Their Eyes Were Opened

After weeks of faltering, a shy young man finally found the courage to ask the girl of his dreams for a date. To his surprise, she accepted. But, as the time drew near, he began to question his ability to keep the conversation going with her. Then he thought of his high school teacher who always seemed to have the right answer for any question. He went to the teacher with his problem and she made this suggestion: “When you can’t think of anything interesting to say, remember these three subject categories in the following order: 1) Food, 2) Family, 3) Philosophy. If the first one doesn’t work, go on to the next. And if that one fails, the third one will surely succeed.” At the appointed time, the young man called on his dream-girl and, predictably, was tongue-tied from the very beginning. But he remembered the teacher’s advice. “First category: Food,” he thought. Then he said to his date: “How do you like your…