When Sean Met Nicci

I felt a pang when I heard of 's death this week. I never met her, but When Harry Met Sally was the film that Nicci and I saw on our first date. Well, of course it was. It was said of the Velvet Underground that hardly anyone bought their albums when they first came out, but everyone who did formed a band. And likewise absolutely every couple who went to see When Harry Met Sally ended up getting up married, unless they were married already. What would have happened if we'd gone to Fatal Attraction instead? Or Basic Instinct? 

The film has one of the best food-ordering scenes in movie history:

 

One of the best. But not the best. Not by a long way. The best food-ordering scene in movie history is, of course:

 

 

Is it a coincidence that both these scenes were written by women? I think not.