October 26, 2025 • 8 mins
Lisa was scrolling online and came across a story where a lady was sharing a story about a first date gift – a tomato from his garden. She was not impressed but Lisa liked the gesture so it inspired the topic, What Went Wrong On The First Date?
Your entertaining stories included doing a runner, a Huntsman appearing at the wrong time, a broken toe leading to an unfortunate situation and an interesting choice of restaurant.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I was scrawling around the other day and I came
across a story about a girl who was sharing a first.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Date gift that she got.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
I didn't know first date gifts or even a thing
I want to recount. It was not a box of
chocolates or flowers. The guy gave her a tomato from
his garden, and she was saying The story was about
her saying that she probably won't be going on a
second date with the tomato guy.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
But I kind of it's like it, I you know.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I mean, it's all very well to stop at the
servo and get a box of chocolates, but to give
something that he's grown in his garden with lovingly, with
his own hands, I think that.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Speaks showing that he is resourceful.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
And I just like it.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
I don't know why she's saying or won't be going
on a second date with she saying he's her lost.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I think it's your lost.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah, I think you dodged a bullet, tomato guy. I
think that is a lovely first date gift. And I
don't think I've ever had a first date gift.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
I've never had one, never given one.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
No, I think that was a thing, maybe a course.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Around your wrist. Anyway, we want to talk about first dates.
What happened on the first date? Did you get a gift?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
But more more, what we want to talk about is
what went wrong?
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I think we have an out of the ordinary story
to kick.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Us off early an early one. Hello Helen in Butler, Morning, Helen.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Good morning, Lisa, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
What happened on your first date?
Speaker 4 (01:30):
And so I met him through a colleague at work
and we arranged to go to a beautiful Indian restaurant.
Picture the scene. The food was beautiful, the ambience was beautiful.
We laughed, we smiled, and then just before it was
good and then just before we were about to leave,
I went to the powder room. And when I came back,
(01:51):
he said to me, when I say it, now, run
and he ran no, and I didn't, and I sat
in a blubbering mess because at the time I was
a single parent and couldn't afford a meal at that restaurant.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
And then sorry, he done a runner.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Literally, he did a runner. He did an absolute runner.
And then I saw the staff loop and panic and
someone went running after him, and of course he had
actually paid and the staff were in on it.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Oh. No, no, Oh my god, and you were getting
ready to do the dishes.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Why so was there dread? Was there a second Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Did he get a chance to pull a second joke?
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Yeah? We're married now.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
The sense of humor? Does it will win through?
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Does he still pull branks as good as that on you?
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Oh? Yeah, well it's done the same one twice, but
he spread it out, so you're not expecting.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
God.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
This morning he took my lunch to work.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Oh God, that probably wasn't a joke. That was just
you know.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
That's awesome, Helen, Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Too. Wow.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
John Inkik says I went on a first date, lovely dinner.
After dinner, we went and sat down the beach in
the old holden bench seat. Lovely sinners slid across having
a bit of a cuddle. I flipped down the sun advisor.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
And a huge Juntsman spider fell out. I screamed like
a big girl. She got rid of the spider, never
saw her again.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
She was looking for someone a little braver, a little
more manly.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
John, Oh, John, I would have been out of that
car through the window so quick. Don't worry. I feel
I feel your spider pain, all right. Paul in joodle
up morning morning.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
God.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Yeah, I've been a few dates late then. I actually
have a couple, but probably the one that sticks to
my mind is I went out with this lady that
I met at the supermarket and.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Yeah, did you have bananas in the trolley?
Speaker 5 (04:14):
No, I was a chemist actually, And actually I got
to tell you, I broke my toe like Lisa did.
I kicked my bed and stuffed my small toe like
a cat. And I've got some yeah, Canada, Canada, Panada
four D pluses or whatever they are. Yes, And anyway,
so I ended up going out on a date with
(04:37):
this lady and we went to the Ashby and on
a Sunday, and they closed their kitchen at eight point thirty,
so we couldn't have a meal. Didn't realize and I said, well,
in journal up, Sovereign Arms is open later because I've
been there a couple of times. Anyway, we got there
and that kitchen was shut. So we go all grilled
(04:58):
across from it. How you can buy Corona's and alcohol
there and there's to nine thirty I think their license
or nine. So we went over there and what I've
done was from the Ashby, I driven my car home
and just walked there because I live right near it,
and taken a couple of panted old four days from
me toe because it was really hurting my shoes on.
And anyway, I said, all went well in that, and
(05:21):
said all right, she goes, do you want to left home?
Because I had a broken toe and I'd feeling a
bit funny with alcohol and painkillers, and I said, oh yeah.
So it walked. We're up the stairs where she was parked,
like now where the old hogs breadth or Chiros is,
and I've seen the yellow lights flash, so I've jumped
in the car. And anyway, it was someone behind us,
(05:43):
A lady behind us had unlocked her car. So I
jumped in the wrong car and she kept walking, and
the lady didn't believe me that it was my first aid.
I didn't know what car she had and it was
a mistake and she's just gone get out. I felt
like a real creep, and yeah, and she believe me.
And then the other one that had kept walking, he
had just kept walking and hadn't noticed I jumped in
(06:06):
the wrong car, so I couldn't get a reference off her.
So anyway, I had to run away with my tail
between me legs and oh my.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
God, Paul Panole and Coronas don't mix.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
You.
Speaker 5 (06:21):
No, no, and we didn't end up hitting it off,
by the way.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
No, what about what about the lady whose car you
did jump into?
Speaker 5 (06:30):
She was I know she would have been a lawyer
or a summing but it was like a BMW sort
of car. No, oh no, not rubbish track material.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Keeps his search for love continues. We got a text
from Anonymous no names. Anonymous went on a first date
and knew that she was going to end up in
his spar so she ran stupidly far in the tree
meal first to feel fit. No bathers, didn't drink enough, overheated,
(07:04):
got out, passed out, and threw off her hands and
knees into the dog bowl.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
I wonder if there was a second day. Oh was
there a second date? Anonymous?
Speaker 3 (07:14):
When the first date went so wrong?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
We'll have to ask Rodney in Caple, Hello.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Rodney, morning, Rodney.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
What happened on your first date? Rodney?
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Well, I got to dress up in a Sunday best
and I read it a tux and talk to McDonald's.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
McDonald's. Was it a happy meal for it?
Speaker 4 (07:41):
No?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Toy?
Speaker 3 (07:49):
You don't, don't feel out of place much.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Just and was there a second date?
Speaker 5 (08:00):
Maybe I've been married for thirty three years.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Oh well, that's lovely. The Hamburgler one in the end
of Yes, that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Oh no, thanks, I'm glad Glad Rodney. She appreciated your
sense of humor.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yes, many wouldn't. Yes, absolutely,
I was scrawling around the other day and I came
across a story about a girl who was sharing a first.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Date gift that she got.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
I didn't know first date gifts or even a thing
I want to recount. It was not a box of
chocolates or flowers. The guy gave her a tomato from
his garden, and she was saying The story was about
her saying that she probably won't be going on a
second date with the tomato guy.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
But I kind of it's like it, I you know.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I mean, it's all very well to stop at the
servo and get a box of chocolates, but to give
something that he's grown in his garden with lovingly, with
his own hands, I think that.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Speaks showing that he is resourceful.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
And I just like it.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
I don't know why she's saying or won't be going
on a second date with she saying he's her lost.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I think it's your lost.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah, I think you dodged a bullet, tomato guy. I
think that is a lovely first date gift. And I
don't think I've ever had a first date gift.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
I've never had one, never given one.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
No, I think that was a thing, maybe a course.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Around your wrist. Anyway, we want to talk about first dates.
What happened on the first date? Did you get a gift?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
But more more, what we want to talk about is
what went wrong?
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I think we have an out of the ordinary story
to kick.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Us off early an early one. Hello Helen in Butler, Morning, Helen.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Good morning, Lisa, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
What happened on your first date?
Speaker 4 (01:30):
And so I met him through a colleague at work
and we arranged to go to a beautiful Indian restaurant.
Picture the scene. The food was beautiful, the ambience was beautiful.
We laughed, we smiled, and then just before it was
good and then just before we were about to leave,
I went to the powder room. And when I came back,
(01:51):
he said to me, when I say it, now, run
and he ran no, and I didn't, and I sat
in a blubbering mess because at the time I was
a single parent and couldn't afford a meal at that restaurant.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
And then sorry, he done a runner.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Literally, he did a runner. He did an absolute runner.
And then I saw the staff loop and panic and
someone went running after him, and of course he had
actually paid and the staff were in on it.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Oh. No, no, Oh my god, and you were getting
ready to do the dishes.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Why so was there dread? Was there a second Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Did he get a chance to pull a second joke?
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Yeah? We're married now.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
The sense of humor? Does it will win through?
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Does he still pull branks as good as that on you?
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Oh? Yeah, well it's done the same one twice, but
he spread it out, so you're not expecting.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
God.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
This morning he took my lunch to work.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Oh God, that probably wasn't a joke. That was just
you know.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
That's awesome, Helen, Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Too. Wow.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
John Inkik says I went on a first date, lovely dinner.
After dinner, we went and sat down the beach in
the old holden bench seat. Lovely sinners slid across having
a bit of a cuddle. I flipped down the sun advisor.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
And a huge Juntsman spider fell out. I screamed like
a big girl. She got rid of the spider, never
saw her again.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
She was looking for someone a little braver, a little
more manly.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
John, Oh, John, I would have been out of that
car through the window so quick. Don't worry. I feel
I feel your spider pain, all right. Paul in joodle
up morning morning.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
God.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Yeah, I've been a few dates late then. I actually
have a couple, but probably the one that sticks to
my mind is I went out with this lady that
I met at the supermarket and.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Yeah, did you have bananas in the trolley?
Speaker 5 (04:14):
No, I was a chemist actually, And actually I got
to tell you, I broke my toe like Lisa did.
I kicked my bed and stuffed my small toe like
a cat. And I've got some yeah, Canada, Canada, Panada
four D pluses or whatever they are. Yes, And anyway,
so I ended up going out on a date with
(04:37):
this lady and we went to the Ashby and on
a Sunday, and they closed their kitchen at eight point thirty,
so we couldn't have a meal. Didn't realize and I said, well,
in journal up, Sovereign Arms is open later because I've
been there a couple of times. Anyway, we got there
and that kitchen was shut. So we go all grilled
(04:58):
across from it. How you can buy Corona's and alcohol
there and there's to nine thirty I think their license
or nine. So we went over there and what I've
done was from the Ashby, I driven my car home
and just walked there because I live right near it,
and taken a couple of panted old four days from
me toe because it was really hurting my shoes on.
And anyway, I said, all went well in that, and
(05:21):
said all right, she goes, do you want to left home?
Because I had a broken toe and I'd feeling a
bit funny with alcohol and painkillers, and I said, oh yeah.
So it walked. We're up the stairs where she was parked,
like now where the old hogs breadth or Chiros is,
and I've seen the yellow lights flash, so I've jumped
in the car. And anyway, it was someone behind us,
(05:43):
A lady behind us had unlocked her car. So I
jumped in the wrong car and she kept walking, and
the lady didn't believe me that it was my first aid.
I didn't know what car she had and it was
a mistake and she's just gone get out. I felt
like a real creep, and yeah, and she believe me.
And then the other one that had kept walking, he
had just kept walking and hadn't noticed I jumped in
(06:06):
the wrong car, so I couldn't get a reference off her.
So anyway, I had to run away with my tail
between me legs and oh my.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
God, Paul Panole and Coronas don't mix.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
You.
Speaker 5 (06:21):
No, no, and we didn't end up hitting it off,
by the way.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
No, what about what about the lady whose car you
did jump into?
Speaker 5 (06:30):
She was I know she would have been a lawyer
or a summing but it was like a BMW sort
of car. No, oh no, not rubbish track material.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Keeps his search for love continues. We got a text
from Anonymous no names. Anonymous went on a first date
and knew that she was going to end up in
his spar so she ran stupidly far in the tree
meal first to feel fit. No bathers, didn't drink enough, overheated,
(07:04):
got out, passed out, and threw off her hands and
knees into the dog bowl.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
I wonder if there was a second day. Oh was
there a second date? Anonymous?
Speaker 3 (07:14):
When the first date went so wrong?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
We'll have to ask Rodney in Caple, Hello.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Rodney, morning, Rodney.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
What happened on your first date? Rodney?
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Well, I got to dress up in a Sunday best
and I read it a tux and talk to McDonald's.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
McDonald's. Was it a happy meal for it?
Speaker 4 (07:41):
No?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Toy?
Speaker 3 (07:49):
You don't, don't feel out of place much.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Just and was there a second date?
Speaker 5 (08:00):
Maybe I've been married for thirty three years.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Oh well, that's lovely. The Hamburgler one in the end
of Yes, that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Oh no, thanks, I'm glad Glad Rodney. She appreciated your
sense of humor.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yes, many wouldn't. Yes, absolutely,
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