See this ad on the left?  It appeared on the web page of a Washington Post article I was reading.  I’ve noticed this ad on the Post the last few times I’ve been there and it’s caused me to have the following thoughts:

First, I can’t see this ad, or one similar to it, running in the print version of the Post except maybe in the Sports section.  The article I was reading was about politics.

Second, every time I see this ad it claims these women all live in Clemmons and every ad has three different women who look like either a soft-core porn actress or a Sports Illustrated-Swimsuit-Edition-wannabe.  If all these pictured women do indeed live in Clemmons then I’d have to believe there would be more bars than nursing homes in the village, which is not the case today.

Now I’m not an idiot, and I know those are stock photos on supposedly real listings that were served to me based on my IP address, so that leads to my next question: why does this work?  Even if I were enough of a sucker to believe these women actually lived in Clemmons and actually needed to use an online dating service (as if) why would a schlub who actually does need a dating service have the temerity to believe he could score a date with one of these lovelies?

Next, what is the alternative to "intimate dating?"  Perhaps "arms-length" or "disinterested" or "slightly chilled" or my favorite, "how the hell did I get myself into this mess?"  Of course this is from a guy who hasn’t been on a date in almost 20 years so what do I know?

Finally, who wants to lay odds that we’ll be seeing male enhancement ads on the Post site some time soon?