In uk.misc,  (Huge) wrote in <g6utfi$49k$12@anubis.demon.co.uk>::

>On 2008-07-31, Sam Nelson  wrote:
>> In article , 
>> watercress@spamcop.org says...
>>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:38:43 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:
>>> 
>>> > Sam Nelson  wrote:
>>> > 
>>> >> I keep thinking `shit, you could've dated my sister...'.
>>> > 
>>> > I was the maths, physics, chemistry and biology nerd. I couldn't have
>>> > dated anyone. Not even with a months supply of Rohypnol. 
>>> 
>>> AOL
>>> 
>>> Apart from Pat. But I was too shy to respond. Damn.
>>
>> AOL^2.  There are, I've subsequently discovered, at least three women in 
>> the world that definitely didn't expect to be going home that night.  On 
>> each occasion I didn't so much as notice the possibility.
>
>AOL^3
>
Hmmm.  There's nothing quite so irritating as figuring that out just
*slightly* too late, is there?
-- 
Marc

Good literature is about Love and War. Junk fiction is about Sex and Violence. (Ofer Inbar)

In article , E-0C001302-
3141-E@cleopatra.co.uk says...
> In uk.misc,  (Huge) wrote in <g6utfi$49k$12@anubis.demon.co.uk>::
> 
> >On 2008-07-31, Sam Nelson  wrote:
> >> In article , 
> >> watercress@spamcop.org says...
> >>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:38:43 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> > Sam Nelson  wrote:
> >>> > 
> >>> >> I keep thinking `shit, you could've dated my sister...'.
> >>> > 
> >>> > I was the maths, physics, chemistry and biology nerd. I couldn't have
> >>> > dated anyone. Not even with a months supply of Rohypnol. 
> >>> 
> >>> AOL
> >>> 
> >>> Apart from Pat. But I was too shy to respond. Damn.
> >>
> >> AOL^2.  There are, I've subsequently discovered, at least three women in 
> >> the world that definitely didn't expect to be going home that night.  On 
> >> each occasion I didn't so much as notice the possibility.
> >
> >AOL^3
> >
> Hmmm.  There's nothing quite so irritating as figuring that out just
> *slightly* too late, is there?

Slightly?  In one of my three cases. it was more than 20 years.  That 
was quite irritating.
-- 
SAm.

In uk.misc,  (Sam Nelson) wrote in
::

>In article , E-0C001302-
>3141-E@cleopatra.co.uk says...
>> In uk.misc,  (Huge) wrote in <g6utfi$49k$12@anubis.demon.co.uk>::
>> 
>> >On 2008-07-31, Sam Nelson  wrote:
>> >> In article , 
>> >> watercress@spamcop.org says...
>> >>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:38:43 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>> > Sam Nelson  wrote:
>> >>> > 
>> >>> >> I keep thinking `shit, you could've dated my sister...'.
>> >>> > 
>> >>> > I was the maths, physics, chemistry and biology nerd. I couldn't have
>> >>> > dated anyone. Not even with a months supply of Rohypnol. 
>> >>> 
>> >>> AOL
>> >>> 
>> >>> Apart from Pat. But I was too shy to respond. Damn.
>> >>
>> >> AOL^2.  There are, I've subsequently discovered, at least three women in 
>> >> the world that definitely didn't expect to be going home that night.  On 
>> >> each occasion I didn't so much as notice the possibility.
>> >
>> >AOL^3
>> >
>> Hmmm.  There's nothing quite so irritating as figuring that out just
>> *slightly* too late, is there?
>
>Slightly?  In one of my three cases. it was more than 20 years.  That 
>was quite irritating.

That's "quite irritating" in a mild, wistful sort of way:  when you
figure it out *just* as she's leaving and the moment is past, that's a
banging your head against the wall moment.
-- 
Marc

"There is only one boss, the customer. And he can fire everybody in
the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money
somewhere else." -- Sam Walton

In article , E-0C001302-
3141-E@cleopatra.co.uk says...
> In uk.misc,  (Sam Nelson) wrote in
> ::
> 
> >In article , E-0C001302-
> >3141-E@cleopatra.co.uk says...
> >> In uk.misc,  (Huge) wrote in <g6utfi$49k$12@anubis.demon.co.uk>::
> >> 
> >> >On 2008-07-31, Sam Nelson  wrote:
> >> >> In article , 
> >> >> watercress@spamcop.org says...
> >> >>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:38:43 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> > Sam Nelson  wrote:
> >> >>> > 
> >> >>> >> I keep thinking `shit, you could've dated my sister...'.
> >> >>> > 
> >> >>> > I was the maths, physics, chemistry and biology nerd. I couldn't have
> >> >>> > dated anyone. Not even with a months supply of Rohypnol. 
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> AOL
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> Apart from Pat. But I was too shy to respond. Damn.
> >> >>
> >> >> AOL^2.  There are, I've subsequently discovered, at least three women in 
> >> >> the world that definitely didn't expect to be going home that night.  On 
> >> >> each occasion I didn't so much as notice the possibility.
> >> >
> >> >AOL^3
> >> >
> >> Hmmm.  There's nothing quite so irritating as figuring that out just
> >> *slightly* too late, is there?
> >
> >Slightly?  In one of my three cases. it was more than 20 years.  That 
> >was quite irritating.
> 
> That's "quite irritating" in a mild, wistful sort of way:  when you
> figure it out *just* as she's leaving and the moment is past, that's a
> banging your head against the wall moment.

I had one of those as well.
-- 
SAm.