How You Plan For An Important Date

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Mike Romer

How You Plan For An Important Date
Apr 11, 2004

Recently I attended a Community College to take some writing and computer courses, one of the assignments was to write a paper on how to prepare for a social engagement. I will return to college this fall.

This is what I turned in:

HOW DO YOU PLAN FOR AN IMPORTANT DATE?

Being that I have been married for 35 years, I don't think my wife would be very understanding about me planning for a date, so I will go back to 1966, and plan a date with her.

8:00 am: Wake up, sort of late, as I had worked until 10:30 pm at the job I had at a gas station, shower, have breakfast, and get dressed in old clothes, do laundry and other personal chores.

10:00: am First thing I do is wash and vacuum my 1962 Ford Galaxy 500 Convertible, making sure it is clean and waxed.

12:00: noon: Have lunch with friends.

1:00pm: Go shopping for new clothes, and possibly buy something nice to wear.

3:00pm: Check newspapers to see what movies are playing at the drive-in theatres, it's important to know what you won't be watching at the drive-in (her parents may ask questions).

4:00pm: Take a nap, so I won't yawn in front of my date

6:00pm: Get up again, take a shower, shave and generally detail myself for my date, get dressed.

7:00pm: Arrive at my girlfriend's home, meet and greet the parents, assure them that I'm actually glad to see them, hold the truth back in the interests of being able to see her again.

7:30pm: Depart her home and enter car, tell her how beautiful she looks, (the truth)

8:00pm: Arrive at restaurant

8:15pm: Have dinner and talk of the day's events, and who is dating who, who is cheating on who, and other inane topics.

8:45pm: Depart restaurant, leaving lavish tip for waitress to impress date, enter car.

9:00pm: Arrive at Drive-In Theatre, pay for entrance, have trunk checked to make sure we're not trying to smuggle other people in for free show.

9:05pm: Find a decent space, not too far, yet not to close to the snack bar and restrooms.

9:06pm: Find another space, as the speaker doesn't work, sounds like Jimi Hendrix having a bad day.

9:08pm: Finally find a decent space with a functioning speaker.

9:15pm: Movie starts; turn speaker off and make out until she decides she wants a drink and snack.

9:45pm: Go to snack bar and get over- priced sodas and frankfurters that seems to have been manufactured in 1932, and popcorn with a substance that strangely resembles butter, but tastes nothing like it.

10:00pm: Arrive back at car, cursing cashier that took 10 minutes to figure out change for a 20 dollar bill.

10:01pm: Watch date take one bite of frankfurter and throw the rest away.

10:03pm: Try to eat popcorn, throw away.

10:04pm: Continue to make out until movie ends. Check to make sure movie shown is movie that was advertised.

10:45pm:Get in line to exit Drive-In, so as to beat traffic.

11:15pm Exit Drive-In

11:30pm: Stop at diner to get edible food.

11:45pm: Exit diner, enter car and cruise Broadway, waving and honking car horn to friends.

12:15am: Arrive at date's home; walk her to door and bid her very long good night.

12:45am: Cruise around to find friends and hang out.

01:00am: Discover everyone has either gone home, or went out of town.

01:15am: Go home, park car, make sure it is locked, and go to sleep.

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About the author: Mike Romer is a politically incorrect, disgruntled resident of New Jersey and thinks a lot of people need their heads screwed on properly. He enjoys writing, reading and painting landscapes. Email: triv.fan@verizon.net

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