And the thread delivers!
OP: “Dear Internet, my adult daughter is lonesome.”
Internet: “Send her to me, I’ll bang her for you.”
The Internet: offering to bang your daughter since 1995.
My wife and I somehow got involved with a group called Living Social, which is basically a variant of Groupon, when those things companies were new to the Internet. Now there’s a Google version and a Yahoo version and several others.
A lot of the stuff we got in our e-mails were just good deals on products and services, but once in a while there would be an interesting event that was specifically geared toward bringing busloads* of people from all around who are interested in the activity. My wife and I got involved in a Skeet + barbecue + whiskey-sampling event that was really fun. There were people of all ages and all experience levels (with skeet/shotguns and with whiskey) and there were groups of just friends as well as paired couples and singles. It was great to try something new amongst people we didn’t know and get a chance to meet and chat with other people of diverse backgrounds.
Joining was free (after all, they want your e-mail address as an advertising target) and the only time it costs any money is when you’re interested enough to take one of the deals offered.
–G!
To Be alive again!
Wakin’ up from where you’ been
Younger now than you were then
You’re comin’ 'round again
. --Steve Augeri (Journey)
. * To Be Alive Again*
. Arrival
*That’s not a watered-down euphemism! I mean literally several busses loaded with participants!