The Great Dane
I saw a man who just might possibly be one of the most beautiful creatures on the face of the planet the other day. I’m standing with my sister among the masses waiting to exit the Statue of Liberty ferry when I notice someone out of the corner of my right eye. The person is looking at me and milling in that Waiting-To-Butt-In-As-Soon-As-You-Stop-Talking kind of way. I ignore. But, when I stop talking, the person taps me on my shoulder. I turn and I almost lose my breath. “Do you need to pay to exit the boat?” asks the exquisite Adonis who is now standing in front of me.
I want to drool. I want to kiss. I want scream out: BE MINE YOU GORGEOUS MAN!!!! But, I keep my composure … sort of. “What?! “I say aloud while thinking, that’s a dumb question, I hope this is an excuse to talk to me. “Oh, uh,” I continue, “no, you bought your ferry ticket and now you can get off at the Statue or stay on the boat and continue to Ellis Island.”
He pauses. “Thanks.” He looks nervous. I’ve answered his question, but he continues to stare at me.
“Where are you from?” I ask. (My guess would have been Australia.)
“Denmark.”
“Denemarken?” why I said the word in Dutch, I do not know. But, I’m nervous so I goofily add, “I used to live in the Netherlands.” Great, I think, this conversation is rapidly descending into hell because now the man thinks that *I* think that Denmark is the Netherlands.
He laughs and looks away which further validates my fear that the man thinks I’m a dumbass. “The two countries aren’t so different from each other.”
“Yeah,” I say, hoping for a recovery. “Actually, I used to live in the Netherlands and the two countries are very similar,“ I add, though I’ve never been to Denmark.
He smiles and then looks away. There is an awkward pause that he fills by saying, “um, well, enjoy your visit.”
We part and I hope to see him on the island but, unfortunately, I don’t. My sister later comments that the guy was really cute. “Uh, no,” I correct her, “that would be GORGEOUS.” For a second or two, I contemplate moving to Denmark. I could learn Danish.
September 6th, 2005 at 10:13 am
OYE! Don’t you just love spammers.
I had an incident like this at O’Hare airport. He was from Norway and I think he’s still physically the most beautiful man I have ever seen in my life.
(Nice blog)
September 6th, 2005 at 8:07 pm
(1) Spammers suck.
(2) Thanks for shamelessly plugging the blog. ;)
(3) Wow; maybe all of Scandinavia rocks when it comes to men. Hmmmm … maybe I should learn Danish afterall. :)
September 7th, 2005 at 4:36 am
Ew on the spammers.
Scandinavia / Denmark does, however, rock. A few of my friends and I are thinking of making a road trip through there and playing the exotic card to appeal to all the tall blond godlike men. Mmm. Think of their Viking ancestry…
September 7th, 2005 at 5:22 pm
those are the craziest spam messages I’ve ever seen!!
I’ve also been captivated by a foreigner, but he was Spanish and we were in England. I even wrote a whole blog post about how he was the most attractive man Id ever seen.
Here comes the embarassing part: someone left a comment on the post saying she knew him and that he was a friend of hers!!! After that I noticed that there were a lotta searches for his name that led to my blog, so I’m sure he read what I’d said!!! I wanna cry now…lol
September 7th, 2005 at 6:31 pm
i could learn chinese, but I’d never contemplate moving to asia. i dont like the sars.
September 8th, 2005 at 12:36 am
Yep the spammers suck.
September 8th, 2005 at 7:44 pm
Die spammers, die!!! :)
I turned on word verification; we’ll see if this helps.
Stolie
September 13th, 2005 at 6:26 pm
Hey: If you can handle nederlands, you’ll do fine with dansk. They are beautiful, too, aren’t they? (This coming from a girl who never cared for blondes.)
Where were you in Holland? Ik heb een beetje in de polder gewoont. I have a thing for Frieslanders, too, as a result.
September 14th, 2005 at 7:35 am
Oh wat leuk dat je ook in Nederland heb gewooond! Ik woond in Amsterdam voor bijna een jaar. Daarna, verhuisd ik naar Den Haag.
Soms mis ik Nederland en ik denk over het land vaak. Ik hou van Europa maar de VS is mijn echte “Home.” Weet je wel?
And, I know what you mean about blondes; not usually my thing either … but this man was GORGEOUS! :)