So we went to a singles night, me and Rachael (30-something, feisty good-looking journo, me, knackered-looking 30-something teacher.) Had been invited by her German make-up artist friend, so thought it might be full of arty creative types, though it was (ominously) held in a pub in Whitehall, but I can't be prejudiced against civil servants since technically, I am a civil servant. Besides, what you do is not who you are...
It was a truly hideous pub. We went downstairs where the singles evening was being held, clocked the clientele and came straight back upstairs again. The first man I beheld was representative, being
a) about 4 foot
b) wearing a shirt tucked tidily into jeans and
c) bald.
Now I do not mean to be disrespectful, as we are all deserving of love, but I did not think we would find it there.
So we ran away to the ICA bar around the corner. (It is a £2.00 entrance fee, but they do nice chips, and play good music, if you are ever in the area.)
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Oh my god - sounds horrendous.
The ICA bar rocks, in an endearingly poncy way. For some people, the black polo-neck never really went away...
I'd choose nice chips over a bunch of iffy blokes anyday.
*hides her civil servant ambitions*
Good job on rescuing the situation!
I'd forgotten all about black polo necks. I used to wear one as a teenager because I thought it made me look like a photographer. Namely, Annie Leibovitz.
Oi! That "4' tall bald bloke" was me...
I don't do tucking in but I like chips.
I still wear black polo necks but that's because I can't afford new clothes. Heavens what a dreadful-sounding evening! Urgh.
He was probably fantastic in bed...
RoMo - it was pretty horrendous, but saved by good chips.
I love it, Tim - clearly have not out-grown the black polo-necks yet..
Meredith- absolutely! Chips cure all ills.
Franglaise - I should not be down on civil servants, most of my friends are, or have been, for some reason.
Annie - with your red locks and poloneck, you would have looked like Velma off Scooby Doo, which is even cooler than Annie Leibovitz.
Istvanski - tsk, if I'd known it was you, I would have said hello...
Billy - it's a controversial fashion issue. Some people consider it smart, others beyond the pale.
Hi Ariel! Nothing that couldn't be saved by a bottle of red wine or two.
Greavsie - you're right, I'm sure he'll make some woman very happy, I'll never find out...
a) about 4 foot
b) wearing a shirt tucked tidily into jeans and
c) bald.
shit, shit shit.
me and my big mouth... Wyndham, you're a dreamboat, and you know it...
Did you not tick the "5 foot and up" box on the form?
They are some singles events that are not so bad. Or so I hear.
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