# Guess the Doper's age **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656 "2006-02-15T17:42:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/1 "2006-02-15T17:42:28Z")
New game time! What you have to do: either use what you know about the last poster in the thread, or look at their previous posts, and try to guess how old they are from the content. Everyone should include their age in a spoiler box, and no cheating! If you happen to know how old the poster is, just wait for someone else. And if you happen across a post that says explicitly old they are while searching their posts, wait for someone else to post. I’ll start things off: I’m Twenty-two ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/2 "2006-02-15T17:44:52Z")
Please remind me how to make a spoiler box - I can’t remember how, and I forgot where to look. My memory ain’t what it used to be… …but at least I don’t have hot flashes. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/3 "2006-02-15T17:48:03Z")
**YaWanna:** 48, at the most. You know what I miss? Breakdancing. Breakdancing was fun. Oh, my back. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/4 "2006-02-15T17:53:35Z")
**Askia** : I’m guessing…36. And you were a bit on the high side. I can’t remember what happened the month & year I was born, but everyone older than me sure does… 42…until November.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/5 "2006-02-15T17:58:13Z")
To the OP Dude, your birth date is in your profile. **YaWanna** , I’m guessing 42, and I was in the fourth grade.I’m 52. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/6 "2006-02-15T18:01:56Z")
Hmmm… **Crotalus** … I’d guess around… 41? As for me, well hell. I think I’ve mentioned my age in a dozen threads. But I’d be interested in what someone who didn’t know would guess. No peeking… I’m 27. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/7 "2006-02-15T18:05:06Z")
Damn.\*\* YaWanna\*\*, you were off by a whole _10 months._ Freaky. Yeah, I knew that “hot flashes” comment meant you were likely in your forties. Adding “Yet” made me think you _might_ be near your fifties. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/8 "2006-02-15T18:09:08Z")
**Anastasaeon** - You’re low for me. I was in the fourth grade when **YaWanna** ’s clue took place, if I’m guessing right about her clue. From reading your posts over the past year, I’ve formed the impression that you’re in your mid-twenties. I’ll go with a guess of 26. ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/9 "2006-02-15T18:14:15Z")
**Crotalus** , I’ll take your clue and wager a guess of forty-five. I’m a twenty-something at heart, but my chronological age is: Thirty-four. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/10 "2006-02-15T18:20:27Z")
**silver1** - I guessed from your “twenty-something at heart” comment that you are in your late 30s. Then I searched up your old posts and at the top was your age in all its unspoilerboxed glory. So I guess that screwed up my game a little bit. So if you’re going to do post searches, people, make sure you scroll down a bit before looking at the screen. Me, I’m 17. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/11 "2006-02-15T18:22:37Z")
silver1, I’m gonna guess 38. I could tell you who sat in front of me when the Challenger exploded. I watched as a President got shot, but to tell you who it was would give away my age. Sgt Schwartz I am 38 ---
**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 15, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/12 "2006-02-15T18:24:32Z")
Well, I’ve lasted longer than the president’s son that was born the same day I was. I’m 45. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/13 "2006-02-15T18:25:33Z")
**Sarge** , I’m going to guess 35. As for myself, I remember the Challenger, yet I still wear footie pajamas to bed. 🙂 30 years, 1 month, 3 weeks, and 1 day. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/14 "2006-02-15T18:31:00Z")
**Drae** is a respectable 30. I think. As for me, think blackjack, also known as … 21. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/15 "2006-02-15T18:33:21Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > **Drae** is a respectable 30. I think. As for me, think blackjack, also known as … > > 21. too easy - 21 Me, I’m the same age as a Spanish liquer 43 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/16 "2006-02-15T18:33:39Z")
**Spatial Rift** , I’m guessing 21. I missed seeing one President get shot by about a year. I saw another President get shot _at._ I saw yet another President get shot. I’m 41 ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/17 "2006-02-15T18:34:37Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, I’ve lasted longer than the president’s son that was born the same day I was. I’m > > 45. Too easy, **Ethilrist**. 45. And I’m thinking YaWanna’s clue involved the guy who became president two months after you were born, which is why I think she’s 42. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/18 "2006-02-15T18:50:45Z")
This is weirdly inticing. I was born on a rather eventful day, to which Holden Caulfield is a vague but decent clue… March 30th, 1981. The day Reagan got shot. I think Bobby Knight & Indiana won the NCAAs as well. Anyway, that makes me 24. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/19 "2006-02-15T19:05:37Z")
Birdmonster - I guess 24. I was born on the day Iraq’s nuclear program was dealt a major blow. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/20 "2006-02-15T19:09:57Z")
**Bibliocat** …41? **Gabe** : We all know _that_ happened in '02, when we invaded & dismantled their massive arsenal. You are one precocious toddler, my friend. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656.md?page=2)