Awkward conversation topics for your hot date tonight

Posted by lilith on January 23rd, 2008 9 Comments

I think I’ve established how much I enjoy hump day posts. Today’s theme: food and airplanes.

“My greatest fear? Fondue congealing in my stomach and making it expand and finally explode. Then, probably public speaking.”
NYTimes.com: A Little Nostalgia, a Long Fork and Lots of Cheese, by Melissa Clark, 1-23-08

“I’m sorry, but I shouldn’t be on this date with you. I’ve just completed a really empowering singles cooking class, and I’m finally ready to stop going out to eat with people and cook for one. Plus, we totally made fun of the couples class.”
WashingtonPost.com: Self Serve, by Jackie Spinner, 1-23-08

“I didn’t have any problem with the wiretapping or Gitmo. But it really ticks me off that I’m being lied to about my iPod’s interference with airplane electrical equipment at take-off and landing.”
Salon.com: Ask the Pilot, by Patrick Smith, 1-4-08

“Sure, I have goals. Now that space travel’s privatized, I plan to be the first human to hotbox a spacecraft. Shame my gravity bong won’t work.”
NYTimes.com: New Tourist Spacecraft Unveiled, by John Schwartz, 1-23-08

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9 Responses to “Awkward conversation topics for your hot date tonight”

  1. 23 Jan 2008 at 1:43 pm1belmont yo said:

    And of course, if it gets too awkward, you can just get up on the bar and dance… in some places… tonight… cough.

    And yes, I will be opening with a ten minute tribute to Heath Ledger. Furreals.

  2. 23 Jan 2008 at 2:12 pm2trillian said:

    bar dancing is an excellent ice-breaker, no?

  3. 23 Jan 2008 at 3:26 pm3aussiebound said:

    heads up..if you’re a fellow beer lover (as it seems like most people on this site are) there’s another tasting tonight at Beer Run..according to the site:
    “We will be having a beer tasting this evening, Jan. 23, sampling a few different kinds of Rogue Beer. Juniper Pale Ale, Dead Guy Ale, Chipotle Ale, and a few others will be sampled. Please stop in for a taste. We will have the tasting from 5 – 7 PM this evening.”

  4. 24 Jan 2008 at 12:20 am4Ethan said:

    It’s nice to see the privatization of the space industry. That’s where the real innovation comes from. NASA has become stagnant, if not dead already.

  5. 24 Jan 2008 at 12:36 am5hipster-doofus said:

    From the ‘cooking for singles’ story:

    They tossed a salad …, then topped it with a… breast that had been sauteed in vermouth,… Gooch had even higher praise. “… it was spectacular,” she said.

    Well there’s your problem LaGrape, you’ve been following your salad-tossing with omelets instead of booze and boobies. No wonder you’re bitter.

  6. 24 Jan 2008 at 2:19 am6belmont yo said:

    I have no idea what’s going on. Tired Yo says goodnight.

    /doof, you do porches?

  7. 24 Jan 2008 at 7:39 am7lilith said:

    Ethan, no it hasn’t. Don’t be silly. Just no super-flashy missions right now.

  8. 24 Jan 2008 at 7:41 am8lilith said:

    Also, a lot of NASA’s funding has been cut. You know, that war thingy. And you wouldn’t hear about the defense contracting going on.

  9. 24 Jan 2008 at 7:47 am9caroline said:

    it’s sexy when you talk space talk lilith.

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