# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/121 "2005-02-25T17:50:49Z")
> [@picker](#): > > I reserve the right to pass judgement on whether we are are twins until I hear how you feel about beer and whiskey. 😃 Let’s just say if it was legally possibly to marry a liquid… 😛 > [@](#): > > I do like the new track you put up, btw. Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/122 "2005-02-25T17:57:51Z")
Name: eleanor rigby Age: 42 Occupation: ICU/stepdown RN Marital status: yes Describe your personality using four words: ask me again tomorrow Three favorite things: reading, intelligent conversation, chocolate chip cookies One special talent: I couldn’t even begin to guess Which two emoticons describe you best: 🙂 :rolleyes: One thing that might surprise us about you: Well, then it wouldn’t be a surprise, would it? This is a good idea, and I wish I had thought of it when I joined. Good luck sorting everyone out! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/123 "2005-02-25T19:47:02Z")
[ul] [li] **Name:** Jenny[/li][li] **Age** : 33[/li][li] **Occupation** : full-time technical writer (I count three of us so far…we’re takin’ over!), part-time grad student (though I think I’m considered full-time this semester)[/li][li] **Marital status** : single, but recently started seeing someone (so recently that I still mention it any chance I get :D)[/li][li] **Describe your personality using four words** : smart, funny, kind, talented[/li][li] **Three favorite things** : books, music, the new BF[/li][li] **One special talent** : singing[/li][li] **Which two emoticons describe you best** : 😃 ;)[/li][li] **One thing that might surprise us about you** : I don’t think anyone here knows me well enough to be surprised by anything about me. 🙂 (Um, that wasn’t meant to be the surprising thing…meh, you know what I meant!)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/124 "2005-02-25T21:32:06Z")
Name: Ashleigh Age: 22 Occupation: student/ABA therapist Marital status: single Describe your personality using four words: shy, focused, funny, perverted Three favorite things: running, pajama pants, cereal One special talent: I memorized The Raven in seventh grade. Which two emoticons describe you best: 🙂🙂 One thing that might surprise us about you: I just gave my eighth pint of blood two days ago. Hooray, gallon club! ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/125 "2005-02-25T22:02:40Z")
**Name:** My first name is Alex; I’ll let you guess my last. **Age:** 15 **Occupation:** Student **Marital status:** Want to go out? **Describe your personality using four words:** [Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, Judging](http://www.typelogic.com/istj.html) **Three favorite things:** _Band_ - They Might Be Giants _Food_ - Ground beef _Color_ - Red **One special talent:** I can kick myself in the head **Which two emoticons describe you best:** 😑 (mundane) would describe rather well since I am not often particularly often very happy or sad, just eternally neutral. And when it comes to girls (which have been a big part of my internal life recently) a combination of :smack: 😕☹ would be nice. **One thing that might surprise us about you:** I normally read rather slowly. (If you knew me, this would be surprising. I read probably a couple hundred times more than most kids in my school. I only know two classmates who read anywhere near as much as me.) ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/126 "2005-02-26T00:01:30Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by 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. Thanks - I’ve decided, after seeing the stress that some of my friends have gone through trying to make a relationship work on top of schoolwork, etc, it’s just not worth it. (Plus, the insanely small size of my college guarantees that everything eventually turns into an utter soap-opera disaster). ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/127 "2005-02-26T00:20:10Z")
Name: Dangermom Age: 31 Occupation: SAHM and librarian Marital status: Married, 2 small kids Describe your personality using four words: cheerfully oddball Mormon booklover Three favorite things (in no particular order): books, fabric, fresh air One special talent: I can wiggle one ear Which two emoticons describe you best: :eek: 😛 One thing that might surprise us about you: Pathetically, I can’t think of anything right now. Something will probably hit tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/128 "2005-02-26T00:26:32Z")
Name: emekthian Age: 15 Occupation: Sponging off my parents for as long as they’re legally obligated to allow me to (i.e. high school student) Marital status: single Describe your personality using four words: Quiet like serial killer Three favorite things: mechanical pencils, the Russian language, Alcohol 120% One special talent: I can twirl my pen around my fingers like Boris in the movie Goldeneye Which two emoticons describe you best: (:\>|) 😃 One thing that might surprise us about you: I’m not bisexual or gay, but I’ve made hundreds of people at my school, on other message boards, and in my family think I am because of my prediliction to make jokes about sex toys having sex with guys. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/129 "2005-02-26T02:52:22Z")
Name: Hyperelastic Age: 35 Occupation: Aerospace Structural Engineer Marital status: Married Describe your personality using four words: I can’t do that Three favorite things: My wife and my two kids. One special talent: I can apply the principle of virtual work with the best of them Which two emoticons describe you best: :dubious: 🆒 One thing that might surprise us about you: I’m a Buddhist ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/130 "2005-02-26T04:54:50Z")
Name: David Age: 41 Occupation: Cop Marital status: Unhappily married (hopefully, not for too much longer) Describe your personality using four words: Codependent, Three favorite things: One special talent: Which two emoticons describe you best: One thing that might surprise us about you: ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/131 "2005-02-26T05:01:11Z")
I swear that I **did not** hit submit!! Let’s try that again. Name: David Age: 41 Occupation: Cop Marital status: Unhappily married (hopefully, not for too much longer) Describe your personality using four words: Codependent, analytical, romantic, storyteller Three favorite things: Heroism, honor, romance (I’ve never really experienced any romance in my life, but I still love the idea of it). One special talent: Calligraphy Which two emoticons describe you best: :rolleyes: :eek: One thing that might surprise us about you: I investigate UFO reports. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/132 "2005-02-26T05:09:40Z")
Name: TheLoadedDog (just call me TLD) Age: 34 Occupation: Postal Worker Marital status: Living in sin Describe your personality using four words: Conservative yet strangely goofy Three favorite things: Trains, beer, titties One special talent: You’d better ask my lady about that. 😉 Which two emoticons describe you best: :smack: 😃 One thing that might surprise us about you: I own a copy of _It’s Raining Men_ ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/133 "2005-02-26T06:32:32Z")
Name: Mike Age: 26 Occupation: Customer Service, but more than that Marital status: single Describe your personality using four words: Reserved, reflective, funny, skeptical Three favorite things: música latina, my cats, my private time One special talent: language acquisition Which two emoticons describe you best: 😕, :dubious: One thing that might surprise us about you: I’m a secret agent working for the Colombian government. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/134 "2005-02-26T11:26:03Z")
Name: Chuck Age: 33 Occupation: Videogame designer Marital status: Seeing someone great Describe your personality using four words: I am a Cancer. Three favorite things: my friends, my family, and my Powerbook One special talent: smoking. Which two emoticons describe you best: I don’t like them. One thing that might surprise us about you: I’m trying to learn Japanese and how to play the banjo. ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/135 "2005-02-26T19:25:08Z")
Name: truthbot Age: 47 Occupation: retired Marital status: single Describe your personality using four words: caring, thoughtful, introvert, kind Three favorite things: animals, paint, helping people One special talent: turning crap into treasures Which two emoticons describe you best: 😉 , 🆒 One thing that might surprise us about you: I’m a tree-hugger. A greenie to the end. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/136 "2005-02-26T19:54:01Z")
[QUOTE=Stonebow] Which two emoticons describe you best: :eek: :eek: (10 points to whoever gets the reference) That would be a reference to the infamous +2 Dildo of Smiting, the world-reknowned **18"DHIBJD** 😃😃 . I’d like to donate my points to Amnesty International. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/137 "2005-02-26T19:55:24Z")
Oops. That would be an **18"DHIBJD** :eek: :eek: ! ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/138 "2005-02-26T20:00:23Z")
> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#): > > Ok, then. I’m an Atreyu freak. :eek: Just…stand very calmly over there and don’t make any sudden moves, OK? ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/139 "2005-02-26T20:15:56Z")
**Name:** Lisa **Age:** thirty-something **Occupation:** professional job seeker **Marital status:** _so_ not married **Describe your personality using four words:** Don’t ask me now. **Three favorite things:** Walking barefoot in sand, summer thunderstorms, seeing the ocean **One special talent:** jewelry design **Which two emoticons describe you best:** :rolleyes: 🆒 **One thing that might surprise us about you:** I have been blessed with genetically perfect saliva (so my dentist tells me) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661/140 "2005-02-26T20:49:48Z")
**Name:** Colin **Age:** 27 **Occupation:** newspaper marketing analyst **Marital status:** single and looking, but not very hard **Describe your personality using four words:** smart, steady, witty …umm…clueless? **Three favorite things:** music, friends, quoting Simpsons with said friends **One special talent:** If you ask me when a certain event in my life happened (particularly in the 1990’s), I can guess the day within a week or so **Which two emoticons describe you best:** ☹ :smack: **One thing that might surprise us about you:** At 27, I’ve gotten drunk exactly once and have never tried any illegal substances. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-help-me-get-to-know-you/291661.md?page=8)