Post by Ozarks Tom on Oct 19, 2017 2:58:37 GMT
A guy had just been through a divorce. Oh, it was probably brought about by mutual mumblings and grumblings, but at any rate he didn't like the thought of being without a partner in life. Yeah, he was a successful businessman, but he was also a gifted pool shooter who loved the bar life, and making a few bucks off those less gifted. He thought a lot of himself, raced motorcycles both road and dirt, had an instinct for trouble and almost never lost a bar fight. The kind of guy mothers warned their daughters about.
A gal had been through a miserable marriage, over two decades long. Finally established herself as a professional in her trade, making good money and didn't really need anyone to complete her. She had some girlfriends who constantly encouraged her to find a guy, and she'd go with them on their hunt, but with no real enthusiasm.
If the guy just wanted a bed partner, the bars he frequented were full of willing prospects, but that's not what he wanted. His life outside of the business and bars didn't lend itself to meeting the right women, so he decided to try something different. He saw an advertisement for "Compatible Couples" in the newspaper, supposedly a computer matching program that put people with similar interests together.
It went like this, it was held at the Marriott in the lower club. A person would fill out a questionnaire, and be given a list of five other people's numbers who supposedly were matches, and would wander around looking for those numbers. After a period of time the DJ would say to move on until you'd met all five. Then it was up to the people to decide who they liked best. The guy tried it twice, and found that the computer either was programmed wrong, or the whole thing was a $25 per person scam.
One Saturday night, with nothing else to do, he decided to try it one more time. This time he lied on every question on the survey, he said he liked cats, dancing, walks on the beach, and gourmet cooking, only to be matched with nearly all the same women he'd met before. He was on his way out, when he saw a tall redhead watching a baseball game by herself. Something clicked in the back of his head, so he walked over and lied his butt off. He glanced at his list of numbers, and said "hi, you're on my list", to which she said "you're not on mine." "Probably a mistake, but mind if I sit down?"
An hour later they weren't heading for either one's home, but sitting in a Denny's drinking coffee and talking. A couple hours later they had a date for Sunday to watch motorcycle races that afternoon. She had a nervous feeling when he invited her to his house after the races, but he cooked her a meal of pork chops on the grill with potatoes au gratin, and took her home.
That next Wednesday he proposed, she accepted, and they were married five weeks later. And they've talked, and talked, and laughed, and talked for the next 26 years.
Who says you can't beat a computer?
A gal had been through a miserable marriage, over two decades long. Finally established herself as a professional in her trade, making good money and didn't really need anyone to complete her. She had some girlfriends who constantly encouraged her to find a guy, and she'd go with them on their hunt, but with no real enthusiasm.
If the guy just wanted a bed partner, the bars he frequented were full of willing prospects, but that's not what he wanted. His life outside of the business and bars didn't lend itself to meeting the right women, so he decided to try something different. He saw an advertisement for "Compatible Couples" in the newspaper, supposedly a computer matching program that put people with similar interests together.
It went like this, it was held at the Marriott in the lower club. A person would fill out a questionnaire, and be given a list of five other people's numbers who supposedly were matches, and would wander around looking for those numbers. After a period of time the DJ would say to move on until you'd met all five. Then it was up to the people to decide who they liked best. The guy tried it twice, and found that the computer either was programmed wrong, or the whole thing was a $25 per person scam.
One Saturday night, with nothing else to do, he decided to try it one more time. This time he lied on every question on the survey, he said he liked cats, dancing, walks on the beach, and gourmet cooking, only to be matched with nearly all the same women he'd met before. He was on his way out, when he saw a tall redhead watching a baseball game by herself. Something clicked in the back of his head, so he walked over and lied his butt off. He glanced at his list of numbers, and said "hi, you're on my list", to which she said "you're not on mine." "Probably a mistake, but mind if I sit down?"
An hour later they weren't heading for either one's home, but sitting in a Denny's drinking coffee and talking. A couple hours later they had a date for Sunday to watch motorcycle races that afternoon. She had a nervous feeling when he invited her to his house after the races, but he cooked her a meal of pork chops on the grill with potatoes au gratin, and took her home.
That next Wednesday he proposed, she accepted, and they were married five weeks later. And they've talked, and talked, and laughed, and talked for the next 26 years.
Who says you can't beat a computer?