# Exercise: Describe Yourself in 20 Words or Less **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334 "2001-02-13T18:40:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eponymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e0b2c6/32.png) [@eponymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eponymous)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/1 "2001-02-13T18:40:10Z")
Ground rules to make this a bit more challenging: You are to describe yourself in 20 words or less in sentence form. No acronyms are allowed, but hyphenated words are allowable. Use of commas, semi-colons, dashes, etc. are allowed to render the sentence readable. You’re description should provide as much information as possible that would allow other people to make reasonable inferences regarding your physical appearance, personality, profession, etc. In other words, “Who am I?” in 20 words or less. To make this even more interesting, go ahead and “psychoanalyze” or “deconstruct” me. I’d be curious to see your responses. Former military officer; book, movie, and travel-loving dysthymic; brown-haired, brown-eyed, divorced, male Ohio community college geography instructor from West Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/2 "2001-02-13T18:52:06Z")
You forgot “narcissistic” ::duck and run:: ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/3 "2001-02-13T18:58:48Z")
I’ll play: Former military brown-haired green-eyed librophile, musicophile married runner with boundless energy and many non-traditional skills. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/4 "2001-02-13T19:00:41Z")
Shy, quiet, introverted, uncommunicative 40 year old male computer geek karateka with a bad back, diabetes, and low self-esteem. ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/5 "2001-02-13T19:12:55Z")
18 year old student and dreamer, dodgy, angsty, melodramtic, sometimes funny and most of all silly pothead from Austria. 19 words. yey! dodgy ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/6 "2001-02-13T19:15:51Z")
rearrange my word order and it kind of sounds like an English sentence… ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/7 "2001-02-13T19:29:45Z")
Marginal Canadian low-impact kneedipper fag geek free-love semi-Goth politico activist Esperantist Scottish-Korean misfit conlanger metrospotter polyglot Montrealais translater and webspinner. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/8 "2001-02-13T19:47:16Z")
Just some guy with an eye for pie, doesn’t like the air to dry; who’s twenty words have now passed by… D’OH ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/9 "2001-02-13T19:56:20Z")
34, tall, divorced, compassionate, funny, intelligent, casual, engineer who can speak, dark haired, motorcycle riding, cute, Marine, beer drinking man. 20! ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/10 "2001-02-13T20:12:09Z")
Shy 25-year-old student who enjoys writing, drawing and dreaming. Generally quiet, but prone to moments of silliness. 19 words! Whoo-HOO! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/11 "2001-02-13T20:18:00Z")
24, short, blonde shy female who reads and writes anything, works as a temp, loves sci-fi and loves to flirt. 20, on the dot! ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/12 "2001-02-13T20:34:35Z")
Articulate 40-year-old low maintenance kind compassionate depressed male. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/13 "2001-02-13T20:39:30Z")
I am a gay cross between Harold (Harold and Maude) and Wednesday Adams. 13 words and not even on purpose. 0|D='s! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/14 "2001-02-13T20:46:22Z")
Big mother of two and wife of one; loud-mouthed writer of romance with a splash of irony thrown in. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/15 "2001-02-13T20:49:49Z")
42 year old, male computer geek, brown hair and eyes, enjoys Guinness, Jamaican blue mountain, EverQuest, Godiva, rocketry and fornication. that’s 20, and not in any particular order. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/16 "2001-02-13T20:55:29Z")
31, average height/weight, sarcastic, cynical, funny. Into cats, reading, music. Hate cold weather. HA! 14 words! ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/17 "2001-02-13T21:11:49Z")
I didn’t read the rules before thinking up my 20 words, so they aren’t exactly a sentence… take it or leave it. 😃 Tall, lusty (single), long-legged, busty brunette. Playful, outdoorsy, creative morning person. Foody! Hiker, writer, editor, friend, sister, daughter. Smart, vain. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/18 "2001-02-13T21:26:34Z")
39 year old, brown-haired and apple-cheeked, muscular, flirtacious bibliophile. Lifts weights, plays Scrabble, speaks Korean, drinks Guinness, and loves men. ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/19 "2001-02-13T21:33:03Z")
30 YO, divorced cajun weightlifter who can cook and loves his cat. ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334/20 "2001-02-13T21:55:49Z")
27-year-old Swedish chick, dark hair, blue eyes; laid-back, energetic, introverted, outgoing, narcissistic, self-conscious, compassionate, selfish, intelligent, goofy, funny, and boring. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-describe-yourself-in-20-words-or-less/54334.md?page=2)