Fictional dates from hell!

Happy Valentine’s Day. I expect that most people who’d usually celebrate the day aren’t going on dates this year, at least in the traditional sense, because either there’s nowhere nice to go or you can’t meet up with others. Never mind – here are some fictional characters you’d never want to date anyway!

Gollum. He would take you to a dark wet cave, with raw fish for dinner, and wouldn’t give you a present because he’d want to keep it. Also, he’d be arguing with himself, out loud, about whether he should kill you or not.

Any of the Mr Men characters. Mr Greedy would take you to an all-you-can-eat restaurant and only have eyes for the food. Mr Lazy wouldn’t even turn up for the date. As for Mr Tickle, best not go there…

Miss Trunchbull. Her idea of a date probably involves javelin, shotput and hammer contests, with the loser (that’s you) swung around by the hair and then locked in the Chokey of Crunchem Hall Elementary School.

Marvin the Paranoid Android. Everyone’s favourite manically depressed robot would take you to look at the spaceship’s cheerful automatic doors, which he hates. Then he’d complain about the pain in his diodes.

Voldemort. If he doesn’t kill you outright at first, he will take you to a graveyard and get his cronies to watch while he uses dreadful curses on you. There won’t even be anything to eat. Don’t ask him in for coffee.

Miss Caroline Bingley. She would only go to the finest restaurants patronised by the aristocracy and expect you to pay for everything, while she sneers at people who don’t meet her high standards (that’s everybody, then).

Humpty Dumpty. You can sit on the wall with him. The evening would end with him getting completely ‘smashed’ but not in a good way. At least there will be dinner, providing you like eggs.


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16 responses to “Fictional dates from hell!”

  1. Meggy | Chocolate'n'Waffles avatar

    This made me laugh! Happy Sunday!

    1. nsford avatar
      nsford

      I’m glad! Thank you 🙂

    1. nsford avatar
      nsford

      Thanks! 😀

  2. Richard Bell avatar
    Richard Bell

    Very witty, thank you!

    1. nsford avatar
      nsford

      Glad it amused you 🙂

  3. RoseReadsNovels avatar

    The inclusion of Mr Tickle made me laugh 🙂

    1. nsford avatar
      nsford

      I’m glad you laughed 😀

  4. Jess @ beyondthefrontcover avatar

    Loved reading this! I’m not one for romance reads so it’s great to read something themed for Valentine’s Day that isn’t that go-to topic 😊

    1. nsford avatar
      nsford

      Thanks! 😀 I wouldn’t ever do a post like ‘best romances’ for Valentine’s Day because it’s not something I know about. Previously I have looked at hearts in fiction and hearts in songs.

  5. Jess @ beyondthefrontcover avatar

    Yes same, I had little to no knowledge on it! Always great to read something fun and different like your post anyway 😊

  6. Darina avatar

    This was great! I especially liked Humpty Dumpty’s part!

    1. nsford avatar
      nsford

      Thanks! Glad you liked it.

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  8. Zoé O'Farrell avatar

    This is brilliant!

    1. nsford avatar
      nsford

      Thanks, ha ha 😀

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