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Why Can't Arnie Get a Date?
by William P Adams

Arnie isn’t receiving many responses to his online dating site profile. Let’s peek at some of his answers to Match-A-Mation’s prompts and see if there is room for improvement…
 
What I do not like: I hate it when I sleep on someone's couch and their kid hits me on my head with their toy. Also, I don’t like getting kicked in the nuts.
 
If I had one wish, I would wish for: Shoes that don’t pinch my ingrown toenails and don’t make a squeak sound. Oh, one wish? Then I would choose shoes that don’t squeak.
 
I would never part with: My original collectible Mr. Potato Head set that my dad gave me. It’s in the original box with a real potato from 1952. It only smells when I open the box.
 
This makes me laugh: When guys (except me) get kicked in the nuts. It can be a cartoon or a real guy.
 
How I describe myself: I’m a DIY person – I cut my own hair and shape it, so it looks like I have full coverage, and I make my own TV dinners and Eggos. I’m a laddies’ man. The laddies love me and can’t get enough of my smooth moves and tasty grooves.
 
Three things that are important to me: Not getting kicked in the nuts. The Cartoon Network. My SpongeBob figurines.
 
In a relationship, I am looking for: A laddie with a comfortable couch and no kids with heavy, sharp toys, and a laddie who likes to wear matching neon tracksuits – I have several pairs.
 
What my partner should know about me: I’m on court-ordered probation, but that was a huge misunderstanding. I take Mall Security seriously and hope to land a job there soon so I can take a nice laddie out for an all-you-can-eat night at Waffles R Us.
 
Please describe one of your favorite pastime activities: When there’s a SpongeBob marathon on TV, I whip up my famous frozen French-fried taters, settle back in the recliner, pour ketchup into my navel (it’s an innie) and eat em up like there’s no tomorrow.
 
There’s more, but we’ll stop here and take some time to analyze and attempt to determine why Arnie is having trouble finding true love. Indeed, there must be a match for him somewhere… anywhere?