Tonight our heroes polish their shoes, don their suits, and make a bid for those high class ladies. This is the next part in the ever-popular series The Continuing Adventures of Scott and Lincoln.

Tonight Scott and I went to the University Chorale Concert. We tried to get dates in advance by making every girl of the Vintage staff mention the name of one girl she could set us up with. But that didn’t work. But even without advance plans, we both figured that, gentlemen that we are, we would probably prove more appealing to kind of dame that hangs around concerts than the kind that hangs around Little Caesar’s. So after polishing ourselves up a bit we headed off to the War Memorial Chapel, each bringing his ticket and a spare, just in case.

We didn’t have much luck outside WMC, but once inside we scored. A young lady in the seat in front of us turned around, noticed the empty seat next to us, noticed us, and asked, “May I sit there?” One of us (who shall not be identified) replied, “Sure,” in a voice that would make any soprano envious. As she left her row and entered ours, Scott and I elbowed and jostled each other a few times to try to be the one to sit next to her. When she took her seat, however, we discovered that she just wanted to sit next to some friends who were near us.

Mildly disappointed (or heartbroken, in the case of Scott), we applauded as the choral director, Dr. Cook, came on stage. I enjoyed the concert; Scott didn’t; but we both got to hear our friend Philip Eoute improvising during one piece.

The concert being over, Scott and I tried to go to the Snack Shop and try again. Actually, we were forced to flee to the Snack Shop chased by several of the larger sopranos who were incensed by Scott’s ill-advised critique of their singing. We found neither refuge nor a date at the Snack Shop, however, because the bouncer (hostess) told us that it was closed. So alas, we’re back in the Vintage Office, still single but still foolishly optimistic.

Disclaimer: This post, like any other post in the series The Continuing Adventures of Scott and Lincoln, may be heavily influenced by dramatic license.