# Okay, I think it's time for another gender clarification thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136 "2005-10-27T06:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/101 "2005-10-29T03:59:05Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > You thought I was _a girl_??? > > Now I’m curious. What did I write that gave you that impression? Well, no post specifically that I can remember, but I do know that you almost always make a post or two in all of my threads, and I just remember that from reading them as a whole and overall, I thought you were female. Plus, the name…You can look at usernames and kinda get the impression they’re a guy or girl (even if the name is not genderbased). **fishbicycle** just seems like a name a female would have. :o :smack: ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/102 "2005-10-29T04:10:32Z")
Oh, wait. I know. It was the mary janes with the white socks that gave me away, right? ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/103 "2005-10-29T05:45:21Z")
I am a woman, my user name is the alutiq word for woman. ---
**Author:** ![Strangelove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/104 "2005-10-29T08:42:56Z")
5 months pregnant here, so I think it’s a pretty good chance I’ve got girly parts. The sad thing is that my screen name is one letter shy of my maiden name and my married name put together. If I ever get a PhD, I’ll start hyphenating regularly. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/105 "2005-10-29T11:47:51Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > All the best dwarven warriors have traditionally been male. Although, actually, it’s hard to tell the females from the males sometimes (it’s the beards…). Yes, but it’s the _cleavage_ in your name that confuses people. All’s fair in love and pun wars. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/106 "2005-10-29T13:13:15Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > You thought I was _a girl_??? > > Now I’m curious. What did I write that gave you that impression? > > (Not that I’m paranoid about it, but did you see that? He said he thought I was a girl!) To be fair, I also thought you were female due to the user name and the phrase “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle”. It seems like something a woman would choose. And the white socks and Mary Janes are quite becoming. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/107 "2005-10-29T13:58:51Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > To be fair, I also thought you were female due to the user name and the phrase “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle”. It seems like something a woman would choose. Well, now I feel compelled to re-explain my username. On the day when I signed up, I had been listening to a comedy record by Canadians Bowser & Blue. They have a song which goes: _I’m in like with a dyke named Spike Who needs me like a pike needs a bike…"_ And when I was prompted to enter a username, that phrase was on my mind, and I just combined the two words. I hadn’t considered the gender ramifications of it. > [@](#): > > And the white socks and Mary Janes are quite becoming. :: blushes :: ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/108 "2005-10-30T07:58:47Z")
[Oh man…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6535323&postcount=43) :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: I’ve been here now for about 2 years, and reading this posters posts since then and I’ve been thinking **TYM** was female all this time. Geez. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/109 "2005-10-30T08:46:09Z")
I am male but I’m [not Russell Crowe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334402) ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/110 "2005-10-30T08:50:00Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > I am male but I’m [not Russell Crowe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334402) Ha, I love your side-by-side comparison photo that you linked in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/111 "2005-10-30T15:49:38Z")
male. I mean, really–would any woman name herself this? ---
**Author:** ![LucyInDisguise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucyindisguise/32/18064_2.png) [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/112 "2005-10-30T16:30:13Z")
[Male here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5725208&postcount=13) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/113 "2005-10-30T18:25:49Z")
> [@633squadron](#): > > Neither, you bloody twit, I’m a Royal Air Force squadron! I think someone needs to start swatting mosquitoes. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/114 "2005-10-31T04:20:53Z")
If I’m not male, then I’m on the wrong floor. 😃 :: chuckles to himself over the joke that no one else will get :: ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/115 "2005-10-31T04:54:34Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > To be fair, I also thought you were female due to the user name and the phrase “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle”. It seems like something a woman would choose. > > And the white socks and Mary Janes are quite becoming. See…now the name is why I thought **fishbicycle** WAS a man. If a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle, then a fishbicycle must equal man that really was needed by a woman, right? Some woman found that **fishbicycle** WAS pretty necessary after all. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/116 "2005-10-31T04:56:43Z")
PS, I’m a woman. Straight, if that matters any. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/117 "2005-10-31T06:16:10Z")
I’m a chick, but I think the only person who ever mistook me for a dude was **Lobsang.** ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/118 "2005-10-31T07:00:42Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Male here. Large. Hairy. Gay. Pretty brown eyes. Need to know anything else? 😃 Phone number, address, and availability for dinner next week? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/119 "2005-10-31T07:01:49Z")
> [@velvetjones](#): > > Well I’m female but I don’t think anyone has ever thought I wasn’t. > > Really, most people probably don’t give it any thought at all. I always assumed you were a guy. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136/120 "2005-10-31T07:03:40Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > You thought I was _a girl_??? > > Now I’m curious. What did I write that gave you that impression? > > (Not that I’m paranoid about it, but did you see that? He said he thought I was a girl!) I thought you were a girl, too. Sorry for the multi-posts. And I’m a guy, much like my namesake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-think-its-time-for-another-gender-clarification-thread/328136.md?page=7)