'Go on mate, what's the worst that could happen?' - a common question raised before anyone sets off on a first date.
The usual comments fly through your head: 'What if they don't look like their pictures?', 'what if they don't like me?', 'maybe I should text my friend just to make sure they are ready with the 'your dog has just died' line'.
The line that never crops up is 'what if I get arrested?'
Maybe not quite as drastic as this. Credit: PA
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However, maybe Reddit user ImmortalSnail should now ask themselves this going forward.
Picture the scene - it's the poor lad's first ever date, and in a way to relax himself he's cracking out the jokes - it's working!
"She thinks I'm funnier in person (when does that ever happen?!)" he writes. "She even invites me to the mall to hang out more with some of her friends when dinner is over."
Result.
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The only thing that could better this really is if the date was Jesus Christ - think of all the free wine you could have by just ordering tap water!
Jesus even has his own Tinder page, if you weren't aware.
The food is on the table and conversation turns to the dating app from which they met and how she's glad he's normal and not some sort of serial killer.
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Ah.
This lad still has humour on his mind and delivers the line: "Oh thanks for thinking I'm normal! But I actually am a serial killer, bodies for days buried out at the farm."
Suddenly, the story takes an unexpected twist...
"She laughed, I laughed, I thought I did great at making it sound sarcastic.
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"She excuses herself to the bathroom to do whatever girls do in bathrooms on dates. It was taking a questionably long time for her to return and I was slightly worried she bailed and stuck me with the bill - my luck right? Wrong.
"So unbelievably wrong, my luck was worse as police officers suddenly appear out of nowhere and tell me to keep both of my hands visible on the table.
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"At this point I'm confused, this must be a joke. I see my date coming with a staff member and get ready for Ashton Kutcher to appear, no such luck.
"The police ask if it's me and she says ya, the cops get me to stand up and handcuff me and walk me out. Not a single person seems to want to answer any of my questions.
"I'm in the car and the police are outside talking to my date for a few minutes when they get into the car with me and ask me if I told my date I was a serial killer."
So now the humour has to stop right? Nope. This lad decided to tell the police he was (continuing the joke).
Over the next few hours he was taken to the cop shop where he had to explain repeatedly that he was just kidding.
"I guess eventually they either believed me or got tired of hearing me speak, much to my lawyer's disapproval (to me speaking) and let me go and reminded me that my jokes suck.
I'm not sure how date number two will go but I'm excited to find out - also a bright side is that I have no idea who paid for my food.
Of course, it's on Reddit, so it's not 100 percent legit, but we certainly hope it is.
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