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Yes, there are women more physically attractive than my wife. But as I've told her on many occasions, she's the only one who makes my heart thrill. (We've been married 56 years).

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51 years for me, but I know exactly what you mean. Nobody else has all the shared memories or adventures that we have.

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My wife has been gone more than five years, but I still repeat the private jokes when the occasion arises. Who knows, maybe she hears me.

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This is gorgeous, and literarily beautiful. Thank you. And she does hear you.

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Okay. You get two red cards rescinded for that. Use your dispensation wisely.

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That's a very attractive offer.

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You may have to turn in your Cynic's card, though.

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Which reminds me of a travel tip for vampire country. If carrying a cross, heated iron rod, garlic and a large mirror as defensive weapons is impractical when likely to encounter a vampire, it is suggested instead to secrete poppy seeds or rice about your person. A little known but useful historical supposition is that vampires suffer from arithmomania, the obsessive need to count things. So, immediately on becoming aware of being pursued by a vampire, it is recommended you throw a handful of rice or seeds behind you. This will usually cause your pursuer to stop and not attempt to resume the chase until every grain is counted --- by which time you should be well away.

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I saw this in an episode of The X Files. It works!

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I discovered early on in my dating career that the form I’m most physically attracted to is determined by that of the woman I’m in love with. Which is an awesome quirk, because it meant I was never with one person while wishing she had the traits of somebody else.

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Not sure which was the shortest-lived scripted TV show but, my favorite among all of the shortest-lived was the one-and-done (episode) reality effort, "Who's Your Daddy ?" (no-- nothing to do with pitcher Pedro Martinez). An adult contestant, adopted as a baby, tried to guess which of the men standing in front of them is actually their biological father. Not quite as spellbinding as "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," but, there you are...

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Fascinating what you can learn when you have too much time on your hands. Take "Gunsmoke," for example, mentioned by Dear Leader in his intro here. The two-decade long TV series popularized the expression "get the hell out of Dodge," (without the 'hell," of course, being family TV) --- meaning literally to exit the infamous Dodge City, KS posthaste or colloquially, leave an uncomfortable situation quickly. I do love my degrees of separation, so it behooves me to point out that a major reason a villian, in particular, would want to "get the hell out of Dodge" was because of the two peace officers there who ran a tight town, Wyatt Earp and Bartholomew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson. Moving on to the "who'd a thunk it" portion, "Bat" wound up in New York City as a nationally known sports writer (specializing in boxing) and editor for "The Morning Telegraph" broadsheet, which lasted until 1972. Masterson wrote his last column in 1921 then, shortly after, died at his desk. As befits the erstwhile gunfighter, he went with his boots on.

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Wow, not a lot of single folks here... which leads me to a question for Gene and Pat -- has there ever been a romantic pairing or wedding of a couple who met in Loserdom? Besides Jeannie DiLisi and Kevin Cuddihy, of course.

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I just now noticed the last category and the sad fact that 3% of respondents are included in it. That's around 5 people of the 159 who replied so far.

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If really only 3 percent of the people out there had no current romantic partner, that would be fabulously amazing.

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"True Romance?"

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Have a great weekend, you lovely bunch of coconuts. Mulling evildoers to distract me from current events, clever tasking!

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