Dating & Relationships

<p>Meet <a href="https://twitter.com/velzzb">Ben</a>, a hot date full of great ideas.</p><oembed>https://www.instagram.com/p/BXJeIZgBXL4/?taken-by=velzzb</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>When the Londoner was tasked with planning a first date, he went above and beyond and sent his potential paramour a PowerPoint of pitches.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/velzzb/status/892151428978020352</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Emphasis on the &quot;power.&quot;" data-attribution="Giphy" height="400" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/pptips1jpg-dURp0H.gif" width="620" /></div> <figcaption>Emphasis on the &quot;power.&quot;</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And Ben has some really awesome ideas, and a great attention to detail.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter: velzzb" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/velzzb/status/892155971262394369" height="1024" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/dggthnjxkaespra-1-r3Mr0U.jpg" width="575" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/velzzb/status/892155971262394369">Twitter: velzzb</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>A free museum with an &quot;Alas Poor Fanny&quot;? Sounds like a perfect date to me, claustrophobia notwithstanding.</p><p>There&#39;s more than that came from: Ben has an idea for another arty hotspot, with pros such as good memories of Celine Dion, and junkyard golf if Tom is in a more active mood.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter: velzzb" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/velzzb/status/892166307021553665" height="921" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/dggchctxyaeh1nf-2ySE8V.jpg" width="575" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/velzzb/status/892166307021553665">Twitter: velzzb</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Now this Tom fellow was neither arty nor sporty, and completely without a sense of humor (or humoUr in the UK), because the PowerPoint didn&#39;t go as planned.</p><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">He blocked me.</p> &mdash; BV (@velzzb) <a href="https://twitter.com/velzzb/status/892151455804788737">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I didn&#39;t even know you could block people on WhatsApp.</p> &mdash; BV (@velzzb) <a href="https://twitter.com/velzzb/status/892151655168438273">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>For real, what&#39;s this dude&#39;s problem?</p><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I think I dodged a bullet because OBVIOUSLY this is tongue-in-cheek and I don&rsquo;t want someone who has 0 humour</p> &mdash; BV (@velzzb) <a href="https://twitter.com/velzzb/status/892158725699641344">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>Sir John Soane&#39;s Museum&mdash;of Option 1 fame&mdash;chimed in and said &quot;good riddance.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How rude. You&#39;ve dodged a bullet <a href="https://twitter.com/velzzb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@velzzb</a>. Anyone not sold on a place they might film Flog It is not worth your ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/7Sc7Uj3BQu">https://t.co/7Sc7Uj3BQu</a></p>&mdash; Sir John Soane&#39;s Museum (@SoaneMuseum) <a href="https://twitter.com/SoaneMuseum/status/892328016512155649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Ben is not alone. Others have used Microsoft Office for flirting, and have taken it in much stranger directions.</p><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Someone asked me out by PowerPoint once - and ended on an entire Walt Witman poem. <a href="https://t.co/1HM2aL6cYv">pic.twitter.com/1HM2aL6cYv</a></p> &mdash; Ross (@rmcqj) <a href="https://twitter.com/rmcqj/status/892298356793516033">August 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">this makes me feel a lot less weird</p> &mdash; BV (@velzzb) <a href="https://twitter.com/velzzb/status/892305497713516545">August 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>You&#39;re missing out, Tom.</p><p>Anyone would be lucky to play crazy golf (not a euphemism) with you.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Guy over-prepares for first date with cute slideshow of ideas. It didn’t go well.

Meet Ben, a hot date full of great ideas.https://www.instagram.com/p/BXJeIZgBXL4/?taken-by=velzzbWhen the Londoner was tasked with planning a first date, he went above and beyond and sent his potential paramour a PowerPoint of pitches.https://twitter.com/velzzb/status/892151428978020352  Emphasis on the &quot;power.&quot; GiphyAnd Ben has some really awesome ideas, and a great attention to detail.Twitter: velzzbA free museum with an &quot;Alas Poor Fanny&quot;? Sounds like a perfect date to me, claustrophobia notwithstanding.There&#39;s more than that came from: Ben has an idea for another arty hotspot, with pros such as good memories of Celine Dion, and junkyard golf if Tom is in a more active mood.Twitter: velzzbNow this Tom fellow was neither arty nor sporty, and completely without a sense of humor (or humoUr in the UK), because the PowerPoint didn&#39;t go as planned.  He blocked me. &mdash; BV (@velzzb) July 31, 2017   I didn&#39;t even know you could block people on WhatsApp. &mdash; BV (@velzzb) July 31, 2017 For real, what&#39;s this dude&#39;s problem?  I think I dodged a bullet because OBVIOUSLY this is tongue-in-cheek and I don&rsquo;t want someone who has 0 humour &mdash; BV (@velzzb) July 31, 2017 Sir John Soane&#39;s Museum&mdash;of Option 1 fame&mdash;chimed in and said &quot;good riddance.&quot;How rude. You&#39;ve dodged a bullet @velzzb. Anyone not sold on a place they might film Flog It is not worth your ❤️ https://t.co/7Sc7Uj3BQu&mdash; Sir John Soane&#39;s Museum (@SoaneMuseum) August 1, 2017 Ben is not alone. Others have used Microsoft Office for flirting, and have taken it in much stranger directions.  Someone asked me out by PowerPoint once - and ended on an entire Walt Witman poem. pic.twitter.com/1HM2aL6cYv &mdash; Ross (@rmcqj) August 1, 2017   this makes me feel a lot less weird &mdash; BV (@velzzb) August 1, 2017 You&#39;re missing out, Tom.Anyone would be lucky to play crazy golf (not a euphemism) with you.