In honour of Valentine's day...an old favourite. The Male Space time Continuum

You meet a guy, you hit it off, you let him know you like him. Maybe you even say, "I like you". And then he vanishes, never to be seen or heard from again. No phone calls, no emails, or perhaps some embarrassed sounding email about how busy he is and just doesn't have time to date.

Where do these men go? to the Male Space-time Continuum.

What is this place? Where is it? how to they get there? no one really knows except the men who go there and they're not telling.

In the Wizard of Oz, the charm is "There's no place like home." In the old TV commercial, it was "Calgon, take me away." To send a man into the Continuum, you have to tell him you like him, but there are other keys to the kingdom. Sometimes, they simply vanish there after having an orgasm inside you. There is no set pattern.

The Continuum itself is a giant basement with several giant tv screens which show 24 hour sports. Men sit around in their underwear, with served beer and chicken wings served by nude Playboy, Penthouse or Sports illustrated models who are also deaf mute. There are no cell phones, email or communication devices of any kind.

It's not surprising that they don't want to leave. However, they don't always remain indefinitely. It depends on what sends them there. If you tell them you like them, it could be good for a term of a few months, after which they will resurface at their convenience and when they run out of underwear. Telling them you love them or that you want to have a child with them will most certainly result in an indefinite terms and you will have to find someone else or resort to a surrogate or frozen eggs.

The Continuum is not for men only. There are women there, sent by men who, on the first date will Take It Out or who insist on describing their latest exploits on World of Warcraft in detail. Women in the Continuum sit around in their underwear, drinking beer and watching sports without men expressing surprise that they actually know the meaning of Earned Run Average.

The Continuum is also known for its mammoth piles of socks, sent there by clothes dryers worldwide. You may run out of underwear, but in the Continuum, neither men nor women will be sockless.