# Personal Ads: "Partner in Crime" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 4, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030 "2021-08-04T13:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/61 "2021-08-05T16:00:07Z")
Partners in crime are up for anything ![](https://c.tenor.com/DOZvNrid248AAAAC/edge-and.gif "Edge And GIF - Edge And Lite - Discover & Share GIFs") Hold my beer and watch this! ![](https://c.tenor.com/U-mChJ7gGvoAAAAC/bison-man.gif "Bison Man GIF - Bison Man Taunt - Discover & Share GIFs") Follow me it’s an easy walk down the trail. ![](https://c.tenor.com/jloquS3iWmMAAAAM/cliff-wife-fall-off-a-cliff.gif "Cliff Wife Fall Off A Cliff GIF - Cliff Wife Fall Off A Cliff Accident -...") ![](https://c.tenor.com/e0J4nugdkS8AAAAC/be-happy-make-memories-with-you.gif "Be Happy Make Memories With You GIF - Be Happy Make Memories With You Cliphy -...") ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/62 "2021-08-05T16:07:45Z")
> [@Roger\_That](#): > > Can anyone make this expression make any sense to me? Well, we’ve tried, and we all seem to agree, and you just keep arguing with us. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/63 "2021-08-05T16:46:11Z")
Don’t know. You’re a pretty argumentative bunch. Take @CairoCarol --I say “all similes are metaphors” and she comes back with a link that asserts exactly that point, so I say that I agree with her link, and she asks me to “at least click on my links,” and then proceeds to quote the part that supports what I told her in the first place. And I’m argumentative? ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/64 "2021-08-05T16:57:29Z")
Pretty good. So this is what my personal ad says as of now: “Do you want to walk with me down the trail of life, making memories along the way? Can you make me laugh, and are you sensitive to my needs, as I am sensitive to yours? Do you have an ear to lend, can you keep my secrets close? I love music, some types more than others, of course, and I’m equally comfortable dressing way up or just kicking back in a t-shirt and shorts. Most of all, I want someone who wants love, and who knows what to do with it. Are you my partner in crime?” Have I said anything? Tell me please, and I’ll edit it right out. This is just [GENERIC CONTENT-FREE PERSONAL AD] with some verbosity tossed in. You know absolutely nothing about the person who wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/65 "2021-08-05T17:06:15Z")
> [@Roger\_That](#): > > Do you have an ear to lend What the fuck do you want my ear for, creep? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/66 "2021-08-05T17:11:00Z")
> [@Roger\_That](#): > > So it couldn’t possibly include “I want someone who’ll sit at home with me on the computer 24/7 trolling websites with ridiculous garbage that annoys people while eating Cheetos”? That couldn’t possibly qualify as a partner in crime? I think it could. Did you guys not read this? ---
**Author:** ![Ranch\_Dip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranch_dip/32/5238_2.png) [@Ranch\_Dip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranch_Dip)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/67 "2021-08-05T17:33:11Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > OP is overthinking it. The term “partner in crime” is just a reference to having a close friend, confidant, someone you can share secrets with, etc. The term crime is not to be taken literally, or intended to mean anything illicit or adulterous. This. I have used the phrase “looking for my ride or die.” I am not looking for someone to ride with, or to die. I’m looking for that person I can hang out with and count on in the good or bad situations. Y’all need to get out more. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/68 "2021-08-05T17:48:35Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > > [@Roger\_That](#): > > > > So it couldn’t possibly include “I want someone who’ll sit at home with me on the computer 24/7 trolling websites with ridiculous garbage that annoys people while eating Cheetos”? That couldn’t possibly qualify as a partner in crime? I think it could > > Did you guys not read this? Oh yes. And drew the same inference I think you did as well. ---
**Author:** ![mjmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/69 "2021-08-05T17:54:51Z")
I disagree. You know a lot about the person who wrote it. That person thinks that bumper sticker philosophy is profound. That person thinks that cliches are meaningful. That person has little in the way of a real personality, and is waiting to be told by others what to like and what not to like. In short, you know that person is not someone you want to respond to. Lots of others, might find that person to be a good match. What is your true gripe here? That there are dumb people and sometimes they write things that they think are meaningful but turn you off? Ok. So noted. Presumably, the message at least sometimes result in those people meeting someone who also finds the post meaningful. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/70 "2021-08-05T18:03:52Z")
> [@mjmartin](#): > > Presumably, the message at least sometimes result in those people meeting someone who also finds the post meaningful. Chances are, the person they meet wrote, “Live, Love, Laugh!” and “Dance like nobody is watching!” in their dating profile. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/71 "2021-08-05T18:06:41Z")
Shoulda worked “Age is just a number” in there, too. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/72 "2021-08-05T18:34:21Z")
_So is IQ!_ ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/73 "2021-08-05T19:01:54Z")
\<\<\<\<\<\<\ **Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/74 "2021-08-05T20:00:00Z") > [@Roger\_That](#): > > Can anyone make this expression make any sense to me? We can explain it to you. But we can’t comprehend it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/75 "2021-08-05T20:02:46Z")
> [@Roger\_That](#): > > As to Omar Little’s point: I tossed out “someone you can share secrets with” in the OP. It’s still dumb. One of the elemental things about “partners in crime” is that’s who’s going to give you up to the cops whenever he gets caught. The last thing I’d want in a confidant–someone who has the goods on me, and can use them as a bargaining chip to keep his ass out of jail. You’re still overthinking it. It’s a common phrase that’s rarely actually used about illegal acts. > [@Roger\_That](#): > > Those are all separate offenses I suss out by reading their personal ads closely. Stop reading personals so closely. You’re reading A LOT into them. You’ve probably rejected some wonderful people over some extremely trivial stuff. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/76 "2021-08-05T20:05:51Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Stop reading personals so closely. You’re reading A LOT into them. You’ve probably rejected some wonderful people over some extremely trivial stuff. And how unfortunate for them. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/77 "2021-08-05T20:10:22Z")
Moderating: > [@Roger\_That](#): > > So it couldn’t possibly include “I want someone who’ll sit at home with me on the computer 24/7 trolling websites with ridiculous garbage that annoys people while eating Cheetos”? That couldn’t possibly qualify as a partner in crime? I think it could. This is a formal Warning for disregarding earlier moderator instructions to stop gratuitously insulting everyone in this thread who have offered their opinions to you about the meaning of the phrase “Partner in Crime.” * * * Further, I think this thread has run its course and reached the stage of little more than an exchange of personal insults. I’m therefore closing this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-ads-partner-in-crime/948030/78 "2021-08-05T20:14:25Z")
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