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Thanks to whatevs i found this site. i love this one. I feel the same way about number 2. & this one.Who is this Merlin person??? My soulmate, or what?
I actually dated someone named Merlin for a hot minute once, back in college. His name was really Merlin. It said so on his driver's license. Merlin sticks out in my memory for making terribly mean things sound flirtatious, like "Wow, you look like shit in the morning, don't you?" and for once escaping the cops in a high-speed car chase.
That was right before we got together. He might have even been telling me the story the first time we hooked up. What happened was, Merlin was driving home from the bar one night, after a few drinks, when a cop behind him put his lights on. M. pulled over, but as soon as he saw the cop get out of his car, he took off like a bat out of hell. High-speed chase ensues, M.'s going around a steep corner, & his car flips over on the side of the road a few times. The cop gets out to see if he's okay, but M. kicks open the window, jumps out & runs home. I thought that part was so badass. I think he was about two miles away from home but he made it.
The next day the cops show up at his place, looking for him. This is when a normal person might faint dead away, but not Merlin. Your boy comes to the door, shirtless, covered in wizard tattoos, talking about "Merlin who?"
They got him anyway, but escaping arrest is a misdemeanor, whereas drinking & driving is a felony. So it was worth it after all. Plus, running from the cops is so devastatingly sexy. I mean, it worked for me.