Crazy First Date: "I Choked On A Chicken Nugget!"

Regina called in with her "Crazy First Date" story and how she met her date at a McDonalds.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
It's Covey and Gadine's Crazy First Date Heavy.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
We have Regina on the phone. Good morning, Regina. When
did your crazy first date happen?

Speaker 3 (00:10):
Back in nineteen eighty five, we were in high school
and we were set up by our mutual friend, and
obviously was a blind date. And I had asked my friend,
what are you doing for Fourth of July weekends and
she's like, oh, nothing much. So she's like, well, we're
gonna go down to the beach and then she knew
the guy and I was like okay. So she set

(00:30):
us up and we were going down to Balmore. So
we had dinner beforehand. We went to McDonald's and somebody
said something funny. I started choking on a chicken McNugget. Oh,
and they're like, they're like, what do we do? So
they started patting me on the back.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
And so you met him at a McDonald's, Like, that
was your first sighting of him?

Speaker 3 (00:49):
That was our first date?

Speaker 1 (00:51):
You almost died.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
It was a mutual friend, yeah, basically, and then they
I passed the chicken mc nugget. We went down to
the beach and saw the fire works and everything because
it was what's the July weekends.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Did he actually do the one? Was he the one
that shaved you from joking? Or is it another friend
that helped you?

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Honestly, I don't know, because somebody patted me on the
back end. Can we see who it was? Were you
like really embarrassed?

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Did you think like.

Speaker 3 (01:13):
This is it? Of course I was like, oh my god,
this is my first dated. This is it. He's not
gonna want to see me again, you know. But you
know it worked out.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Did you guys state each other exclusively right after that?

Speaker 3 (01:24):
Well? Yes, we were high school sweethearts.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Okay, wow, Yes that was Regina and her crazy first date.
Of course she got a prize for sharing her story.
And we have something if you're caller ten right now.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
A pair of tickets to see Cindy Lauper on her
Farewell tour, coming to Jones Beach Theater July nineteenth. Tickets
on sale at ticketmaster dot com.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
Or let's get caller number ten one hundred two two
one oh sixty seven. Good luck.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
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