First Dates Ireland is in full swing, with everything from rat skull jewellery to elderly love stories drawing in viewers. However, what really sent Twitter into a spiral was the gay couple, Sean and Joe, talking about their ‘gay legs’.After missing the front door (and the reception desk) on his landing, Sean joins Joe for their blind date.
Over a G&T and some gluten-free* and vegetarian* entrées, the pair remark at the superspeed walking of queer individuals.
Sean recalls a story of a walk home in which time was only a concept: “One night we were so drunk that we turned a two-hour walk home into an hour, not even.”Joe rightfully speculates, “It’s the gay legs.”The pair bonded while talking about the speed of their hetero-counterparts, and their ‘ally legs’.
This led to a hilarious sit-down in the diary room for the Cork daters to elaborate on the theory. Sean continues, “It’s like you’re running from something, imagine there’s a load of zombies behind you”.