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Hunger Games, Mutton Chops, and Monocles
“You – a top notch babe with legs going all the way up to your butthole. You were reading the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy – my favourite, where Katniss really starts to kick some serious poon-tang – and wearing a top that did wonders both for your knockers and my turgid man pole. I think it said Hollister on it, is that in California? Surfing is way sick. I could tell by your shirt that you thought so, too.
Me – a three at best with mutton chops all the way out to the person sitting next to me. I was wearing a monocle and re-reading the Hunt for Red October. We exchanged glances and I could tell by the way you wouldn’t look at me again that you were intimidated by my chops. A lot of girls are. Don’t worry, they don’t bite. ” Continue reading
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Tagged Hunger Games, Hunt for Red October, m4w, monocle, mutton chops, sarcasm, Subway, transit, TTC
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Headphones
Bjork sang, “My headphones, they saved my life.” But have you thought much about how *your* headphones are blocking out the city, and people, around you? It’s as though I’m in the city, but I might as well be In My Room, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay, Dundas Street, Grace Street, headphones, isolation, m4m, m4w, Missed Connections, Ossington, public space, smartphones, Subway, Toronto, transit, TTC, w4m
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Did I Just Have a Missed Connection?
Have you ever wondered if you’ve had a Missed Connection? Or what makes someone decide to write one? Continue reading
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Tagged bus, Missed Connections, personal, real life, transit, TTC, was that a Missed Connection, Wellesley
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Read a Book Day: Literary Missed Connections
I love a good fictive holiday. Last week, I cheerfully noted International Bacon Day, and when I learned that today was National Read a Book Day (at least in the U.S.) I felt compelled to mark it in my own special … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Read a Book Day, reading, Reading Rainbow, transit
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Girl reading up on Nazi Medical Ethics – m4w – 25 (Subway)
The title of this one is definitely among the top 5 strangest Missed Connections titles I’ve ever seen. My primary reaction was “Ummm… what?!?!” Let’s hope it was for a history course at school or something. I’m also loathe to … Continue reading
Missed Connections terminology
I’ve been reading Missed Connections pretty regularly for about three years now, since stumbling upon the section while looking on Craigslist for a new roommate in the fall of 2007. I’ve spent a great deal of time thinking and writing … Continue reading
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Tagged m4w, Queen St, Spadina, streetcar, terminology, transit, TTC, TTC chopping, TTC shopping
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