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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:29 PM
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I Will Marry the First Girl who...
Picks me up from the airport instead of saying "take a cab"

Just a weary traveler venting...nothing to see here folks! :hi:
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antigone382 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:35 PM
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1. What airport?
:evilgrin:

Sorry that you're having to go through all that trouble. :hug:
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:37 PM
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3. San Diego
Thanks for listening! :pals:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:36 PM
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2. That should be standard
I don't know what girls you know :shrug:
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:38 PM
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5. Apparently not the right ones...
Are you implying they are out there? Thanks for giving me hope :toast:
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 05:06 PM
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44. I do it, almost all the time.
Now that we have a child, I don't provide taxi service at extremely late or early hours because it makes the munchkin too cranky, but other than that, I always drive my husband to and from the airport. On the other hand, I used to have an officemate who couldn't understand why I'd do such a thing, and enjoy doing it. Takes all kinds, I guess.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:37 PM
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4. Of *course* you should be picked up from the airport. What kind of girl
is this?

Unless you're arriving late and she has small children/she's sick in the hospital/her right foot is broken/she has a boss from hell....why isn't she picking you up?

Seems to be common courtesy, not even a googly eyed thing to do. I'd pick up any friend from the airport if I could.
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:39 PM
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6. What are you doing Saturday?
:beer:
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 11:05 PM
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20. Sitting in New Jersey, LOL.
Edited on Thu Dec-08-05 11:08 PM by tjdee
:)

But seriously, this is a woman you're romantically involved with, and she can't be bothered to come and get you?
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:36 AM
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24. Good Times!
:hi:

Where in NJ? Near the Sopranos?
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 06:45 PM
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45. Down near the beach, yo.
I'm all the way south. The beach in the winter is nice...I think.

I haven't gone yet, LOL!!

I used to live near the Sopranos, kind of. I miss it actually.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:39 PM
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7. Boy, I'd always pick up a real squeeze from the airport.
Maybe she doesn't consider you a real squeeze? :shrug:
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:41 PM
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8. Clearly not
But she wants to get MARRIED, DAMMIT!

Nothing to see here...really. :hi:
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:46 PM
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9. I know a nice girl in San Diego.....
:) She has committment issues, though.
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:47 PM
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10. So do I
sounds like a match made in heaven! :toast:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:49 PM
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11. That's what I'm saying.
I'd NEVER let a girlfriend of mine cab it from the airport unless that was her choice. Even if it WERE her choice, I wouldn't be happy about it. Dammit. ;)
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:50 PM
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12. A guy I went out with once had a litmus test ...
Edited on Thu Dec-08-05 09:51 PM by Misunderestimator
When he unlocked and opened the passenger door of his car for a woman, if she then reached across to unlock the driver's door as he walked around... he knew she was a keeper. Of course... I failed the heterosexuality test... so it was all moot that I passed that one. :rofl:

On edit... dayam... she can't drive to the airport?
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:56 PM
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14. Please elabourate on the sexual orientation test
:popcorn:
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 10:00 PM
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17. Oh you boys...
Edited on Thu Dec-08-05 10:01 PM by Misunderestimator
:eyes: :D... all the same.... :rofl:

and thanks... I'd love some... :popcorn:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:57 PM
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15. Remember the movie "Singles"?
That test was part of that movie. For the record, Kyra Sedgwick unlocked the door for Campbell Scott. ;)

There are TESTS for heterosexuality? :yoiks:
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:59 PM
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16. Ha!
Edited on Thu Dec-08-05 10:02 PM by Misunderestimator
Well... um... :blush: maybe not tests exactly... but... errrr.... um...

(And on edit, no... I never saw the film... so if it was done before, er... 1990, then that guy was really not very original... lol)
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 10:48 PM
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19. Well, the movie was released in 1992.
So, Cameron Crowe STOLE THIS GUY'S MOVE!!!! :o

:P
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 10:46 PM
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18. The test was also in
A Bronx Tale with Robert DeNiro & Chazz Palmiteri.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 11:07 PM
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21. That guy saw "A Bronx Tale". Chazz Palmentieri says that to his young
friend.

God, that guy wasn't even original with his dumb test, LOL!
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 09:50 PM
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13. You should start cheating on her!
Then when she finds out and gets super-pissed you can answer with the cryptic "I wouldn't have done it if you had picked me up at the airport!"
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 11:08 PM
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22. Geez, that is not too much to ask
:hi:
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-08-05 11:18 PM
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23. Yeah, that's not good.


It's not even a gender thing, it's a common courtesy thing. I wouldn't ever ask anyone - friend, relative, business contact, anyone - to find their way to me from an airport. And if it was a guy I wanted to marry me... holy cow, you can bet I'd be waiting for him at the gate. With bells on!

Sorry for your diasppointment. Can I call you a cab?
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:51 AM
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25. Why must the friendly girls be punished?
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:52 AM
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26. Umm..Jack?
Dear? What's up with THAT? Methinks you should evlauate closely what is going on. Of course; I don't know you or your situation; but still.....I once rented a limo and picked up a Marine friend of mine from the airport...with all his friends inside.And we weren't even dating.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 02:39 AM
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27. Were you on a business trip?
My girlfriend's husband travels almost every week for business - she doesn't take him to the airport or pick him up. She had 3 young children to look after, and he gets to expense his cab fair.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 02:45 AM
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28. That has never been an option for me
not to pick up someone from the airport.


so will you marry me?




























:hide:
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 11:29 AM
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29. Done.
But aren't you already married?
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 11:34 AM
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30. That's why I'm really really fond of my sweetheart...
She said, "take a cab" and then showed up *AT THE GATE* to give me a ride home.

Little surprises like that are a nice thing!
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:28 PM
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31. I've never asked anyone to take a cab
Unless there's abslutely no way I can get out of a committment, like work. Friends, family, yes, even my ex-husband when he comes to see our daughter.

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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:33 PM
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32. come to my town
i'll pick you up at the airport. :)

unless there's another reason why she won't go (illness, small kiddos, etc), why not pick you up at the airport? :shrug:

so, does this mean we can set a date??

dg
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:40 PM
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33. Name the day and place
Are you in Washington?
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 02:28 PM
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39. no :(
but i'll be in washington state at christmas. :)

dg
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 02:59 PM
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40. Oh you're in Michigan!
Duh?!
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 03:54 PM
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41. erm, no
:( my screen name is a bit deceptive...i took the name "wolverine" for another reason. :) check my profile & you might get it right. ;)

dg
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dcfirefighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:47 PM
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34. I will be picked up at the airport tomorrow, by a girl
and we will shortly thereafter retire to a nice hotel room to relax. I will probably not marry her. All this is predicated on making it through Chicago.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:55 PM
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35. Mr. Dawson
I'll have you know I always pick my visitors up at the air port if they need to fly in.
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:15 PM
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38. You're a Keeper!
Which Airport?
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 04:04 PM
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42. Thank you ...
Albany, NY
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 12:57 PM
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36. please, i have to drop my husband off at SFO tomorrow and then pick him up
at SFO in 12 twelve days. i'm making that trip all the time now.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 01:01 PM
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37. if she's gone for longer than a week
I get her if I can, otherwise, let the government pay for a taxi. And she doesn't have a car, and can't drive my stick-shift, so I get the Metro.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 04:22 PM
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43. I like picking people up at the airport!
Edited on Fri Dec-09-05 04:23 PM by WakeMeUp
I really do! It is fun to watch people traveling to so many different places and seeing the look on the face of the person when they first see you. Call me crazy, but that is always something I would do!

Hope you had a good trip! :hi:


Edit to add that even though I like doing this, unfortunately I am already married. But it is a nice offer :)
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