The Game of Romance
The scoring system
1) SIMPLE DUTIES-
You go out to buy her flowers:
+5
But return with beer: -5
You check out a suspicious
noise at night: 0
You check out a suspicious
noise and it's nothing: 0
You check out a suspicious
noise and it's something: +5
You pummel it with a six
iron: +10
It's her cat: -10
2) SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS-
You stay by her side the
entire party: 0
You stay by her side for
a while, then leave to chat with a drinking buddy: -2
Named Tiffany: -4
Tiffany is a dancer: -6
Tiffany has implants: -8
3) SATURDAY AFTERNOONS-
You visit her parents:
+1
You visit her parents and
actually make conversation: +3
You visit her parents and
stare vacantly at the television: -3
And the television is off:
-6
You spend the afternoon
watching college football in your underwear: -6
And you didn't even go
to college: -10
And it's not really your
underwear: -15
4) HER BIRTHDAY-
You take her out to dinner:
0
You take her out to dinner
and it's not a sports bar: +10
Okay, it is a sports bar:
-2
And it's all-you-can-eat
night: -3
It's a sports bar, it's
all-you-can-eat night, and your face is painted the colors of your favorite
team: -10
You give her a gift: 0
You give her a gift, and
it's a small appliance: -10
You give her a gift, and
it's not a small appliance: +1
You give her a gift, and
it isn't chocolate: +2
You give her a gift that
you'll be paying off for months: +30
You wait until the last
minute and buy her a gift that day: -10
With her credit card: -30
And whatever you bought
is two sizes too big: -40
5) THOUGHTFULNESS-
You forget to pick her
up at the bus station: -25
Which is in Newark, New
Jersey: -35
And the pouring rain dissolves
her leg cast: -50
6) A NIGHT OUT WITH YOUR
PALS-
You have a few beers: -9
For every beer after three,
-2
And miss curfew by an hour:
-12
You get home at 3 a.m.:
-20
You get home at 3 a.m.
smelling of booze and cheap cigars: -30
And not wearing any pants:
-40
Is that a tattoo? -200
7) A NIGHT OUT, JUST THE
TWO OF YOU-
You go see a comic: +2
He's crude and sexist:
-2
You laugh: -5
You laugh too much: -10
She's not laughing: -15
You laugh harder: -25
8) DRIVING-
You lose the directions
on a trip: -4
You lose the directions
and end up getting lost: -10
You end up getting lost
in a bad part of town: -15
You get lost in a bad part
of town and meet the locals: -25
She finds out you lied
about having a black belt: -60
9) COMMUNICATION-
When she wants to talk,
you listen, displaying a concerned expression: +20
When she wants to talk,
you listen, for over 30 minutes: +5
You listen for more than
30 minutes, without looking at the television: +10
She realizes this is because
you've fallen asleep: -10
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