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  Moomin-lookalike Lady Miss Eromes . . . pantpant

  681 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 02:32

  But my friends say I look like a Moomin

  729 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 02:58

  After the wine she looked like she was a bit drunk

  I was feeling a bit drunk as well.

  The conversation went back to the train incident

  ‘What were you feeling at that moment? We were a bit pissed so the questions were more to the point.

  ‘Of course I was afraid.’

  Said it just like it was . . .

  Like I didn’t care

  ‘I’d like for all men to become like you’

  I was gobsmacked, did not compute

  ‘I’d also like to be more like you’

  I couldn’t work out why but I was getting nervous.

  I always get embarrassed when people around me, my boss or any other guy say how they should be more like me.

  It was past 2200 hours by now.

  She may have sussed out that she wouldn’t be getting any more conversation out of me so we paid the bill and left the restaurant.

  We split the basically straight down the middle.

  We walked towards the station. There were still loads of people out.

  Weird but we didn’t talk much on the way to the station.

  750 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 03:10

  We both got on the Keihin Tohoku Line. We were going in the same direction.

  ‘I’m getting off at the next stop’

  She lives here, I thought to myself.

  ‘Thank you so much for today.’

  ‘No, no, the pleasure is all mine.’

  A little voice in me was saying I can’t let it end like this but I had no idea how to suggest something more. I just couldn’t.

  The train was picking up speed. This is the end. Oh well, good while it lasted. Thoughts were swirling through my head. The doors opened

  ‘Good night then’

  She stepped off the train and onto the platform.

  She turned around to wave.

  The doors are closing. Just as they closed, I yelled out

  ‘I’ll call you again!’

  I’m not sure if she heard me but she looked like she was nodding.

  and that’s all folks.

  Train Man lies exhausted from the bombing campaign. Fellow Geeks line up for the relentless counter attack.

  754 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 03:12

  >>750

  Man oh man, sounds like a film cough cough

  756 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 03:12

  >>750

  like a soap opera

  >I’ll call you again

  Probably better to say

  ‘May I call you again?’

  But if she nodded,

  That’s all that matters. (˚∀˚)

  758 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 03:12

  >>750

  Did you call her when you got back?

  765 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 03:14

  I’m tired . . .

  Thanks everybody for hangin with me

  >>758

  I didn’t call . . .

  coz I wasn’t sure if she had heard me

  Does this mean it’s over maybe?

  775 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 03:16

  >>765

  Can you let it end this way?

  What do you feel in your heart?

  It’s late. Why don’t you sleep on it?

  778 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 03:17

  >>775

  798 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 03:21

  I think somebody mentioned this earlier but dressing up and going to dinner with a girl in itself is a step up, you know.

  It’s not like you’re pushing it too far to begin with.

  If you want to get closer to Lady Miss Hermes then you can move it up a notch later.

  You can do it dude. Good job.

  807 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 03:24

  >Train Man

  You definitely have to call her tomorrow!

  You got to get another date with her!

  It’s the man’s job to ask women on dates.

  That is a moral obligation as well as a rule!!!!

  810 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 03:25

  I tried to tell her that I wanted to see her again but

  I couldn’t . . .

  Not with her right in front of my face . . .

  811 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 03:25

  >>777

  From this point forward you can just ask her out on regular dates, no?

  You don’t have to look at it as going out-out immediately. Dinner can be just friends.

  Plus Lady Miss Hermes likes going out to trendy restaurants and she doesn’t have anybody to go there with which means that you need to step up and ask her to dinner or ask her to take you to one of her haunts which is totally reasonable and probable and possible.

  still got nothing to lose, gotta give it a go, no?

  824 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 03:27

  When Lady Hermes said that she didn’t have anybody to go restaurant-hopping with she probably hoped that you’d jump in and say ‘Then why don’t we go together’.

  829 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 03:31

  Lost a friend she checked out restaurants with

  She gave you the bait

  but you kept your mouth shut

  That was a top opportunity

  840 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 03:31

  I think the key is in the parts Train Man has left out

  Restaurant-hopping →no one to go with . . . you get me

  You can go for it when you call tomorrow.

  88 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 21:01

  Hey people. Where am I?

  Phone call . . . haven’t made it yet

  I’m crapping myself again

  96 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 21:08

  I can’t help thinking she’s gonna think I’m stalking her

  99 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 21:10

  >>96

  I see where you’re coming from but you did say you’d call so not calling would be weird.

  100 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 21:11

  Since you lost your restaurant-hopping friend, do you wanna go out again with me?

  Is that the final decision?

  119 Name: Mr Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:20

  115 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:18

  >>96

  If ur not calling today, when ru calling?

  What’s going on in my mind

  Thank you for last night.

  ↓

  I don’t have dinner with girls that often so I was really nervous but I still had a laugh.

  ↓

  If it’s not too much hassle, may I ask you out again?

  Suss out her reaction and decide where to go from there.

  117 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:19

  >>115

  I think instead of inviting her, better to let her pick the place.

  Train Man is out of ammo.

  120 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:21

  >>117

  How about taking turns? ‘Could you tell me where you’d like to go?’

  121 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:21

  >>115 no way

  Thank you for last night ←

  I don’t have dinner with girls that often ← X too much info

  I was nervous but I still had a laugh ← if you’re gonna add to it,

  say if you don’t have a friend to go

  restaurant-hopping with, I’m here

  for you . . . kinda thing.

  and feel out how she reacts
and if she seems ok, then try for another date ←

  This time, Train Man quickly got back on track. Once again he faces the challenge named Hermes.

  123 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 21:22

  Ok! I’ll call her now!

  128 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:24

  >>123

  Excellent! Go for it!

  133 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 21:25

  Didn’t get through to her

  201 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 21:46

  That’s her

  207 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:47

  a call? from her?

  224 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:51

  lookin like dis now raiseyohandsinda air

  laters.

  234 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:53

  wooooooohhhhhhhhh

  I just can’t understand!!!!!

  how women feel!!!!!

  we are the true Geeks!!!!!! For real!

  263 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 21:58

  just hung up.

  what can I say. thank you everybody.

  264 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:58

  how was it?

  269 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 21:59

  we is all waitin with bated breath innit

  282 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:00

  what is this I see?

  is that a new type of Train??!

  283 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:01

  do I need to get ready for the bomber crashing here?

  297 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:04

  298 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 22:04

  to cut to the chase, I’ve got a second date will get to the progress report a bit later

  301 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:05

  train’s here train’s here train’s here------

  304 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:05

  305 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:05

  train’s here

  306 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:05

  trainhere trainhere trainhere

  ah yeah ah yeah ah yeah ah yeah -!!!

  316 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:06

  BANZAI!

  317 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:06

  >>297

  Top timing

  330 Name: 297 Post Date: 28/03/04 22:08

  >317

  No way. Train Man, top timing. I’m falling for you!

  335 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:08

  I’m gonna get it out while there’s loads of other posts

  I’ve never had dinner with a woman

  Not only that but when I asked a girl out she said ‘Why would I want to look at your face while I’m eating?’

  339 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:08

  Unbelievable!!!!!!

  I’m feeling kinda teary

  343 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:10

  383 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 22:20

  She just called me

  our first exchange went something like this

  ‘I’m sorry I was away from the phone earlier’

  ‘No, no, you must have been busy?’

  ‘No no, it’s fine’

  Something like that

  then I thanked her for last night.

  I asked her if she heard what I shouted out from the train and she said she had.

  After that I mentioned her losing her restaurant-hopping friend, and I asked if she didn’t mind, could I take over.

  386 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:21

  404 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 22:29

  ‘Yeah that would be nice. It would be my pleasure.’

  quick answer. I took a deep breath.

  ‘I really wanted to bring this up yesterday but . . .’

  ‘ha-ha-ha, I was teasing you yesterday’

  ‘I’m a bit dim. Sorry.’

  retardo

  just as in the thread

  and then she mentioned a place she wanted to go so

  we decided to go. Next week or the week after.

  retardo

  410 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:30

  >>404

  ‘ha-ha-ha, I was teasing you yesterday’

  ‘ha-ha-ha, I was teasing you yesterday’

  ‘ha-ha-ha, I was teasing you yesterday’

  ‘ha-ha-ha, I was teasing you yesterday’

  ‘ha-ha-ha, I was teasing you yesterday’

  ‘ha-ha-ha, I was teasing you yesterday’

  ‘ha-ha-ha, I was teasing you yesterday’

  ‘ha-ha-ha, I was teasing you yesterday’

  415 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:30

  you lucky dog youuuuuu

  you are actually living the kind of dialogue

  that I dream of under the coverzzzzzzzzz

  420 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:32

  How was she teasing?

  I really don’t understand . . .

  430 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:33

  >>420

  ‘There is a restaurant that I want to go to but my friend doesn’t want to go with me’

  Translation ‘I’d like to go to another restaurant with you.’ that’s the way to read it.

  451 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 22:38

  all right then . . . I suppose I should get some more clothes . . .

  It looks like I’m gonna get everything I had my eye on . . .

  465 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:43

  By the way Train Man

  Did you ask Lady Miss Hermes = Moomin her age?

  474 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 22:45

  Oh, and I got her e-mail.

  I don’t play the sex simulator games much

  but I do play the regular ones

  got through all of Dragon Quest V

  478 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 22:46

  I am the one that said Lady Hermes teased you last time so you could ask her to dinner. Give thanks yeah.

  On your second date you should talk about films.

  What have you seen recently? like that

  Anything you want to see? etc

  and that gives you the chance to ask her to a film.

  2 dinner dates squeezes the conversation well dry so

  if you go to see a film you’ll recharge the conversation.

  And don’t stress about what to wear. Lady Hermes likes you for you and she probably sees that you aren’t too big on the clothes thing anyway.

  489 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 22:49

  >>465

  Didn’t ask. But she’s old enough to not have a curfew.

  I bet she’s older than me.

  539 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 23:07

  Who’s the one that said it was gonna be difficult to push this story further

  573 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 23:21

  >>563

  As far as I can see, from what Mista Train Man has written

  he doesn’t say much but what he does say is really good

  Like

  ‘I’m going to get dressed up’

  or

  ‘It’s only recently that I’ve taken an interest in places like this’

  I wouldn’t call it hip but you’re right on target or a bit smart or a bit on the simple side yet really quite attractive

  Those words never would have come out of my mouth

  And Miss Hermes’ replies are great too

  592 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 28/03/04 23:30

  >>585

  Just tell me if she has a high or low voice mannnnnnnnnn

  not that it means anything but I just wanna know

  597 Name: Train
Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 23:32

  >>592

  Ummmm. . .

  if I had to choose, I’d say she has more of a high-pitched voice

  and she has a tiny voice so it’s difficult to have a conversation . . .

  I’m guessing at most of her lines in much of the progress report

  611 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 23:36

  Her age remains a mystery.

  She looks about 23-25 but she gives off a really settled kind of vibe it’s like she’s got some kind of buffer that adds years to her real age

  619 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 28/03/04 23:37

  oh, and I live with my parents.

  677 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 29/03/04 00:14

  682 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 29/03/04 00:24

  >>676

  hey dude do you have questions you need to ask?

  or are you pretty much cool on your own now?

  684 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 29/03/04 00:26

  >>682

  I’m thinking that I need help with keeping the conversation going.

  Your comments have been really helpful for me.

  I’m pretty sure of it now that I’ve seen her and all . . .

  I reckon I’m falling for her . . .

  736 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 29/03/04 03:43

  >>735

  Is this the thread where Train finally gets . . . de . . . pressed?

  it seems to me that there is hope . . .

  737 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 29/03/04 04:01

  >>736

  There is hope therefore we have depression

  738 Name: Anonymous Post Date: 29/03/04 04:04

  >>737

  it’s a different kind of hope! for the future! the light!

  is the tip I’m on

  meaning, da vibe on dis thread . . .

  *a glimmer of hope especially for all Geeks

  768 Name: Train Man ♦ SgHguKHEFY Post Date: 29/03/04 18:44

  Got an e-mail from Hermes!!!! ahyeah-!

  Apparently there’s someone that wants to meet me so she asked if she could bring the friend along