Where Would You Instantly Go? or Rob’s Valentine’s Day Update
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Remember Rob’s valentine’s day attempts at getting a girl? He’s the guy here in the office that made a box out of wooden pailings from an old fence and sent the box, a flower, a nice letter, self addressed stamped envelope, and a calendar to mark the date that his hopefully-girl would reply with saying ‘let’s go on a date’. Well I’ve got an update on how it went - I even have a few quotes for you that might interest you.
But first - something a little bit different. The winner of today’s competition: In 25 words or less where would you be if you could instantly go anywhere in the world right now?
It was with surprise that I opened up this one, it wasn’t in the usual form of a poem but a single sentence. What got me - was that I hadn’t thought of the idea at all! I don’t know who the entry is referring to, I’d love to find out the whole story behind it so Tish, if you’re listening let us in! Congratulations on the win 
Where would you be if you could instantly go anywhere in the world right now?
New York, 1998, to stop the man of my dreams from marrying someone else.
Now would you like to hear about Rob’s Valentine’s day attempt? He put in lots of effort and care into his gift to this girl who he was attempting to ‘woo’. I mean who wouldn’t want to receive a carefully hand crafted wooden box with wood shavings and a rose laid inside? Rob even hand delivered it to her work. Talk about a lot of effort - I’m not sure if I’d be bothered. But he put his heart into it.
So a day after he delivered it to this girl he received a letter in reply (just what he was hoping for!) It was in the envelope he left her, it had all the signs of a win. And this is what it said:
The heart, time, energy and courage that went into your gift quite overwhelm me. I’ve never had a valentine like that! Your letter moved me - such open-ness.
Woo! Great work Rob, that’s a fantastic response!
Sadly though…
Sadly?! What do you mean sadly? You were just saying how great it all was!
Sadly though, my heart and situation remain as unavailable and tied elsewhere as they were… I cannot forsee a relationship with you in the way I know you wish it could be.
Did I just hear a door slam shut? I think I did. I think I heard multiple doors slam shut so hard they cracked the door frames. That’s just not good.
Do you know what he’s going to do now?
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