mon down, hun!

[nicmarlo]

You two are bound to have a story or two.

It was so bad, I really can't say.... : )

[Pippin]

hmmm!

CMS?

he sounds interesting.

[nicmarlo]

Evening, friends...hope all is well with ya.

[Aquamarine]

You're such a smooth operator. :)