Steal flowers from the cemetery.
Get a bottle from the restaurant dumpster and fill it with Lancers and soda water and ruffles.
Get a couple of Sam’s Choice dinners, nuke them and put them on a plate.
@f00l I do mostly pork so I use Hickory. Mesquite seems to go better with beef. For me anyway. Since I’ve downsized, I’ve been using an old electric charbroil patio grill with a chip smoker box. Set it to 200 put the top on and walk away for 6 hours.
In the words of sex advice columnist Dan Savage f*** first. It depends are you trying to please a man or a woman and what do they like going non-traditional but very specific to their interest is a good idea.
@CaptAmehrican I know- I was hoping to hear what other people would do for their significant other for some inspiration, not necessarily looking for the exact thing I’m going to do.
Consider excellent local take-out BBQ if you like that. Let someone else do the cooking that way. Forget the sauce if you’re like me. Too sweet and great BBQ has no need for it. Use Tabasco to taste instead.
Have on hand some good beer that matches up with the BBQ.
Watch something g cool and special (Netflix, blu-ray).
Take a bit of a break after the BBQ.
Then follow with fresh berres, chocolates, or another special sweet, and cheap but good champers.
After the movie is done, perhaps some tunes.
That outta fill the early hours of evening well enough.
@PlacidPenguin
Yeah I know - she moved to OZ because OZ is thoroughly fabulous and wonderful and also she was BFF with a princess and finally a princess herself.
And also because L Frank Baum wanted an excuse to stop writing the series for a while.
Fortunately for children, he regained his enthusiasm.
I’m glad Dorothy was able to bring her family with her - and the potential for good Kansas food in OZ.
My fav characters may have been Electra, the Patchwork Girl, and Tik-Tok.
It mostly depends on the other person’s interests, of course.
Planetarium or stargazing at the beach.
Eating something at home so we could watch a comedy special while we eat and cuddle when we’re done with the food.
Perhaps a homemade dessert.
Maybe that night can be the night to do something the other person has been wanting to try in the bedroom.
@RiotDemon She saw me scrolling through this and said, “YES! Whatever that is YES! I want that! Who posted that? RiotDemon! My buddy! I fucking love goats! A swimming goat? I can take it to the beach with me!”
@RiotDemon When hubby and I were young, we would go “howl at the moon” … we would go sledding down the biggest hill in town and then get warm huddled in the car and “watch” the moon rise…and set…
@PlacidPenguin
My suggestions for a nice evening at home were intended to be affordable in the sense that most people able to function in society who have a dwelling space and can afford to go out to eat could likely afford my suggestions by most measures of afordability.
If I missed the mark, my apologies.
In that case, next time I will make amends by marketing my special products which are guaranteed to make us all into superior advanced post-truth beings.
@mfladd haha I haven’t watched the video yet. In public a place. I actually starred it initially because why not, then unstarred until I watch the video because of @f00ls reaction.
I was thinking about the best valentines day with an ex. An ex of mine made me shrimp fra diavlo pasta and chocolate pudding and res wine and bpught me the board game carcassonne and we played the game a few times and then well went to bed. Doesn’t sound fancy but was nice.
@elimanningface I wouldn’t mind going on a first date on Valentine’s… Better than being alone.
However, if someone invited me for a date, and didn’t have plans or reservations, and the date was terrible because of sitting and waiting an hour to get in somewhere, I’d definitely rethink a second date.
I refuse to be dragged to someplace unpleasant in some way or other when going out, if the unpleasantness is predictable. So for huge “special occasion” days i won’t go to anyplace crowded unless the “celebration” is for someone else and I’m willing to suffer in order to honor them.
@elimanningface depends. I would not want a romantic dinner type date. But a fun casual as l non traditional date on valentines would be great. So if 1st avoid hearts chocolates and flowers and do something silly. Bowling or one of those trampoline parks or something else very non traditional
Netflix and chill.
@Pantheist
@sammydog01
With wine.
And champagne (or a cheap decent fake) and chocolate and berries of some sort (strawberries, raspberries, etc) for later.
@f00l @sammydog01
I believe that wine is kind of obvious and doesn’t have to be specifically mentioned though.
@PlacidPenguin
Emphasis.
@f00l Put a fancy label on your Meh wine.
@PocketBrain
Meh is a fancy label.
I’d take that label off the empty Meh bottle and put it on some swill if I were drinking w someone I didn’t have much respect for.
They would look at the Meh label and think they owe’d me.
Steal flowers from the cemetery.
Get a bottle from the restaurant dumpster and fill it with Lancers and soda water and ruffles.
Get a couple of Sam’s Choice dinners, nuke them and put them on a plate.
Party!
@cranky1950
No dumpster diving behind a restaurant?
You’re not much of a romantic, are you?
@f00l That’s OK but you have to spend too much time picking out the stuff you don’t want from the food. Ya know.
@cranky1950
Stuff you don’t want?
Come on! It’s a day for romance! Follow your heart!
Take a chance!
@f00l Cool barbecue
@cranky1950
Love BBQ.
Love it best slow cooked in a trad pit using some kinda special local wood, perhaps. Mesquite perhaps.
That’s my thang.
@f00l I do mostly pork so I use Hickory. Mesquite seems to go better with beef. For me anyway. Since I’ve downsized, I’ve been using an old electric charbroil patio grill with a chip smoker box. Set it to 200 put the top on and walk away for 6 hours.
@cranky1950
I never do it. I let the masters do it.
We’re not short on masters around here. Think most of the south has plenty of them.
@f00l But then you can’t make pulled pork omelettes in the morning and sneak handfuls of meat when you pass through the kitchen.
@cranky1950
Only since I don’t bother to cook much that’s not such an issue.
And if I bought brisket takeout I’d might have plenty for an omelet next morning. Cause I do killer omelets when I’m not lazy.
Or not. Cause it’s gone.
Or a might just have the leftover brisket for breakfast if I didn’t finish it off in the middle of the night. ❤️
In the words of sex advice columnist Dan Savage f*** first. It depends are you trying to please a man or a woman and what do they like going non-traditional but very specific to their interest is a good idea.
@CaptAmehrican I know- I was hoping to hear what other people would do for their significant other for some inspiration, not necessarily looking for the exact thing I’m going to do.
Be single.
My thought:
Consider excellent local take-out BBQ if you like that. Let someone else do the cooking that way. Forget the sauce if you’re like me. Too sweet and great BBQ has no need for it. Use Tabasco to taste instead.
Have on hand some good beer that matches up with the BBQ.
Watch something g cool and special (Netflix, blu-ray).
Take a bit of a break after the BBQ.
Then follow with fresh berres, chocolates, or another special sweet, and cheap but good champers.
After the movie is done, perhaps some tunes.
That outta fill the early hours of evening well enough.
@f00l I love BBQ.
@Barney
Kansas. I would assume you’ve been exposed to the “good stuff”.
You spoze Dorothy wanted to come home from OZ because she missed the BBQ?
@f00l @Barney
But… She end up moving to Oz.
I suppose that’s why she got her Aunt and Uncle to move with her though; food.
@PlacidPenguin
Yeah I know - she moved to OZ because OZ is thoroughly fabulous and wonderful and also she was BFF with a princess and finally a princess herself.
And also because L Frank Baum wanted an excuse to stop writing the series for a while.
Fortunately for children, he regained his enthusiasm.
I’m glad Dorothy was able to bring her family with her - and the potential for good Kansas food in OZ.
My fav characters may have been Electra, the Patchwork Girl, and Tik-Tok.
@f00l
Dunno about Electra since I dunno which book that was, but I didn’t like the Elektra movie.
@PlacidPenguin
Electra
From Tik-Tok oz Oz
@f00l @mfladd
/image Elektra Marvel movie
@f00l
I once got all of the Oz books for free for the Kindle app on my phone, but I never read them.
My brain cannot focus easily as I’ve mentioned in the past.
It mostly depends on the other person’s interests, of course.
Planetarium or stargazing at the beach.
Eating something at home so we could watch a comedy special while we eat and cuddle when we’re done with the food.
Perhaps a homemade dessert.
Maybe that night can be the night to do something the other person has been wanting to try in the bedroom.
@RiotDemon
/giphy potato salad in bed
/image potato salad in bed
/youtube potato salad in bed
@PlacidPenguin whatever floats your boat.
/image goat float
@RiotDemon
I’m a single guy in NY in February. Leave me alone.
@RiotDemon SLEEP!!!
@RiotDemon She saw me scrolling through this and said, “YES! Whatever that is YES! I want that! Who posted that? RiotDemon! My buddy! I fucking love goats! A swimming goat? I can take it to the beach with me!”
@RiotDemon When hubby and I were young, we would go “howl at the moon” … we would go sledding down the biggest hill in town and then get warm huddled in the car and “watch” the moon rise…and set…
@PantHeist I think @narfcake (?) posted it in another thread, and that’s the only reason I posted it.
@PlacidPenguin single guy that likes potato salad. You do you.
@PantHeist
I would say our take on her is quite positive. She would fit right in here.
@PlacidPenguin
Treat yourself!
@mikibell
@f00l I tell her that too, she’s unconvinced about making her own account so far.
@RiotDemon
Actually, I don’t eat potato salad.
@PantHeist oh come on. The more the merrier.
@PlacidPenguin
@RiotDemon
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@PlacidPenguin Smart penguin. Mayo-based salads are gross.
@PantHeist we won’t bite… promise… ok, @barney might bite occasionally, but the rest of us are ok…
@mikibell Whaaa? I don’t bite.
@mikibell
But… @Barney is the second most harmless mehmber.
/giphy and that’s all I’m saying
Wait, I should double check…
Yep. 2nd.
@PlacidPenguin Thank you. When you are number 2, you try harder.
@mikibell
@Barney hmmmm do you wonder who is #1 to see how much you have to try?..
@mikibell Maybe just a little.
Is everything okay?
@Barney rough day…very rough…
@mikibell Keep me updated?
@Barney will do…not tonight, though…trying not to shatter…
@mikibell you were supposed to be in bed hours ago young lady!
@mikibell
Please be better soon. Hope you’re ok.
@f00l @barney worries… I will be fine, thank you…
Just overwhelmed by life…
@mikibell
Sorry. Hope some cheer comes your way.
/image cheers
A chef i follow on Facebook posted a recipe for a french beer tart pastry. The guy who would make me that would score some major points.
@Raider
/youtube the lonely island dick in a box
@Raider she might be sad it is a small ring box.
@CaptAmehrican
I made this just for you.
@Raider
Some ladies like to cut open or tear open boxes.
Write and perform a song for us?
If $15 is cheap enough I would get this:
https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Largest-Gummy-Heart-Cherry/dp/B00KYTD464
Act like it’s just another day (it is) and save your nickels for a real special day (i.e. birthday, graduation or anniversary).
@huja
I’d call that individual pref. A given traditional day might be special and significant to one person and not to another.
Plus most of the suggestions have been minimally expensive.
@huja All days are just another day. Using an arbitrary day, like valentines day, to celebrate is fun though.
@f00l
Do you mean physically inexpensive, psychologically inexpensive, or monetarily inexpensive?
@PlacidPenguin
My suggestions for a nice evening at home were intended to be affordable in the sense that most people able to function in society who have a dwelling space and can afford to go out to eat could likely afford my suggestions by most measures of afordability.
If I missed the mark, my apologies.
In that case, next time I will make amends by marketing my special products which are guaranteed to make us all into superior advanced post-truth beings.
What?? Don’t judge me, bitches!
@mfladd
Really. Go wide release public with that. People (some people) are gonna wanna know.
PS. Not judging you. Not even a tiny bit.
/giphy "judge and jury"
@PantHeist
Didn’t want to be associated with that, did ya? LOL
It’s ok, it happens to everyone
@mfladd haha I haven’t watched the video yet. In public a place. I actually starred it initially because why not, then unstarred until I watch the video because of @f00ls reaction.
@PantHeist Lol…@f00l is just a troublemaker in general.
@mfladd fyi, most of those have a numbing ingredient, which usually transfers to the other partner. That’s not necessarily a good thing.
@RiotDemon I know
@mfladd
Numb yet? Liking it? Has that got you where you wanted to be?
BTW I’m very very kind and sweet.
Don’t even think about any other take on me, motherfucker. Not even silently. I’ll know if you do, motherfucker.
I was thinking about the best valentines day with an ex. An ex of mine made me shrimp fra diavlo pasta and chocolate pudding and res wine and bpught me the board game carcassonne and we played the game a few times and then well went to bed. Doesn’t sound fancy but was nice.
A box of Cracker Jacks.
Good healthy corn & nuts.
A really swell surprise inside!
question - is it okay to go on your first date on valentine’s day or is that just wayy too much pressure?
@elimanningface I wouldn’t mind going on a first date on Valentine’s… Better than being alone.
However, if someone invited me for a date, and didn’t have plans or reservations, and the date was terrible because of sitting and waiting an hour to get in somewhere, I’d definitely rethink a second date.
@RiotDemon
I refuse to be dragged to someplace unpleasant in some way or other when going out, if the unpleasantness is predictable. So for huge “special occasion” days i won’t go to anyplace crowded unless the “celebration” is for someone else and I’m willing to suffer in order to honor them.
@elimanningface depends. I would not want a romantic dinner type date. But a fun casual as l non traditional date on valentines would be great. So if 1st avoid hearts chocolates and flowers and do something silly. Bowling or one of those trampoline parks or something else very non traditional