# I'm new. Help me get to know you. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661 "2005-02-24T06:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![me\_jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@me\_jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/me_jane)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/1 "2005-02-24T06:42:40Z")
Name: Age: Occupation: Marital status: Describe your personality using four words: Three favorite things: One special talent: Which two emoticons describe you best: One thing that might surprise us about you: ---
**Author:** ![me\_jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@me\_jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/me_jane)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/2 "2005-02-24T06:44:41Z")
Name: Me Jane Age: 22 Occupation: Waitress Marital status: Single and looking Describe your personality using four words: fun, silly, likable, ditzy Three favorite things: pizza, cats and bubblegum One special talent: I can walk on my hands Which two emoticons describe you best: :rolleyes: šŸ˜ƒ One thing that might surprise us about you: Iā€™m only 4 foot 10 inches tall ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/3 "2005-02-24T06:56:46Z")
Name: Unclviny Age: 39, but I act like Iā€™m 15 Occupation: pretend Geologist Marital status: would you marry this? Describe your personality using four words: goofy, easygoing, hi Opal, loner. Three favorite things: food, beer, sex One special talent: ? Which two emoticons describe you best: I donā€™t ā€œdoā€ smilies One thing that might surprise us about you: I have a hugeā€¦ oh nevermind Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/4 "2005-02-24T07:29:16Z")
Name: picker Age: 32 Occupation: musician, producer, audio engineer, composer, sometime concert promoter Marital status: Married Describe your personality using four words: playful creative cheerful outgoing Three favorite things: playing music, good beer & whiskey, camping with my wife and dogs One special talent: Iā€™m a great cook Which two emoticons describe you best: šŸ˜ƒ :smack: One thing that might surprise us about you: I can get by on 4 hours of sleep for weeks at a time ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/5 "2005-02-24T07:41:20Z")
Name:Steve Something Age: 42 Occupation: Home and restaurant remodel Marital status: No Describe your personality using four words: I am the Lizard King Three favorite things: friends, family, Free Bird One special talent: Can pass gas at both ends simultaneously; converts 4 to 5 at the drop of a hat Which two emoticons describe you best: :dubious: ;j One thing that might surprise us about you: The Queen snubbed my wedding ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/6 "2005-02-24T07:57:51Z")
Name: Sengkelat Age: 35 Occupation: Tech Monkey Marital status: Separated Describe your personality using four words: Easygoing, sarcastic, enthusiastic, unambitious. Three favorite things: Books, good foodā€¦wait, now I can only pick one more? I just canā€™t. One special talent: Pant-hoot like a chimp. Which two emoticons describe you best: :dubious: And then this one: šŸ˜‘ One thing that might surprise us about you: I play the digeridoo. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/7 "2005-02-24T08:02:02Z")
Name: Ice Wolf Age: 41 Occupation: Administrator and historian Marital status: single Describe your personality using four words: Mind constantly time travelling. Three favorite things: music, libraries, computers One special talent: folk like to talk to me. Which two emoticons describe you best: šŸ™‚šŸ†’ One thing that might surprise us about you: Ah, now ā€“ if I told you, it wouldnā€™t be _secret_ anymore, now would it? Heh, heh, heh, HEH! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirt_Ninja_13)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/8 "2005-02-24T08:39:58Z")
Name: Shirt Ninja 13, a.k.a.: ā€œDWā€ Age: 23 Occupation: currently teaching English at an Elementary school in Shenzhen, China, although thatā€™s soon to change. Marital status: Not married, no. Describe your personality using four words: Stand on your head! Three favorite things: ice cream, sex, movies, and roadtrips (ha! I get four!) One special talent: I can do cartwheels. Does that count? Which two emoticons describe you best: šŸ˜ƒ and šŸ˜› do for a start. One thing that might surprise us about you: Iā€™d like to believe that my gender wouldnā€™t surprise anyone, but sometimes I wonder. That said, Iā€™m occasionally a bit of a hedon, which people donā€™t seem to suspect, for some reason. Oh, and Iā€™ve hunted aliens in my house with devices made out of christmas lights, PVC pipes and old lamps, as well as can of air freshener and boom tubes. _bamf_ \<ā€“I came up with that, too. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/9 "2005-02-24T09:07:08Z")
Name: picunurse Age: older than your mother Occupation: retired RN Marital status: Married Describe your personality using four words: precise, pedantic, playful, philosophical Three favorite things: Maxx, Cassy, 'Lil my three cats One special talent: I am an artist I can create what never was before Which two emoticons describe you best: šŸ˜ƒ :dubious: One thing that might surprise us about you: I really hate being asked these kinds of questions. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/10 "2005-02-24T09:18:24Z")
Name: Enginerd Age: 29 Occupation: Environmental Engineer (surprise!) Marital status: good as married Describe your personality using four words: adventurous, happy, sarcastic, relaxed Three favorite things: music, dogs, and traveling One special talent: I can have fun just about anywhere Which two emoticons describe you best: Umā€¦ One thing that might surprise us about you: I havenā€™t shaved or cut my hair in about 4 years ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/11 "2005-02-24T10:02:09Z")
Hello and welcome, **me jane**! šŸ™‚ Yā€™know, usually itā€™s the _newbies_ who get to fill out the questionnaire. Maybe word of the unusual ā€˜inkā€™ required for section three, and the procedure for harvesting, I mean, _obtaining_ it, got around. (Mariah was never the same afterwards, and the applicants all complained of sucker-marks. But there you go.) Name: **Sunspace** Age: 41 Occupation: Technical writer (for now) Marital status: Permasingle Describe your personality using four words: artistic, techie, sensitive, sometimes-cynical Three favorite things: Mashed potatoes (er, I mean, ā€˜electronic musicā€™), the SDMB, colour One special talent: I can swear like a drunken sailor in Esperanto. Which two emoticons describe you best: šŸ™‚ :smack: One thing that might surprise us about you: Iā€™ve been here long enough that I canā€™t think of anything, no. ---
**Author:** ![kitarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kitarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitarak)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/12 "2005-02-24T11:38:02Z")
Name: Kitarak / David Age: 21 Occupation: Student Marital status: Single, not especially looking. Describe your personality using four words: Sarcastic, creative, whimsical, weird. Three favorite things: Reading, Cooking, Maths One special talent: Ability to come up with 7 new ideas at the drop of the hat, with the possibility of one or two of them actually not sucking. Which two emoticons describe you best: :rolleyes: :dubious: One thing that might surprise us about you: Iā€™m almost a professionally trained masseur. I nearly completed a course for a professional qualification, but unfortunately I had to choose between completing the coursework or studying for my exams in my actual degree. The degree won, so I didnā€™t have enough coursework to qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/13 "2005-02-24T11:43:38Z")
Name: Winston Smith Age: 35 Occupation: Systems Administrator Marital status: Married (with chillens) Describe your personality using four words: Purple, feindish, Clorox, Bar-B-Q Three favorite things: family, my job, stargazing One special talent: I can heal small appliances by a _laying on of the hands_ Which two emoticons describe you best: šŸ˜•šŸ˜• One thing that might surprise us about you: Iā€™ve always wanted to be a teacher. A college prof. to be precise. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/14 "2005-02-24T12:10:18Z")
I hope youā€™re taking notes here. Youā€™ve got 50,000-odd members to go. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/15 "2005-02-24T12:47:09Z")
> [@pseudotriton ruber ruber](#): > > I hope youā€™re taking notes here. Youā€™ve got 50,000-odd members to go. Not all 50,000 Dopers are odd. Some of them are perfectly normal. Probably not enough so youā€™d notice, though. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![AsecretK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@AsecretK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AsecretK)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/16 "2005-02-24T13:15:26Z")
Name: AsecretK Age: 36 Occupation: Supervisor of Certification and Plan Administration or Jack of all the extra crap that nobody knows or wants to know Marital status: NOT! Describe your personality using four words: sarcastic, loner, ditsy, sensitive Three favorite things: Family, Friends, Pets One special talent: After thinking about this for 10 minutes I have decided that I donā€™t have any Which two emoticons describe you best: šŸ˜›šŸ™‚ One thing that might surprise us about you: That I had to think for 10 minutes if I had a special talent ---
**Author:** ![Grant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grant)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/17 "2005-02-24T13:29:41Z")
Name: Grant is my middle name Age: 36 Occupation: Chemist Marital Status: Have a life partner (donā€™t believe in marriage) Describe your personality using four words: Sarcastic, determined, big kid Three favorite things: Dogs, travel, hockey One special talent: I can f\*\*\* up anything Which two emoticons describe you best: :rolleyes: šŸ˜ƒ One thing that might surprise us about you: I recently was offered a job coaching hockey (assistant) at a fairly well known university. Turned it down ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/18 "2005-02-24T13:48:15Z")
Cute idea! šŸ™‚ Name: Brandy (soon to be Mrs. Something-I kid, I kid) Age: 29 Occupation: inside salesperson Marital status: nonononono (unless having a ā€œbaseball husbandā€ counts - hi **punha**!) Describe your personality using four words: bouncy, outgoing, talkative, playfully sarcastic Three favorite things: music, beaches, dancing One special talent: I sing pretty well Which two emoticons describe you best: šŸ˜‰ :eek: One thing that might surprise us about you: I got married on a ranch owned by Madonnaā€™s cousin. 'Courseā€¦then I got divorced, but we just did that at the courthouse. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/19 "2005-02-24T13:48:30Z")
**Name:** Dragwyr **Age:** 36 **Occupation:** Systems Administrator and Web Page Admin **Marital status:** Married **Describe your personality using four words:** - My family, magic, karate **One special talent:** Iā€™m a part time professional magician. **Which two emoticons describe you best:** šŸ˜ƒ šŸ™‚ **One thing that might surprise us about you:** I earned my 1st Dan Black Belt in Tang Soo Do Karate at the age of 10. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/20 "2005-02-24T13:59:59Z")
**Age:** 73591 in jellyfish-years **Occupation:** Flag Straightener **Marital status:** Swell **Describe your personality using four words:** I donā€™t like being constrained by other peopleā€™s arbitrary rules. **Three favorite things:** Muriatic acid, pretty snowflakes, Klaus Barbieā€™s underpants **One special talent:** I can re-wire telephones with my tongue. \*\*Which two emoticons describe you best: \*\* :fancy pirate :lost car keys **One thing that might surprise us about you:** Iā€™ve never killed a man in cold blood on the first night of Mardi Gras, just for looking at me funny. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661.md?page=2)