Back on the dating scene...

My friend Fred had gone through a fairly ugly divorce a few months
ago, and he had decided that he was finally ready to get back on the
dating scene. He asked me if I'd go with him to a local singles bar.
I'm happily married, but I figured I could tag along for moral
support.

The place was fairly crowded when we arrived, but we were able to get
a table. I noticed a rather attractive woman standing at the bar and
pointed her out to Fred.

"Hey, there's an empty seat next to her," I said. "Why don't you go
ask if you could sit down beside her?"

Fred didn't need a whole lot of encouragement. He walked over to her
and said, "Excuse me, is this seat taken?"

The woman turned to face him. In a loud voice, she replied "GO BACK
TO YOUR APARTMENT? WHAT KIND OF A GIRL DO YOU THINK I AM???"

Every eye in the bar was on Fred. Red-faced, he scurried back to our
table. We sat there for a few minutes, nursing our beers as Fred
tried to calm down. Before long, though, the woman from the bar got
up and came over to us.

"I'm really sorry about that," she said. "The thing is, I'm a
behavioral psychologist, and I've been studying how people react to
sudden embarrassing situations."

Fred looked up at her a moment before replying, "$300 AN HOUR? $300
AN HOUR??? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FLIPPIN' MIND???"