One of my friends has gotten divorced, and recently went on some dates with women he met through a dating site.
He said he had had some pretty bad first dates. On one such first date, the woman kept asking him detailed questions about his finances: What is your salary? What kind of car do you own? How much is the mortgage on your house?
Listening to his stories about first dates which went wrong made me remember a comedy sketch show from the 1990s called, “Goodness Gracious Me”. One recurring sketch featured a British Asian man who was always on a first date with a woman in a restaurant. He would inevitably say the wrong thing and the sketch would end with him saying, “Check, please!”
Here are a
few of the first date sketches I remember from the show.
1
“I think it is really important for a boyfriend and girlfriend to get to know each other’s family,” says the man.
“Oh, that’s sweet,” says the woman.
“That’s why
I’m sleeping with your sister, innit?
… Check, please.”
2
“I don’t think like other men.”
“No?” asks the woman in a teasing voice.
“Because I
don’t think you’re ugly! … Check, please!”
3
“I really want to understand women. I really want to see things from their perspective.”
“Oh, that’s sweet.”
“That’s why
I’m wearing my mother’s underwear, innit?
… Check, please!”
Vocabulary:
innit - This is British slang for “isn’t it?
[eg.,
“That’s a good film, innit?”]
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