# Jennifer or Bailey? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493 "2001-08-22T05:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/21 "2001-08-22T22:26:39Z")
Did anyone besdies me read Loni’s book? Oh my, it was amazin…she’s just like Jennifer IRL. (not a good thing) ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/22 "2001-08-22T22:40:47Z")
I believe [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=72994) has been covered before. **Bailey** , hands down, Jennifer, too plastic looking. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/23 "2001-08-23T04:31:33Z")
So, is Bailey winning? ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/24 "2001-08-23T06:03:03Z")
Bailey. She was the Lisa Loeb of her generation. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/25 "2001-08-23T11:47:52Z")
Bailey. Brains, beauty, and bi. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/26 "2001-08-23T12:26:50Z")
I hate to sound like I’m just going with the flow on this, but definitely Bailey. All of my friends in middle school thought I was nuts. I’m glad to see we’ve got a real community here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/27 "2001-08-23T14:18:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wishbone \* > \*\*Bailey. > > Ok, here’s one for ya - Janet, Chrissy, Cindy, Terri, or Mrs. Roper? Probably Chrissy or Terri. \*\* Terri. No contest. That nurse’s uniform really does it for me. > [@](#): > > \*\* > Another - Laverne or Shirley? Shirley.\*\* Do I have to pick one? Blecch. > [@](#): > > \*\* > And Lastly - Rachel, Monica, or Phoebe? Ummm, let’s try Rachel. \*\* Rachel. Oh, and Bailey. ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/28 "2001-08-23T14:30:17Z")
When the show first aired, I was in the early throes of puberty, and the answer then was definitely **Jennifer**. I would never have given **Bailey** a glance in those days. But nowadays my tastes have changed; they’ve refined. Definitely **Bailey**. _Mad_ magazine summed up the difference between Jennifer and Bailey perfectly. In its parody of the show, Bailey moaned, “It’s not that I’m ugly. It’s just that comparing you with me is like comparing the Taj Mahal with a condominium in Akron.” As to the more recent question brought up on this thread: **Janet Wood**. **Janet** then, **Janet** now, **Janet** always. Women who look like that drive me wild, and always have. She just strikes a chord. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.White](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Mr.White](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.White)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/29 "2001-08-24T03:38:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\*Bailey. Brains, beauty, and bi. \*\* Oh my! I didn’t know that. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/30 "2001-08-24T05:17:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. White \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > > \*\*Bailey. Brains, beauty, and bi. \*\* > > Oh my! I didn’t know that. \*\* Sorry…I was merely speculating with hope on that last part. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/31 "2001-08-24T15:01:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Mr. White \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > > > \*\*Bailey. Brains, beauty, and bi. \*\* > > > > Oh my! I didn’t know that. \*\* > > Sorry…I was merely speculating with hope on that last part. 😉 \*\* If it’s alright with you, I’m going to do the same. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/32 "2001-08-24T17:40:05Z")
BAILEY BAILEY BAILEY!!! No doubt, I hate Loni’s hair. It looked, and still does, like a huge ugly helmet. God did I hate her smile. Now the shy Bailey, you know deep down she was a wild woman! ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/33 "2001-08-24T20:49:09Z")
Hey, I have a vote? Cool. [kisses to **Shibb**] ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/34 "2001-08-24T21:35:14Z")
What, no votes for Mrs. Carleson? Y’know, The Bug Guy’s mom? Owned the station? Rich, powerful, opinionated. Yeah, she was a little old, but that just means she was experienced. I’ll bet she’d chase that butler around her big old house when nobody else was around. Remember the episode when she put the moves on Andy? She was a wild woman. Rrowr. Another question: Andy or Johnny? ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/35 "2001-08-24T21:38:16Z")
Sorry, I didn’t mean to hijack this thread with the “Andy or Johnny” thing, there. Bad judgement on my part. Please ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/36 "2001-08-24T21:52:58Z")
If anyone’s interested, I started an [Andy or Johnny](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83591) thread. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/37 "2001-08-25T02:09:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Thelma (Daphne was always spending too much time with Fred, don’t know what you might pick up She’d probably like you better if you called her by her right name. It’s Velma. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/38 "2001-08-25T10:52:21Z")
Bailey ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/39 "2001-08-25T19:09:22Z")
I switched to Baileys after I dated a Jennifer. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493/40 "2001-08-26T03:21:56Z")
My picks: Bailey Mary Ann Betty Rachael Janet Velma (anybody else seen the cartoon with her and Judy Jetson?) Laverne or Shirley? I’ll take that Rosie chick that Laverne was always fighting with. Here’s another one: Kate or Allie? Allie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-or-bailey/77493.md?page=1)