Category Archives: bad lines

A Royal Mix-Up at Queen Vic

“Ryan!” I leaned over the bar and motioned him close. “Closer!” I hissed, darting my eyes around us. “What’s up?” he whispered back, a bottle of Jack and a shot glass between us. “I’m meeting a guy here! And… I … Continue reading

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Lesson: No Excuses are Good Enough to Keep Standing You Up

I have been stood up four times recently by the same person. Yes, you read that correctly. I said four. It may initially elicit this response, “What the fuck were you doing trying to see him after the first time?!” … Continue reading

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Update: I Don’t Like Grilled Cheese

I admit it – even after the tasteless, even bordering on offensive drunk texts that The Bartender sent me Friday and Saturday nights, I wasn’t 100% against going out with him. I mostly was. I was a solid 95% against … Continue reading

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Grilled Cheese for the Chinese New Year

“Hey, you’re the girl that told the dirty joke!” The Bartender was excited as he handed me my vodka cranberry. Yes, that’s me. The last time I played the Spelling Buzz at Rock and Roll Hotel, I circumvented spelling my … Continue reading

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Lesson #2: Old Chicks Like it in the Ass and Other Signs You’ve Flirt with a Jerk

This is the one about C and Roommate E out on the town that ends with a dick in the mouth pick-up line. Have you heard it? Let me back up. After a few rounds at D.C.’s first Jewish/Irish bar … Continue reading

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