# Me (or put a face with the name) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773 "2003-08-08T05:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/101 "2003-08-09T14:31:12Z")
Oh, and punting. Grabbing hold of that long pole, thrusting it into the Cam, pushing down hard on it, and then twisting it to bring it up and out, before starting the thrusting all over again. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/102 "2003-08-09T14:34:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > **Eepā€¦ Another mathmo. I seem to surround myself with them šŸ™‚** You think youā€™ve got it bad. I _am_ a mathmo. > [@](#): > > **OK next question - College? And if you say ā€œTrinityā€, all bets are off. šŸ˜ƒ** No comment. > [@](#): > > **zimmdogg** said no flirting. I also deal with hot ballistic plasmas flowing out of black holes.\*\* No comment. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/103 "2003-08-09T14:36:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shade \* > **You think youā€™ve got it bad. I _am_ a mathmo.** Well, yes. I do know a disproportionately large number of mathmos however. I think it comes from going out with one. > [@](#): > > **No comment.** Oh dear. Name grabbing, land stealing young upstarts you! One guess as to my college then. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/104 "2003-08-09T14:38:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*Oh, and punting. Grabbing hold of that long pole, thrusting it into the Cam, pushing down hard on it, and then twisting it to bring it up and out, before starting the thrusting all over again. šŸ™‚ \*\* Look! Itā€™s not me, sheā€™s the dirty one! I donā€™t know. Some people find innuendo in anything, even ā€œI got wet when he drove into that bushā€ or ā€œCanā€™t you keep it straight?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/105 "2003-08-09T14:39:30Z")
Hey!!! I was just describing how one punts down the Cam! Youā€™re the one reading dirty things into it. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/106 "2003-08-09T14:45:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > **Well, yes. I do know a disproportionately large number of mathmos however. I think it comes from going out with one.** Mistake number one, as Iā€™m sure my girlfriend would attest. Then again, sheā€™s a lawyer šŸ™‚ > [@](#): > > \*\*Oh dear. Name grabbing, land stealing young upstarts you! > > One guess as to my college then. šŸ™‚ \*\* Trinity hallā€™s a college? I thought thatā€™s where we ate dinner. Anyway, how could you tell? It may be written on my forehead, but you canā€™t see me. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/107 "2003-08-09T14:45:20Z")
[Here I am](http://www.crowaptok.com/images/dune.jpg) in the great Thar desert. [Hereā€™s me](http://www.crowaptok.com/images/jjimm.jpg) smoking a cigar and playing my guitar. And [here I am again](http://www.crowaptok.com/images/jjimm_cat.jpg) with Cookie Monster. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/108 "2003-08-09T14:49:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shade \* > **Mistake number one, as Iā€™m sure my girlfriend would attest. Then again, sheā€™s a lawyer šŸ™‚** Aah, well. Lawyers šŸ™‚ > [@](#): > > **Trinity hallā€™s a college? I thought thatā€™s where we ate dinner.** Oh, those are fighting words. Just remember, we still own the land that is Great Court. And weā€™re older than you. And the best things come in small packages. šŸ˜› > [@](#): > > \*\*Anyway, how could you tell? It may be written on my forehead, but you canā€™t see me. \*\* Call it a lucky guess. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/109 "2003-08-09T14:50:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*Hey!!! I was just describing how one punts down the Cam! Youā€™re the one reading dirty things into it. šŸ˜› \*\* Oh dear. Then this conversation must have been very bewildering for youā€¦ Iā€™m reminded of one of my friends who was just too sweet. She couldnā€™t see what the rest of the dinner table thought was so funny about ā€˜hairy ball theorem.ā€™ ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/110 "2003-08-09T14:52:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shade \* > \*\* > Iā€™m reminded of one of my friends who was just too sweet. She couldnā€™t see what the rest of the dinner table thought was so funny about ā€˜hairy ball theorem.ā€™ \*\* Dare I ask the context? Oh, and whatā€™s with the kidney shaped side dishes at Trinity Formal Hall? ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/111 "2003-08-09T14:54:33Z")
**Shade** and **Angua** : Get a room, will ya? I want to see more pictures! šŸ˜ƒ Barry ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/112 "2003-08-09T14:59:33Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Angua \* **Aah, well. Lawyers šŸ™‚** [quote] Hey, themā€™s fighting words! Lawyers are no more soulless than anyone else and oh who am I kidding. I love her the way she is. > [@](#): > > **Oh, those are fighting words. Just remember, we still own the land that is Great Court. And weā€™re older than you. And the best things come in small packages. šŸ˜›** Withdrawn. Anyway we know never to compete on age. Except against America. Itā€™s amusing to hear a porter explaining to an American tourist ā€œI donā€™t know if [American University] is better, richer, famouser or larger than Cambridge or Oxford. But itā€™s not older. Guess were John Harvard studied. Guess how old Oxford was when Columbus sailedā€¦ā€ > [@](#): > > \*\*Call it a lucky guess. \*\* Hmph. For my piece of mind Iā€™ll just pretend you were playing the odds. Anyway, werenā€™t you getting back to work about an hour ago? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/113 "2003-08-09T15:05:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*Dare I ask the context? > > Oh, and whatā€™s with the kidney shaped side dishes at Trinity Formal Hall? \*\* The context? Just an adolescent sense of humour and a conversation about mathematical innuendo is all. The answer to these questions normally seems to be ā€˜traditionā€™ ā˜¹ We normally donā€™t have any side dishes at all for presumably that reason. Are you asking why side dishes are kidney shaped? Isnā€™t it so they fit to the plate? **godzillatemple** You want us to get a room so you can have pictures? Iā€™m disturbed. Besides, weā€™re merely discussing punting. Ask Angua. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/114 "2003-08-09T15:05:38Z")
Well well, **Angua** , Iā€™m shocked, _shocked_ I tell you, at you being [told off for flirting](http://pub75.ezboard.com/fnadsfrm2.showMessageRange?topicID=95.topic&start=61&stop=80)ā€¦ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/115 "2003-08-09T15:08:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shade \* > Hey, themā€™s fighting words! Lawyers are no more soulless than anyone else and oh who am I kidding. I love her the way she is. Aaww, thatā€™s so sweet, and is exactly how I feel about my mathmo šŸ™‚ > [@](#): > > **Withdrawn. Anyway we know never to compete on age.** Well, quite. > [@](#): > > **Except against America. Itā€™s amusing to hear a porter explaining to an American tourist "I donā€™t know if [American University] is better, richer, famouser or larger than Cambridge or Oxford. But itā€™s not older. Guess were John Harvard studied. Guess how old Oxford was when Columbus sailedā€¦"** **Jjim** Wha? Iā€™m lovely reallyā€¦ My favourite line and the porterā€™s response from American tourists: AT: Walking into Trinity Hall, ā€œOooh, Trinity College is a lot smaller than I imaginedā€ TH porter ā€œTrinityā€™s next door, this is Trinity Hall, the one Henry VIII was jealous of.ā€ šŸ˜ƒ _ducks and runs_ > [@](#): > > \*\* > Hmph. For my piece of mind Iā€™ll just pretend you were playing the odds.\*\* I might have been. I might have recognised the faceā€¦ Actually, yes, I was just playing the odds. > [@](#): > > \*\*Anyway, werenā€™t you getting back to work about an hour ago? šŸ˜ƒ \*\* Might have been. But I set my program off to do some more fits. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/116 "2003-08-09T15:10:36Z")
Aargh!!! Coding!! Lines in the wrong place! ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/117 "2003-08-09T15:18:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > **Well well, Angua, Iā€™m shocked, _shocked_ I tell you, at you being [told off for flirting](http://pub75.ezboard.com/fnadsfrm2.showMessageRange?topicID=95.topic&start=61&stop=80)ā€¦** Thereā€™s a Euro Dope Board? No-one tells me anything ā˜¹ šŸ™‚ Oh, and I did a quick search - it seems Angua doesnā€™t post _entirely_ in flirt threadsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/118 "2003-08-09T15:20:26Z")
I hardly ever post in flirt threads, just this one, and the one I linked to, and the BrumDope planning and aftermath threadsā€¦ I can post intelligent conversation when I want to even. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/119 "2003-08-09T15:26:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > **Jjim** Wha? Iā€™m lovely reallyā€¦ He might think thatā€™s part of the problem šŸ™‚ > [@](#): > > TH porter ā€œTrinityā€™s next door, this is Trinity Hall, the one Henry VIII was jealous of.ā€ šŸ˜ƒ Good one. My favorite ā€˜overheard cambridge conversationā€™ story is just a snippet: ā€œā€¦and, ninethly, ā€¦ā€ > [@](#): > > I might have been. I might have recognised the faceā€¦ Actually, yes, I was just playing the odds. Iā€™d be flattered if anyone remembered my face, or conversation style, or similar username for a year. I was worried you could tell I was from trinity just by listening to me. > [@](#): > > Might have been. But I set my program off to do some more fits. šŸ™‚ \*\* ā€˜Fitā€™ as in ā€˜random flailing lock-upā€™ or ā€˜best data matchā€™ or ā€˜good lookingā€™? Or the first two together? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773/120 "2003-08-09T15:31:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shade \* > **He might think thatā€™s part of the problem šŸ™‚** Nah, heā€™s just used to any thread being taken over into a flirt fest between myself, and for some reason, **garius**. > [@](#): > > **Good one. My favorite ā€˜overheard cambridge conversationā€™ story is just a snippet: "ā€¦and, ninethly, ā€¦"** Bwahaha! > [@](#): > > \*\* I was worried you could tell I was from trinity just by listening to me.\*\* So youā€™re aware of the stereotypes then? Thatā€™s a blessing at least šŸ™‚ > [@](#): > > \*\*ā€˜Fitā€™ as in ā€˜random flailing lock-upā€™ or ā€˜best data matchā€™ or ā€˜good lookingā€™? > > Or the first two together? \*\* The first two together. And not the scriptā€™s beign an arse, and coming up with really unhelpful error messages. Oh, and the EuroDope message board - see the sig. šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-or-put-a-face-with-the-name/193773.md?page=7)