Should you be that person in a public venue, you will surely meet someone new quickly, who will rise from his or her chair to help you turn it off, motivated by the desire to restore peace. Unfortunately, even if that individual is attractive, and suits your gender preferences, he or she is probably annoyed with you, and not in the proper frame of mind to develop a lasting relationship.

For true internet humor, however, there is the Online Dating Service, one that has captured Kathleen’s attention. Having tried it a bit, she casts a jaded eye upon its value, her first date’s vocabulary began with prattle about cookies, and Boolean logic, and XHTML, domain names, URLs, and went downhill from there. Online dating humor reminds us of email humor, too, but that's a different kettle of fish.

Online dates, where a miss seeks her mister
Reduce fear, but this plot has a twister
If you date girls online
Sometimes you may find
That her picture was her slender sister.

Online dates, where a guy meets a girl
Feels much safer, so give it a whirl
But trod carefully
When you meet him, could be
He’s so ugly you think you might hurl.

An hour later, eyes glazed over, a veritable zombie, and the humor of online dating becoming pale, she accepted the pre-arranged rescue call on her cell phone with alacrity, explaining that something had suddenly come up, and she had to leave the restaurant, the city, the state, and mayhaps, even the country, for a dear aunt was quite ill and would require her assistance.