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A funny thing happened to me at the supermarket yesterday.

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Rodge2 | 13:44 Sat 23rd Jan 2010 | ChatterBank
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After grocery shopping yesterday afternoon, I was recovering with a quick mug of decaf in the supermarket cafe, when something very odd happened. This complete stranger (male) walked up to my table, plonked down a bunch of red roses and said something like (shock prevented me registering the exact phrase) 'These are for you. I think you look gorgeous.' He then walked off into the distance.

I feel it is only fair to point out I was looking anything but gorgeous in jeans and an ill-fitting T-shirt, at the time. Bizarre or what? Perhaps he was having a mid life crisis, or is a serial rose giver and does this every Friday.

Has anything weird like this ever happened to you?
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I've had the bloke on the flower stall down the market give me a rose/carnation before but it was some time ago. Sounds like a nice gesture and would have made me smile for the rest of the day.
Are you male rodge2?
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No, I am female.
Last year my wife Elsie and I were in the cafe in Sainsbury's having a coffee etc while one of our sons did our shopping.
A lady of about 50 pushed a very old dear in a wheelchair into the cafe.
When i say old,she was older than us (87 & 86 respectively).
She then walked off,we assumed she was queueing for food etc.
After 10 minutes we had finished and went to find our son.
10 minutes after this we were approached by the 50 year old lady,who was red faced and looked quite annoyed.
She said (and I quote) "How dare you leave mu Mother on her own!"
It seems she saw we were old and thought we would be good people to keep an eye on her mother while she shopped!(although she never asked,or said so)
It turned out that she assumed we too had been "parked",and when she realised that we could MOVE and did she panicked.
We had to laugh about it,although the poor woman didn't seem to find it funny,she went away muttering to herself.
I think that her mother was probably in her 90's.
We said to Aaron (our son) that we didn't want to be "parked" next time! LOL
Mr V, how very rude, lol!
This complete stranger (male) walked up to my table, plonked down a bunch of red roses and said something like (shock prevented me registering the exact phrase) 'These are for you. I think you look gorgeous.' He then walked off into the distance.

Well i have three things to say.

Number one being that his chatup lines have a lot to be desired as how are you meant to gauge someones reaction, spark up a convesation and take a phonenumber if you've already walked away?

Number two, i reckon that he had his girlfriend nearby and had just finished arguing and gave you the flowers to p!ss her off before stomping off.

Number three which is a bit more daunting, that this person knows who you are and may have been stalking you.
Forget the jeans and ill-fitting t-shirt - guys don't notice these things (women really only dress up to impress other women) and if a guy thinks you look gorgeous then it's you not the clothes which stun him.
Yes, I had a strange encounter with an American Serviceman almost exactly a year ago at Paddington Station. He showered me with compliments and asked if he could take me out to dinner. I was caught completely off guard and wasn't in the best of moods anyway. It was my parents' anniversary and I had a huge journey ahead of me, and just wanted to get home. I gave him the brush off but he wasn't deterred and kept on trying to chat me up until I told him I was "spoken for". At that point he retreated gracefully. I regretted my aloofness the next day.
Aww,NoMercy
Sounds like "Brief Encounter" all over again!
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Fudbucket - now you're scaring me!

Webbo3 - Hahaha actually I was wearing Impulse now that I think about it - so maybe its true!
Mr. V... he was a nice-looking chap, mid late 30's I'd say. Quite muscular. For some reason, he thought I was heading to Reading, and he shouted after me, "Wait up, wait up, I'm going to Reading too!"

Well, I was getting on the same train as him, but I was heading to Newport to change trains.
I was once left a beautiful bouquet of flowers at the reception at work and with it was a card with a name and telephone number.
When I rang the number this guy said he'd been at the same club as me the previous week, and found out my name and where I worked from one of the friends I was with.
I had to not only turn him down but give the gorgeous flowers to a colleague as my then husband was picking me up from work.....doh.
NoMercy
For some unknown reason my wife has just put her coat on and is off to the station!
If she meets Leslie Phillips it will be a toy boy! LOL
Awww... shame about that Craft. Do you remember the guy who sent them to you, or were you not able to picture him in your mind?
No I remembered him after speaking to him......he was a firefighter on the Blue Watch night out at the club......I was gutted.
LOL...

I must confess to kicking myself the day after I got back from London. I rushed to get home only to go out and have dinner with my parents at some poxy restaurant I'd have sooner not gone to...
Now NoMercy,
If you can give me a bit more info I think I can stretch this into a screenplay! LOL

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