On Sunday, my husband and I took the kids for a bike ride around the neighborhood. We rode on a local bike path, cruised to a favorite park, and returned home hungry. I'm so mad that I forgot to bring my camera - it was my youngest's first ride on the trail-a-bike, and she was grinning from ear to ear, and doing a lot of coasting. We decided to eat lunch out, so we put away the bikes and headed across town to one of the family-friendly restaurants we all enjoy.

This restaurant has a few televisions with whatever sporting event is on that day and we were seated near a single man who gazed at the screen intently. Our waitress approached, and got our drink order. As she turned to head to the bar, the guy behind us said "Wow" in a really strange tone. I assumed it was in reaction to some sporting event.

When our waitress returned, she put our drinks on the table, took our order and then turned to face the guy.

"Can I get you anything else?" she offered.

"Well, I'm all full up on girlfriends right now, but can I just say...wow." He nodded his head in time to her hasty retreat, leering directly at her butt as she walked.

I shot a glance at my husband, who was choking on his soda.

"Did he really just say that?" I sneaked a look at Don Juan over there, and the fool looked like Napoleon Dynamite. Not that there's anything wrong with that, exactly. Just...gah.

Over the course of our meal, he tried the line on two different servers, and when it became obvious to him that his witty banter wasn't working, he finally strolled out of the restaurant, stopping first at the registers to personally hand his tip to one of the servers. It looked like a dollar bill. Probably with his phone number on it.

I've been approached with some pretty lame pickup lines before, but I've never been "wowed" at before.

As we were leaving the restaurant, a couple of grandma-looking ladies touched my arm and complimented my children on their excellent behavior. I grinned. "Wear 'em out and bring 'em hungry - that's my secret," I explained. They both cracked up, and we left the restaurant with happy, full kids and a smattering of blog-fodder.

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