# Patently unattractive, yet sexy/appealing anyway... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879 "2000-12-31T06:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/41 "2001-01-03T14:34:35Z")
Joey Ramone. Its that quietness and weirdness combined. I’ve liked him for 20 years now. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/42 "2001-01-03T16:49:02Z")
This judgement is difficult for me to make. I have occasionally _grown_ to be ardently attracted to women who at first sight didn’t turn me on at all, but after that happens they’re not unattractive anymore, quite the opposite. Probably subconsciously I was attracted all along. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/43 "2001-01-03T16:55:02Z")
My vote goes to **Natalie Merchant**. Not conventionally beautiful, and she tends toward heaviness sometimes, but man, I dig her. Something about her voice does it for me, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/44 "2001-01-03T17:09:41Z")
I think this phenomenon is a lot more common for women, who stereotypically go for the silver-backed ape, than for men, who go for good birthing hips. Anyway, I think Cammie Granato (captain of the US Women’s Hockey team) is hot. Most of my friends do not. But to men, she looks attractive, and I have no idea if she is objectively pretty. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/45 "2001-01-03T17:53:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*I’ve been partial to Lynne Russell of CNN Headline News. I’m not sure why, though. \*\* As I remember there was something about her mouth that appealed to me. Maybe it was her lip gloss or something. Haven’t seen her in years. Speaking of CNN I used to have a thing for Christiane Amanpour but that’s kind of gone now. Maybe I just liked her name. ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/46 "2001-01-03T18:15:49Z")
Tim Burton. Tim Curry. Elvis Costello. The kid who played Sherlock in ‘Young Sherlock Holmes.’ Gary Oldman. John Cleese. Eric Idle. Oliver Platt. Not ugly, by any stretch…but you won’t see them in People’s 25 Sexiest. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/47 "2001-01-04T00:41:11Z")
Ritchie Blackmore. I think it’s the way he plays guitar- his guitar solos sort of twine themselves into your nervous system, then run their fingers up the inside of your leg… Also, there’s this boxman at Bally’s, I used to work with him at the Fremont, was totally in love with him. He’s overweight, has a receding chin, disproprtionately small ears, his hair sticks up in weird ways. He’s also highly intelligent, has a truly warped sense of humor, is sweet, kind, gentle, patient… married ☹ had to keep my little craps dealer paws to myself. I dropped in to say hi to him after I got off work this morning. He’s still hot… ---
**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/48 "2001-01-04T02:43:33Z")
Kathy Najimy, especially when she does her “Peggy Hill” voice. That’s a butt you can sink your teeth into. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/49 "2001-01-04T02:50:46Z")
Norm McDonald - in a strange, quirky, boyish way. ---
**Author:** ![Zarathustra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/898d66/32.png) [@Zarathustra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarathustra)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/50 "2001-01-04T03:07:18Z")
Queen Borg ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/51 "2001-01-04T03:20:53Z")
\*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mack \* > As I remember there was something about her mouth that appealed to me. Maybe it was her lip gloss or something. Haven’t seen her in years. \*\* For me it’s her voice. And her eyebrows. Very expressive. Oh, and we have the same birthday. Am I scaring anyone yet? _yeek_ ---
**Author:** ![bedhog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@bedhog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bedhog)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/52 "2001-01-04T03:33:51Z")
Ooooh - Lyle Lovett. And Henry Rollins. And Dennis Miller, even though he has freakishly small and dainty hands. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/53 "2001-01-04T03:36:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by a35362 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by TroubleAgain \* > > \*\* But adding Patrick Stewart…He’s bald, much older than me, and has a huge…nose… But…set course for fantasy…ENGAGE! And even “Make it so.” 😉 \*\* > > There is nothing wrong with bald men! What’s UNattractive are those guys who do the comb-over thing…ew! PS himself told his own comb-over story on Arsenio Hall, and was very funny too. > > Let me share this with you: I get lots of video catalogs in the mail, and I got one catalog with a picture of PS as Scrooge on the cover. I tell you, ladies and gentlemen, the women in my office passed that catalog around. Even the non-Trekkies wanted a look at him. Mmh! Mmh-mmh. \*\* I’m as straight as they get, but I have to jump on the bandwagon and question the sanity of anybody who thinks Patrick Stewart is unattractive. I pray that when I’m his age I’ll have HALF the class and appeal that he has. Hell, I wish I was as appealing as he is NOW, and I’m still young! ---
**Author:** ![Eohippus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Eohippus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eohippus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/54 "2001-01-04T12:57:55Z")
Helen Mirren, from those PBS British mystery shows. She did a movie in which she’s a gangster’s wife, with a lover who’s a chef. It ends with someone being cooked and eaten, but there are some very erotic scenes before that. She’s by no means young, nor classically beautiful, but she knows how to strut her stuff. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/55 "2001-01-04T14:37:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Thus spake **Zarathustra** : \* > \*\*Queen Borg \*\* I guess you’re not going to fight it if she tries to assimilate you…😃 [sub]\* OK, I know how obvious this was. I promise not to do it again. ;)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/56 "2001-01-04T16:45:42Z")
**Diamud** and **Sigmundex** – Ahh, yes. The very fetching [Loonette](http://www.bennysmart.com/). I always thought she was quite the cutie as well. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/57 "2001-01-04T17:07:46Z")
[Allyson Hannigan.](http://alyson.actressarchives.com/) Infact, even more than Sarah Michelle Gellar, or Britteny or Christina… mmmmm… willow… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/58 "2001-01-04T17:18:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*I find most lesbians attractive. You know, the boyish, sometimes downright masculine kind? So I’ve always thought Ellen DeGeneres was really hot. > > I don’t know of any other male who does at all. > \*\* Yoohoo! Over here! Unattainable rather than unattractive, I guess, but still within shouting distance of the OP. I’ve had some serious crushes on gay women. All those East German olympic athletes from the 70’s and 80’s, but maybe that was the steroids, not their being gay… ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/59 "2001-01-04T17:35:48Z")
Really tall female basketball players. I also like really short, petite women 5’ and under. As for one person…hmmm… I had a nerdy friend who became a hot shot women exec, and she was a total nerd. But something about her nerdiness really got me jazzed up. Like, I could see that with a makeover she’d be smokin’. If she ever tried, she be dead sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879/60 "2001-01-04T17:44:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \* > \*\*Norm McDonald - in a strange, quirky, boyish way. \*\* Ditto. He looked great on Celebrity Millionaire. What is it about the lighting on that show?? Others: David Letterman, Drew Carey, Phillip Seymour Hoffman (ever since “Twister”), and Ben Folds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patently-unattractive-yet-sexy-appealing-anyway/47879.md?page=4)