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i love metafilter. im not exactly sure what its intended purpose is, but there is this great place on it where people ask questions and other people answer. that is the kind of thing that i love most! and, these people are serious about their answers. you pay to join this thing (but its free to read them) so people arent going to waste their money on giving dumb answers. these people mean business, and their answers are good. people ask questions like "can you help me find the name of the brand of a yellow shoe with a red stripe that was popular in the year 1903?" and then all these other people...answer! its a dream come true, it really is. i love questions and i love answers even more. my favorite section is "human relations." this is the most interesting section. and i just found one of my favorite questions so far. i will summarize it. and maybe add some extra things that i am pretty sure are true and the original poster just did not mention. she probably didnt want it to get too long or something. anyways:

this girl and this boy work together. and they talk sometimes, from cubicle to cubicle, i think. and one time they were with a group of coworkers somewhere (im guessing the water cooler) and they were all making a list of who in the office they would want to be stranded on an island with. and the girl included the boy on her list. and she gave them all jobs on the island, and she said his job would be picking coconuts. because he is tall. and then another time, later, the boy and the girl were talking. and they boy offered the girl some skittles from his candy bowl (sidenote: if you work in an office you HAVE to have a candy bowl. its pretty much the only thing that will make your office life happy) and the girl took some skittles, but only red skittles. and the boy said "only red skittles?" and the girl said "yes, i only like red skittles. i consider myself somewhat of an elitist." this is considered a witty remark. look how impressive she is. and the boy was obviously impressed by her wit, because, what happens next is really great. a few days later, he comes to her cubicle, and he hands her a half of a hollowed out coconut. and it is filled with only red skittles. and he said this: "i didnt realize how hard coconuts are. or how few red skittles come in each bag." and then he asks her out on a date. and she says yes, of course! anyways, the question she needed metafilter to answer for her was what can she buy the boy to match his gift! right now, he is out of state on business, but dont worry, they are keeping in touch by phone.

this is what will probably happen when he gets home: she will have thought of an amazing gift. one person suggested giving him the "other half" of the hollow coconut filled with every color skittle except red. another suggested coconut cream pie, and another suggested a scavenger hunt with a treasure chest! but almost everyone agreed with the person who said "whatever you do, please kiss him. he sounds wonderful." i also agree with that person. anyways, she will take that advice. and then, they will go on a date, and then another date, and another date, and then another date x100. then, they will get married. at their wedding they will probably have little bowls of red skittles on the tables, and it will be somewhere tropical, with coconuts everywhere. isnt that great? im so happy for them.