Lunch Conversation just cannot get any better!

So I thoroughly enjoyed my lunch conversation from work today. It's never dull - what more can I say? I will share this one with you as it in particularly had the whole table cracking up.




I must confess that I am not sure how our conversation got where it did but nonetheless I will try to explain.



If you listen to the Bert Show based out of Atlanta then this morning you heard the story about the crazy lady and her Instant Messenger scam. Well, we briefly touched on this. Well, someone at the table then asked, "What exactly is the difference between a text message and Instant Messenger?" This is when things got a little more interesting...



While trying to explain the different we began to reminisce about the days of AIM. I personally do not do the whole Instant Messenger thing anymore but used to. We were explaining how we grew up in the era of Chat rooms and AIM. While trying to explain the concept of chat rooms I began to think about how stupid/dangerous those rooms were but hey, we all did it. Late nights on the internet - in the chat rooms where you have to type: 14/Female/Georgia/brown hair....Don't judge - I know you did it too. Yes, it was stupid. My how things evolve, the conversation turned to creepy Myspace.com and how it sucked hours out of the day from our lives. You would stress for hours about which background to use on your profile and you had to make sure that you updated your song weekly to maintain your cool factor. Honestly, you could be anyone you wanted to - which therein lies the creepy factor. With people being able to post any picture they wanted - No you were not talking to the hunky brown haired in shape model from Cali, you were talking to the 50 year old guy who still lives at home with his mom and dad from lack of motivation to do anything with his life...



But we all learned something very new about a co-worker, who I will nickname Ravishing Red Head :) She is reading and laughing (plus I got the okay to write about this). We found out that she met her now hubby on myspace :) She went through the story about how he messaged her and striked up the convo; she didn't respond immediately - she had to do her research. After looking at some of his pictures (one from a Green day concert where he dyed his hair green) and with his weight being at like 120 or something like that - She came to the conclusion he's a harmless punky scrawny guy. So they talked back and forth and then the next question came, "Are we going to meet?" Which sent her into panic mode - She called a girlfriend and they decided a group date would be best. Bowling to be exact and at this point they exchanged numbers. She shared that his voice did not match his picture; she said it was very deep. At this point, I had to say, so when he called did he say, Hellooooo Clarice.... Which I must say if he had I don't know that they would be married because she probably would have hung up but no he didn't... He arrived at the bowling alley in an orange car and Napoleon Dynamite shirt on and she was smitten :) The rest is history but wow, what a lunch! We were able to talk about Chat rooms back in the day and learn something new about Mrs. Ravishing Red Head!! Interesting lunch with a lot of laughter!! Thanks ladies!