Some mornings, you just have to admit that the internet is a strange and wonderful place. The kind of place where people post shout-outs to “missed connections” on Craig’s List about hot women reading good books. In case you were wondering “5’9″ medium to slight build” there are lots of beautiful women reading good books at 35th and Madison (the OUP offices.) Keep reading for a guaranteed morning laugh.
You were reading “The Bottom Billion” on the 2 train on Tuesday – m4w (Midtown West)
Who: Me: 5’9″, medium to slight build. Brown hair. Scruffy but short. Glasses. Red plaid shirt. Khakis. Blue converse. Olive Drab day pack.
Who: You: 5’6″ or taller, thin. Brown hair slightly past shoulder. Fair skin. Gauzy, chiffony top, slim jeans, flats, Marni bag.
When: On or about Tuesday, August 29, 7:00PM
Where: Downtown 2. I got on at 42nd street. You were already sitting down. You got off at 14th Street.
What: You were reading Paul Collier’s “The Bottom Billion,” which I asked you about, somewhat incoherently. I was “solving” a sudoku puzzle, and scribbled the title in the margins. But I should have been scribbling your number there instead. I have been in desperate straits, looking for a woman exactly like you, who can respect both a well written book about failed states as well as a good handbag. I’m not sure that I am exactly the sort of fellow you have been looking for all these years, but I can try.
I don’t understand why my future husband cares what handbag I’m holding.
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Can someone let me know if they come across a missed connection for a “semi-disheveled, dark haired guy with massive headphones, frantically reading the last 30 pages of Huck Finn on the F train during the massive delays this morning?” No handbag, alas.
This is so sweet! My inner-hopeless-romantic hopes they find each other. Keep me posted!