Ah, love:

[mariness]

So there's this local guy that has put up a billboard on a major highway to help him find true love. Which is all very nice. The billboard directs people to a website, where friends can recommend a woman for John. Also all very nice.

What's a little...um....controlling? Overplanned? On the webpage he outlines the first date, then the second date, then the third date, then the fourth date. (The fourth date I kinda like cause it involves a day spa and pampering. I'm all about day spas. But that is just me.)

http://helpjohnfindlove.com/Dates.html

You will notice the complete lack of input from the woman on what she might like to do.

On taking a closer look, I see that these planned dates are actually semi-advertisements for various Winter Park/north Orlando businesses, and that he's suggesting that restaurants and bars contact him to be listed as potential date locations, which is also all very nice, but might - just might - explain why this guy is using billboards to find true love.

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Re: cynicism rules

[mariness]

Apparently an actual person did appear on the local news (we don't have TV here, so I have to take other people's word for this). And yep, I noticed the tag line - that was how I clued into the fact that the dates were actually semi-advertisements.

But on reconsideration, I'm now thinking this is less an advertising campaign for local Orlando/Winter Park businesses, and far more a personal advertising attempt to get on a reality TV show - or catch some producer's eye and have a reality show created for him. Especially because of the final setup, where he says he'll be dating several woman over a specific monthly period and then chose the final one in June. It's a perfect setup for a TV show, if pretty creepy in reality.