My heart goes out to you, Stranger—kudos to you for the manly attempt.
I think a day to lick wounds and then, back to the fray! Straighten your shoulders and get on with it, man! Chin up!
(better luck next time)
Silly, didn’t you read that he blew his chance at that?
I had a very, very dirty thought when reading this.
“Gal-darnit, Mr. Stranger, you use your tongue prettier than a 20-dollar whore.” 
Keep trying. Sooner or later the scar tissue makes the Sting Of Rejection hurt a little less.
Oh, this comment is too funny coming from the guy who wrote this.
Hypocrite.
Carrying the food around in your wallet is probably a big part of the problem, actually.
“Want to have dinner with me?”
“Sure, OK.”
“Great! Here’s your jerky! Do you like teriyaki flavor? It makes my money smell weird, but I think it’s worth it.”
Hmm. I guess it’s more of a splash-damage weapon, but the range is much poorer, and by and large I find that it’s not the best way to ask women out. More suited to the 5th date or so, assuming all goes well.
Oh, I suppose you can think of a better way to keep pudding warm?
This can not be emphasized enough. I tested it often myself, to my regret.
NEVER date the bartender.
Well, I can, but it’s not gonna get you any dates, let me tell you.
Hey stranger: You tried. That’s worth a lot. And a tiny tiny part of me hopes you don’t succeed because I just love your stories. But only a tiny part…the rest of me says "GO!!! STRANGER, GO!!!.
Keep trying. You never know what will happen should she ever dump her current - maybe you’ll be the “apple of her eye” 
If you’re thinking what I think you’re thinking, then the date would have to be going really well for her to even know that there’s pudding present.
Er, I knew that. No, really I did. :smack:
I believe the rumor that the bike in The Great Escape was ridden by Fonzie on Happy Days has been demonstrated as a myth, but IMDb still lists it in their trivia and Snopes is silent on the matter. It is definitely the same model, though (a TR6.)
Stranger
Man, I love to listen to a good tale of whoa…
Anyway, the only thing that you could possibly be embarrassed about is how you launched the dinner invitation. You need to kinda lead up to it with something like, “I really enjoyed chatting with you. I don’t suppose it’s that you’re still single.” Then if she has any social graces, she’ll smile and say something like “I"m sorry, I’m dating someone right now but thank you.” If she reacts badly, she’s probably either rude (so you dodged a bullet) or really, really shy (this is what I am).
You need to give her a way to easily back out of it so she doesn’t feel trapped. And a lot of girls will not accept any dates with strangers, just as a matter of course. But other ones are like my friend Marita who when she was dating, figured she might as well go one date with anyone who asks. She’s way more adventurous than me but she has some great stories…
(BTW, SOAT, very soon I will finish up an email I let get toooooo long…)
This remimnds me of my friend who is convinced that every waitress, bartender we encounter likes him. It’s not an ego thing where he thinks he is all that, bu the factthat here is a woman who is being nice to him looks him in the eye, smiles and brings food and beer. This is not an exagerration, it happens every time. And if it is a place we go to a more than once ther eis the chance he will ask the woman out which usually results in us not going back to said restaurant any time in the near future. ANd he doesn’t learn.
I certainly do not begrudge Stranger for trying. I think we have all fell for the “pretty girl just being nice and helpful because it is her job her job and mistaking it for something else” trap. Thankfully most of us (unlike my friend) are able to eventually learn this.
I’m confused. So did she twonk your weiner?
You’d really like Keanu Reeves then.
You obviously didn’t read the OP carefully enough. They were in the produce section.
He did get to fondle her pippins, though.
I, for one, will demand date stories in the vein of the OP, only with happier endings.
I read your posts like an advice column. Granted, most of the advice is stuff that’ll probably never work for me but…This perspective right here just took 90% of my fear of rejection out of the equation for me.