# In which Bibliovore scores... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 1, 2003, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-bibliovore-scores/198947 "2003-09-01T10:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-bibliovore-scores/198947/41 "2003-09-05T09:34:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bibliovore \* > \*\*Never fear, oh bitey one, a full and detailed report will be forthcoming. > \*\* **Bibliovore** , you know, of course, that any further discussion on these boards about what you and the signorina get up to on your next date (good luck, byt he way!) would constitute a violation of Rule number 1 of The Gentleman’s Dating Handbook, viz Thou shalt not bandy a lady’s name Recidivist transgressors of this rule _always_ end up sleeping with Jordan and selling their stories to The News of the World. Not a pleasant prognosis. Worse than that, your new lady could be a lurker here and then you would be rightly in the mire. Discretion, my man, discretion. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-bibliovore-scores/198947/42 "2003-09-05T09:52:09Z")
Egad! You’re absolutely right! What was I thinking? It would certainly be unseemly of me to discuss the, ah, more salacious details of our relationship in such a public manner. I can only chalk it up to long-standing absence from the dating scene and the subtle rules thereof. That, and youthful over-exhuberance and a puppy-like desire to share any and all good news. Suffice to say, then, that I shall refrain from discussing all but the generalities of our liason, and then only to sing the lady’s praises. I daresay you’ll all grow tired of that very soon! Thank you m’dear, you’ve brought me back to my senses. I shall henceforth endeavor to be the very soul of discretion. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-bibliovore-scores/198947/43 "2003-09-05T11:51:12Z")
Damn. Just when it was getting good. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-bibliovore-scores/198947/44 "2003-09-05T11:54:51Z")
Sorry guys, but she’s right. What kind of a cad would I be if I kissed and told, eh? But I’d still appreciate some ideas for a second date… ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-bibliovore-scores/198947/45 "2003-09-05T12:32:03Z")
Well, I’m hardly familiar with your area, so these are just general suggestions: Pack a picnic lunch for a trip to a park, where you can feed the cute little squirrels, etc. Go to a comedy club. If the acts are any good at all, she should have a good time, and **you** don’t have to be witty all the time. That’s the comic’s job. Go see the touristy things in your area that the locals never go to. We have a weekend here called “Be a Tourist in Your Own Home Town”, where all sorts of things are opened up to the public. Got any street entertainers around? Tip a musician “to play a sweet song for my friend”, or get the 2 of you sketched by a caricaturist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-bibliovore-scores/198947.md?page=2)