cripes
"The first episode features Richard, an amateur radio enthusiast, who has Asperger's. Richard will only date a woman who lives within a five-mile radius and won't eat on a date."

he's going to make some special lady VERY happy
( manolith hooray for me, Thu 22 Mar 2012, 9:31, archived)

Is that "he will not eat on a date" or "he will only date a woman who will not eat on a date"?

( Noit happy baby orangutan, Thu 22 Mar 2012, 9:32, archived)

effectively the same thing, surely?

( manolith hooray for me, Thu 22 Mar 2012, 9:33, archived)

Wildly different.
If he won't eat then he's effectively taking a woman out to watch her eat, which is creepy. If she can't eat then he's taking her out to eat in front of her while she does not eat, which is a bit controlling and outright scary.
( Noit happy baby orangutan, Thu 22 Mar 2012, 9:35, archived)

i just assumed that the date was to contain no eating

( manolith hooray for me, Thu 22 Mar 2012, 9:52, archived)

Hey,
I find distance very important in romance.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 22 Mar 2012, 9:35, archived)

I wonder if five miles is the working radius of his amateur radio.

( Noit happy baby orangutan, Thu 22 Mar 2012, 9:36, archived)