# Do You Flirt on the Boards? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147 "2000-07-10T21:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147/61 "2000-07-11T21:14:46Z")
smoothoperator: I have this problem when faced with any female possessing any attractive qualities at all: my brain ceases to function. Sometimes quite literally. Now, those of us who flirt know to flirt effectively you have to be able to come up with witty remarks and such. Witness: To woman with rather large breasts: “I don’t think you’ll ever have a problem opening a door. Men will be lining up to do so for you.” Now, unless said woman is a feminist or something, she usually responds well to this. However, in person this turns into: “Do you ever have problems opening doors?” Or . . . “hi.” Now, some of you might not see a problem with the “hi” bit, but witness the wit and caring shit evident in the first example, then the utter insult of the second. And the simplicity of the third. The third would be useful if I could think of anything to come after it. Unfortunately, it’s a rare occasion when I can even think on the phone. That good enough? No? Then email me and I’ll try to explain. ---
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147/62 "2000-07-12T00:48:30Z")
I make no excuses or apologies for any flirting caused by I, or my subsidery companies. I enjoy flirting. Shamelessly. I am renowned for the fact I can’t stop flirting. Ask dpr! he’ll tell you. A friend of mine the other day asked me ‘How do you talk to women?’ I advised him to pay a compliment and try and find subjects of mutual interest. He asked “does ‘that dress doesn’t quite look ugly!’ count as a compliment?” Poor lad. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisP\_One\_Kenobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@ChrisP\_One\_Kenobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisP_One_Kenobe)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147/63 "2000-07-12T01:13:02Z")
Wow, that guy is almost as bad as I am. I always assume that whoever I am flirting with wants to talk about whatever is intersting to me. So, I guess it’s a good thing that I’m married, huh? ---
**Author:** ![SmoothOperator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SmoothOperator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmoothOperator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147/64 "2000-07-12T01:17:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*smoothoperator: > Witness: > > To woman with rather large breasts: > > “I don’t think you’ll ever have a problem opening a door. Men will be lining up to do so for you.” > Now, unless said woman is a feminist or something, she usually responds well to this. > \*\* LOL! I would probably look at you like you had two heads if you said that to me. It would totally go over my head. pLt - does that mean you flirt alot with dpr? Well different strokes and all. Still I could have sworn that you were flirting with purplebear while Mr. Bear wasn’t looking. Whatever flips your skirt. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147/65 "2000-07-12T01:19:48Z")
chrisp said: “Wow, that guy is almost as bad as I am. I always assume that whoever I am flirting with wants to talk about whatever is intersting to me. So, I guess it’s a good thing that I’m married, huh?” This is the mistake I used to make so much I now more often assume they want nothing from me but information. Bit rude, perhaps, but loads easier for both parties than me saying “Are you flirting with me?” I also used to assume back when I talked to lots of people offline that they were, if they were female, flirting with me if they talked to me, and that if they were flirting they liked me, it wasn’t just innocent flirting. Got into quite a bit of trouble for that. BTW I would almost never answer that question truthfully offline. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147/66 "2000-07-12T01:29:08Z")
smoothoperator said: “LOL! I would probably look at you like you had two heads if you said that to me. It would totally go over my head.” Smooth, honey, . . . how best to respond to this . . . I am male. I _have_ two heads. And online I’d be able to explain it to you, whereas offline I might be able to get out “think about it.” ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147/67 "2000-07-12T09:56:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TroubleAgain \* > \*\*I flirt a little here on the board. (Mostly with DRY.) \*\* May I compliment you on your _ **exquisite** _ taste? And now that I’ve seen your picture on the people pages, we’ll flirt a lot more. “Sing, siren, for thyself and I will dote: Spread o’er the silver waves thy golden hairs, And as a bed I’ll take them and there lie” –The Comedy of Errors, Act 3, Scene ii (BTW, My picture is not on the people pages and isn’t likely to be soon, because it would have a deleterious effect on anyone flirting with me.) ☹ > [@](#): > > **I only flirt just a very little, and only with people I know well enough to know they aren’t going to take it seriously** :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147/68 "2000-07-12T12:38:44Z")
I flirt online (sometimes) because I am extremely shy IRL. I also have a history of being involved in abusive relationships, and I feel safer expressing myself with people who are physically near me. -Pandora ---
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147/69 "2000-07-12T14:10:08Z")
Actually - I am a huge flirt … which I think stems from my search for THE one … I am looking … so I flirt til I find I guess … ---
**Author:** ![Tark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tark)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147/70 "2000-07-12T19:03:13Z")
Although I’m new to the SDMB, I have been around for a while. And I love to flirt. Doesn’t matter what you look like or who you are. If you flirt with me, I’ll flirt back. It’s that simple. Ain’t life grand? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flirt-on-the-boards/25147.md?page=3)