# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/81 "2005-02-24T20:33:39Z")
Name: MagicEyes Age: Older than I look Occupation: I have a degree in folklore, but right now I’m doing communications for a public health program Marital status: Single, not really looking Describe your personality using four words: quirky, creative, sensitive, messy Three favorite things: My bunnies (Billie and Murray, the Cutest Bunnies in the World [sup]TM[/sup], chocolate, music One special talent: I can read upside down. And I can hear really high-pitched noises. Which two emoticons describe you best: 🆒 :dubious: One thing that might surprise us about you: I’m smarter than I look! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/82 "2005-02-24T20:37:02Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > **Lobsang** , that spelling of "possessionless’ is going to make me cry. I didn’t even recognize the word at first. See, the smack emoticon _does_ describe me well. [sub]\ (can’t find ‘possessionless’ in word’s or [www.dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com) 's dictionarys 😛 )[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/83 "2005-02-24T20:44:22Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > See, the smack emoticon _does_ describe me well. > > [sub]\ (can’t find ‘possessionless’ in word’s or [www.dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com) 's dictionarys 😛 )[/sub] Well, dear, that’s because it’s not a real word. But I’m not completely anal, I can accept mushed togethether words or modified words as long as they’re still recognizable. Possession-less would be the only way to spell it. And correctly, you should probably say “lacking of possessions” but I’ll wait for \*\*Monstre \*\* or another teacher to correct me. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/84 "2005-02-24T20:48:30Z")
**Anaamika** : Awesome! My e-mail is kapolley at gmail dot com. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/85 "2005-02-24T20:49:55Z")
Name: Daithi Lacha Age: 37 Occupation: Desk Jockey Marital status: Oh, hell yeah. 14 years. Describe your personality using four words: I did/said _what_? Three favorite things: Cats, Macs, ummm… FLCL? One special talent: Thick skull: I can “play” my head so it sounds like a tuned coconut. Which two emoticons describe you best: :wally :wally One thing that might surprise us about you: _The Stolen Child_ by Yeats always makes me want to cry. Sometimes I do. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/86 "2005-02-24T20:51:20Z")
> [@Dorjän](#): > > One special talent: I can use a mouse in my left hand and right hand, on two computers, at the same time. I also have uncanny lip-reading accuracy (a must considering my hearing impairment). I want to be you. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/87 "2005-02-24T20:56:55Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > **Anaamika** : Awesome! My e-mail is kapolley at gmail dot com. Thanks! No problem, I’ll do it as soon as I get home. ---
**Author:** ![JeffyDMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JeffyDMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffyDMan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/88 "2005-02-24T21:05:15Z")
Name: Geoff! Age: 25 Occupation: Total friggin’ geek. (Support “engineer”) Marital status: Single **hint hint** Describe your personality using four words: quiet, reserved, sarcastic (sort of…), loving Three favorite things: Technology, Moose Tracks Ice Cream, Philly Cheese steaks. One special talent: Uh… I burn easily in the sun? Is that a talent?.. maybe it’s a curse… Which two emoticons describe you best: :wally 😕 One thing that might surprise us about you: I can walk while chewing gum. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/89 "2005-02-24T21:17:58Z")
Name: Alex Age: 31 Occupation: Video Game Programmer Marital status: Currently dating a super hot doper girl (sadly, long distance) Describe your personality using four words: Will not! Damn, did. Three favorite things: Intellectual debates, games, snuggling One special talent: No one can beat me at 4-square Which two emoticons describe you best: :dubious: :rolleyes: One thing that might surprise us about you: I just bought a house and am moving into it in two days! Ack! (I suppose I’ll have to change my location field from Palo Alto to Santa Clara) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/90 "2005-02-24T21:18:44Z")
> [@JeffyDMan](#): > > One thing that might surprise us about you: > > I can walk while chewing gum. Good one! I think I surprise people with that one too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JeffyDMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JeffyDMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffyDMan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/91 "2005-02-24T21:22:19Z")
Okay, color me silly. Name: JeffyDMan (Geoff with a G!) Age: 25 Occupation: Technical Support for an Appraisal Software company! (There aren’t many!) Marital status: Single **the hint hint was serious!** Describe your personality using four words: Friendly, thoughtful, jokester, thick-skinned Three favorite things: Family, Friends and my cat. One special talent: I can fold laundry. Seriously, that’s a special talent for us mid-twenties guys. Which two emoticons describe you best: 🆒😃 One thing that might surprise us about you: For as giant a geek as I am with Technology, I prefer to lounge around on my comfy sofa reading a good book with some hot chocolate nearby. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/92 "2005-02-24T21:36:27Z")
Name: **AskNott (from a JFK speech)** Age: **55** Occupation: **retired factory worker** Marital status: **Married, 25 years** Describe your personality using four words: **witty, mellow, dictionary, fedora** Three favorite things: **good food, good writing, good music.** One special talent: writing Which two emoticons describe you best: 🆒 :dubious: One thing that might surprise us about you: When choosing between Stevie Ray Vaughn and Yo-Yo Ma, it’s a tossup. ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/93 "2005-02-24T21:44:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Well, dear, that’s because it’s not a real word. But I’m not completely anal, I can accept mushed togethether words or modified words as long as they’re still recognizable. > > Possession-less would be the only way to spell it. And correctly, you should probably say “lacking of possessions” but I’ll wait for \*\*Monstre \*\* or another teacher to correct me. Possessionless is listed in [www.m-w.com](http://www.m-w.com). It’s a real word. Hyphenating it would be simply incorrect. “Lacking of possessions” would also be incorrect; “lacking possessions” would be better. Now back to our regularly scheduled thread. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/94 "2005-02-24T23:14:41Z")
Hiya, **me jane**! I’m… Name: **Faeriebeth** Age: **34** ☹ Occupation: **Primary school teacher** Marital status: **Married!** Describe your personality using four words: **perky, excitable, insatiable, FUN** \* Three favorite things: **in no particular order - books, sex, food** One special talent: **I can’t divulge that information** Which two emoticons describe you best: 😃 :eek: One thing that might surprise us about you: **I can sew my own underwear** - Sing it like Plankton! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/95 "2005-02-24T23:35:21Z")
> [@Sengkelat](#): > > Possessionless is listed in [www.m-w.com](http://www.m-w.com). It’s a real word. Hyphenating it would be simply incorrect. “Lacking of possessions” would also be incorrect; “lacking possessions” would be better. > > Now back to our regularly scheduled thread. And I’m supposed to believe a thong-wearer?! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/96 "2005-02-25T00:48:13Z")
Name: NinjaChick, amongst others. Age: 18. Occupation: Student, and currently in a semi-crappy, semi-cool work-study job at a publishing company. Marital status: Single, and definitely _not_ changing that anytime within the next four years, at least. Describe your personality using four words: Skeptical, introverted, thoughtful, sarcastic. Three favorite things: Good prose (be it mine or someone elses), sunsets, warm blankets on a cold morning. One special talent: The ability to wake up at 8:20, shower, dry my long, thick hair, iron a shirt and slacks, dress myself, pack my bag, check my email and the weather, chug a can of Mountain Dew, and get to my 9 AM class with five minutes to spare. Which two emoticons describe you best: :rolleyes: :dubious: One thing that might surprise us about you: I have an astounding assortment of sources of caffiene in my room (4 types of caffinated mints, one type of caffinated gum, three flavors of coffee, five types of tea (none of those are herbal), a 12-pack of Mountain Dew, and a case of Bawls energy drink.) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/97 "2005-02-25T00:52:41Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > Marital status: Single, and definitely _not_ changing that anytime within the next four years, at least. No joking, and I certainly have no right to comment on anyone else. But I commend you for this. It’s a decision that will be good to you in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/98 "2005-02-25T01:00:04Z")
**Name** : Self-evident **Age** : 35 **Occupation** : Programmer / Analyst **Marital status** : Perpetually single **Describe your personality using four words** : Generous, shy, calm, sad **Three favorite things** : Dinosaurs, friends, food **One special talent** : The ability to make everyone else in my life happy. **Which two emoticons describe you best** : ☹😛 **One thing that might surprise us about you** : I have only shouted in anger once in my life. And that was at my (now deceased) grandmother. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/99 "2005-02-25T01:01:46Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Possession-less would be the only way to spell it. And correctly, you should probably say “lacking of possessions” but I’ll wait for \*\*Monstre \*\* or another teacher to correct me. _hears his name_ _puts teacher hat on_ Um yes, the proper form would be “unpossessionified”, the past pluperfect tense of “unpossessionificability”. _takes teacher hat off_ _forgets what class he was teaching_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/100 "2005-02-25T01:17:12Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > _hears his name_ > _puts teacher hat on_ > > Um yes, the proper form would be “unpossessionified”, the past pluperfect tense of “unpossessionificability”. > > _takes teacher hat off_ > _forgets what class he was teaching_ Ooo, absent-minded professor. I can misbehave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661.md?page=6)