# In Praise of Average Average Dopers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921 "2002-11-21T13:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/1 "2002-11-21T13:24:28Z")
Well, I am pretty much high-average weight for my average height. (“I’m an average man, with an average life.” - who can name the quote?) I have average features on an average head. So…I am here to sing our praises! We’re too pretty to be ugly! We’re not attractive enough to be stunning! We’re too big for 5-7-9 and too small for Lane Bryant! We’re utterly non-threatening **and** not wholly hideous! Three cheers for the AVERAGE sized, AVERAGE in appearance Doper Women!! And guys, if you like. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/2 "2002-11-21T13:25:20Z")
_raises a hand_ Count me in as ‘Average’ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/3 "2002-11-21T13:29:50Z")
_I’m just an ordinary average guy my friends are all boring, and so am I we’re just ordinary average guys_ [🙂](http://www.reallyrics.com/lyrics/J010700010009.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/4 "2002-11-21T13:39:47Z")
I am medium sized. Not really big, not really small. Too big for some of the teen fashion stores (although if you look very very hard, you can sometimes find one or two UK size 16s in Top Shop), not big enough for the Big Lass shops. Neither a Babe nor a Minger, either. Not a statistical outlier in any way, really. Also, quite dull. Which is nice. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/5 "2002-11-21T13:40:43Z")
The OP describes me to a T. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/6 "2002-11-21T13:48:27Z")
I’m heavy for my height, but average in all those other ways, so can I play? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/7 "2002-11-21T14:13:21Z")
I look average, but not according to the BMI scales. And I’m not average in _any way_, do you hear me? Now excuse me while I continue with my morning of coffee and housewifery. I will then go bake cookies from a box for my 2.4 children and walk my mutt-breed dog the 1.3 miles he requires daily. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/8 "2002-11-21T14:23:04Z")
Hip hip hooray for being average!! But, I am **not** normal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/9 "2002-11-21T14:26:41Z")
Can I have some cookies? ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/10 "2002-11-21T14:33:57Z")
**OpalCat** : Of course you can play. Sheesh. Since when am I exclusionary? Don’t answer that. Cookies for everyone! Which **Gingy** will bake! **RTFirefly** : GREAT Joe Walsh quote! 😃 Not the song I was quoting, though. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/11 "2002-11-21T14:40:36Z")
Ya beat me, RT. _And every Saturday we work in the yard Pick up the dog doo, hope that it’s hard._ ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/12 "2002-11-21T14:43:51Z")
Everyone gets cookies! But I must warn that they’re made with the imaginary 1.4 children. I would imagine they’ll turn out either Maple or Bacon flavoured. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/13 "2002-11-21T14:45:12Z")
Don’t forget to sprinkle the bacon on top! ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/14 "2002-11-21T14:45:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > \*\*Well, I am pretty much high-average weight for my average height. (“I’m an average man, with an average life.” - who can name the quote?) \*\* Guessing…“Somebody’s watching me” by Rockwell? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/15 "2002-11-21T14:49:45Z")
_“I’m just a regular Joe with a regular job I’m your average white suburbanite slob I like football and porno and books about war I’ve got an average house with a nice hardwood floor My wife and my job, my kids and my car My feet on my table, and a cuban cigar”_ (not the same but fits the thread) ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/16 "2002-11-21T14:50:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by superbee \* > \*\*Guessing…“Somebody’s watching me” by Rockwell? \*\* YAY!!! Correct! It’s the very first line, so it stuck in my head when I started typing, “I’m an average…” ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/17 "2002-11-21T14:54:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*_“I’m just a regular Joe with a regular job > I’m your average white suburbanite slob > I like football and porno and books about war > I’ve got an average house with a nice hardwood floor > My wife and my job, my kids and my car > My feet on my table, and a cuban cigar”_ > > (not the same but fits the thread) \*\* I drive really slow in the ultra-fast lane While people behind me are going insane!! ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/18 "2002-11-21T14:58:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > \*\*YAY!!! > > Correct! It’s the very first line, so it stuck in my head when I started typing, “I’m an average…” \*\* Can I still be average now, or did that knock me out of the club? ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/19 "2002-11-21T16:21:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by superbee \* > \*\*Can I still be average now, or did that knock me out of the club? \*\* I don’t think that’s even POSSIBLE without extensive plastic surgery and reprogramming. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921/20 "2002-11-21T16:25:04Z")
All I want is to be left alone In my average home But why do I always feel Like I’m in the Twilight Zone?? (M. Jackson) I always feel like… somebody’s watching me… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-average-average-dopers/137921.md?page=2)