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Odds are, it wasn't this dumb.

i just married one! not too sure who was more crazy after 22 years!

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TREVOR

Married one. Getting divorced atm. Woud have rather been lost at sea for 50 days too.

That kid looks like he's 30

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-RJ

Blurted out "let's get married" in a drunken frenzy. As dumb as it gets.

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SHARKMAN

I've never been married, but I did go to great lengths once to keep a date. About fifteen years ago, when I was in my early 20s, I had a New Year's Eve date scheduled in Los Angeles with a very sexy woman who was a few years my senior. Prior to the date, I was visiting family in Portland, Oregon, for Christmas, staying at my mother's house. The day of my flight back to L.A., Portland had a huge ice storm, which shut down the airport. Power was out, flight information was being posted in Magic Marker on huge sheets of butcher paper, and announcements were being called out on bullhorns. The local news stations were broadcasting from the airport. I was informed by the ticket agent that all flights were either canceled or on hold; mine was on hold, and I just had to wait around. She could not tell me when, or even if, my flight would leave. She said people whose flights were canceled were on a waiting list for flights at least four days away. A lot of those people had been camping out all day, and might end up sleeping at the airport, on the floor. The fact that I had a first class ticket (I was using a mileage upgrade) of course made no difference. New Year's Eve was two days away, so I made the choice to go back to my mother's and see if I could come up with alternate means of getting down to L.A. (I was young, and the date looked to me like guaranteed action...what can I tell you?)

When I got back to my mother's, we turned on the news, and the news crew was broadcasting right from where I was talking to the ticket agent. The reporter said, "They're about to make an announcement...let's listen." The woman on the bullhorn said the only flight to leave that night was my flight, which was due to board in 20 minutes; all other flights were canceled. Given the weather, the airport was a good 45 minute drive away, so there was no way I could make it. I had just screwed myself. I called Amtrak. They were running, but not until the next day, and it would take two days to get to L.A. - not enough time to make the date. So, I ended up going Greyhound.

Instead of flying first class and getting back to L.A. with a couple days to spare, I sat for 20 hours on a bus that held the oddest assortment of weirdos and misfits. One guy slept barefoot and shirtless on the seats, and obviously hadn't showered in some time. Another went around trying to bum cigarettes off of people. Somebody gave him one, but told him he couldn't smoke on the bus. He replied, "Oh, I can smoke it," and he made his way to the back where he smoked under the ventilation fans to escape notice by the driver. Another one kept trying to make screwdrivers in the dark from vodka he had smuggled on board and orange juice someone else had, and kept spilling vodka all over himself in the pitch black. His friend had an obsession with fire and would hold his cigarette lighter to the back of the seat in front of him to see how long it would take to make the upholstery melt. (I am not making this up.) Amazingly, he at least had the smarts not to try to provide illumination for his bartender friend by using the lighter to shed light on the vodka.

I made it to L.A. with a couple hours to get showered, dressed, and to my date's place. I got there with literally minutes to spare...and she was late. I had to call the restaurant to push back the reservations, which luckily they did. The woman turned out to be a total nut job, but that didn't get in the way of a successful date, or stop it from turning into an extended weekend I won't ever forget. (Sometimes the nuttiest ones are the hottest, you know?) I wouldn't ever go to such lengths again to make a date with someone I barely know, but given the memories of both the date and the trip, I can't say I'm sorry I did it once.

Great story....you should be an author!

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"I don't own any watches, I just lease them"

Yeah, so?

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SHARKMAN

I'm just sayin'....

Yep same for me the only difference with my situation was that it was a 2 for 1 deal....I married her and her "Evil Twin"....why do you think I'm over here in Iraq...LOL.



No it gets dumber Sharky....I can't even claim blurting it out in a Drunken Stupor.....how dumb is that? I guess the first clue should have been when she answered me twice...once for her and the other reply came from her "Evil Twin"


Great tale about your love quest Jacksonstone. I can relate to the weirdos on the bus trip...been there done that...on the way to meet my soon to be Ex for the first time as a matter of fact. Hmmm...that should have been another clue as to what the future held..too bad I didn't heed the clues...LOL.

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I always thought it was a fear of commitment that has kept me single all these years. Maybe it was just common sense. I feel your guys' pain, but forgive me if I still get a good chuckle out of it.

And I thought it was because you wanted to race some bloody Canucks into cover.

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That's extremely offensive.

Canada has more than 150 casualties in Afghanistan during the length of their mission there.

I guess it's because they don't run as fast as Montexn

Com'on Roff, it was just a joke intended at Montexn and related to viewtopic.php?f=10&t=24851

I did not mean to offend you or any other Canadians, for that matter.

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