Missed Connections: November 2 - 5

Each week Houstonist checks out Missed Connections on Craiglist. Here's a few that we found interesting.

Not to bad - 28 (IAH)

You were at the rental counter in front of me, you were a little older but had an ass that wouldn't quit, in fact some of it was showing along with a tatoo. Thanks for making my morning a little better.

This proves our theory that most people are really just "typing to themselves" out here on MC. Open calls to whackadoodles last week, this week "chick with trampstamp at Intergalactic Airport". Like that's a low-traffic place - what are the odds that someone randomly at the "rental counter" ( 'cause, ya know - there's only one of 'em) knows who was staring at their ass, if anyone? Slim? or, None? We love reading the exercises in futility, really, so please continue. This is better than the comments on the Chronicle website.

East Houston Hospital Er Nurse- - m4w - 32

I was there last week and I think we made a connection. I was sad to leave was counting backwards til I left but didn't get to really say goodbye.... you had dark long hair in a ponytail and beautiful blue eyes & hispanic last name.
message me back if you see this please.

OOOOHHHHH, yeah, you were the guy who had a weak spine....now, she remembers. Drive yourself back over to that hospital a couple times and hang out in the waiting room until you see her. The "jambox serenade" is way too Eighties (although, "In Your Eyes" is still a great song) but, we're just certain you can devise is very clever and intriguing manner of expressing yourself. Or, you can just do the ole "slip and fall" at a nearby DiscountedMerchandiseMart and impress her with an injury. If they admit you to the psych ward for observation.....we never advised you to harm yourself....

starbucks - m4w

i saw you in starbucks at eldridge and briar forrest at lunch today. it has been a long time since i have seen you there. we made eye contact and smiled at each other. would love to talk to you.

What? Cat got your tongue? Jaw broken in recent barroom scuffle? Irrational fear of rejection? SPEAK! You are IN the coffee place, at the same time. Tables are always scarce at the Starbucks. Get one, invite her to sit.....talk to her (and whatever you do, don't get all nervous and spill your very hot coffee in her lap, she won't let a stranger "kiss it to make it all better", is our guess).

beautiful brunette in huntsville - m4w - 50

Postin thsi for Huntsville as you are there but I am form Houston....met you last Friday evening and was quite taken.....You put your number in my phone but it didn't save and couldn't find it that night. Wish now I had checked it before it was too late. You are a student of medical and sociology and we met on the north side of Houston.....sincerely want to keep in touch........I know the chances are slim but maybe someone will tell you about the ad.......hoping for a little miracle.....

Man, technology sucks it. Back in the day, after clay tablets and sharp sticks proved inefficient (they are heavy and you could put your eye out, too), people exchanged business cards, scribbled on bar napkins, took the pen to the skin and wrote a name and number on their hand or forearm (unless you are one unsanitary, no-spelling moron, you'll wash it off....try arm, better odds of survival). Do you suppose a girl in college would accidentally not mash that "save" button, but, rather gleefully mash "delete" after some fiddy year old asked for her number (unless he was, say not unlike J. Howard Marshall)?

A few guidelines to life on CL - m4w

Indeed. Let me remind the people posting on here that this is the MISSED CONNECTIONS facet of CL. If for some reason you don't understand what that means, let me remind you.
(1). This is not a forum to post your lame poetry. Go out and get a journal. Not a CL account.
(2). Incredibly vague posts will be dismissed as a result of the author being lazy; for instance, "I was on the road going West and you had on a shirt." This makes it incredibly difficult for the people on here to distinguish whether they are the person who had a "missed connection", or are just a person on a road wearing a shirt. You are dumb.
(3). Posts that involve you looking for a dude you met in a club in September of 1991 will almost never be read. You probably missed the boat on that one. Again, you are dumb.

I read the Missed Connections as part of my daily routine. Kinda like reading the newspaper in the morning. Sue me, I'm a romantic like that. But when the above examples come into play, it just becomes an exercise in futility. If you really want to see this person again, put some thought into your post and your chances of finding that special person will blossom exponentially. Thanks.

We don't know you, but, we don't like you - because you care less how we feel. You are threatening our joy, our amusement. You must cease and desist...oh, yeah, oops, public forum. For you, we will post a special haiku, or other rhyming-like thing that annoys....we will, when you least expect it. Threaten our joy....no sir-ee Bob...in the immortal words of Dee Snider, "we're not gonna take it".

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