# SexyMeter!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294 "2001-07-21T04:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/1 "2001-07-21T04:45:31Z")
[sub]This comes from a comment made by **pldennison** in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=78776). [/sub] And now, on with the show! This is the _SexyMeter_, so post here what you think ranks highest and lowest in terms of sexiness… Guys with blonde hair. +10 Guys who bleach their hair blonde. -5 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/2 "2001-07-21T04:53:31Z")
Women who wear glasses. +5 Women who think Dorothy Parker was still pretty cool, even if she was wrong about the glasses thing. +5 Women who say “Dorothy who?” -10 ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/3 "2001-07-21T06:36:04Z")
Guys who wear glasses. +10 Guys who contacts instead of glasses. -5 ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/4 "2001-07-21T18:33:37Z")
Women in stuff that could have been bought anywhere or less than $20: +5 Girls with glasses: +10 Women in suits: +5 (strangely contradictory to the first one, but suits with pants just rule) Women with tattoos: +5 Women with make-up: 0 Women with make-up that can be messed up like “Wet Paint”: -10 Being female in the first place: +5 Though I’m just…barely…bisexual, anyone who resembles Brad Pitt: +2. :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![rugby007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@rugby007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rugby007)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/5 "2001-07-21T19:00:39Z")
Women who wear (matching) sexy lingerie under shorts and a t-shirt of blue jeans and a sweat shirt: +12. Redheads: +35. Smokers: -40. Cookie-cutter blondes: -25. Women with pierced faces: -27. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/6 "2001-07-21T19:04:49Z")
Men who can play a musical instrument well. +9 Men who play the fiddle well. +10 (personal thing) Men who cannot play any musical instrument. 0 Men who think they can play a musical instrument well but are actually very bad at it. -10 Men who wear linnen shirts. +7 Men who wear any type of loose trousers. -5 I am strange, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Rossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@Rossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/7 "2001-07-21T19:25:39Z")
Women who smoke: -100 Women with pierced eyebrows: -5 Brunettes: +2 Women who play guitar: +5 Women who look good in BDUs: +8 Very intelligent women: +10 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/8 "2001-07-21T22:14:33Z")
Glasses: +10 little to no makeup: +10 accent: +10 any natural red in hair: +15 These apply to either gender. I friggin’ melt for accents. ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/9 "2001-07-21T22:53:34Z")
_1-10 scale, with some exceptions_ Women with breast implants. **-10** Women with hairy nipples. **-666** Women with no college education. **-5** Women with long curly hair. **+5** Women that are shaved.(not head) **+8** Women with stretch marks. **-5** Women that have tatoos. **-7** Women with really smelly farts that think its funny to unleash hot furry while under the covers in bed. **-10** Women with fucked up teeth. **-8** Women who like monkeys. **+5** Women who take my credit card to go buy groceries and come home with a bag full of clothes and really stupid looking shoes from Sax Fifth Avenue. **-100** Women with little “poochy” tummies. **+6** That’s abou tit. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/10 "2001-07-21T23:51:36Z")
A man who looks like a Ken Doll -50 A scruffy guy +50 A goatee +25 A full beard -50 A guy who knows music +50 A guy who thinks Celine Dion is music -1000 A guy who can put up with me +1,000,000 ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/11 "2001-07-22T00:19:21Z")
Goatees- +10 Pierced navel- -50 Pierced nipple(s)- +50 Dark hair and Dark eyes- +20 Bleach blonde hair with dark roots- +50 Guitarist or drummer- +10,000 Likes Kittie- +50 Likes Rancid- -100 No musical ability- -100 Looks like Dave Navarro or David Silveria- +200 Finds Britney Spears attractive- -100,000 (my last boyfriend compared me to her constantly. ex: If you cut your hair you’d look just like Britney!) damn him to hell… ~Kittie ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/12 "2001-07-22T18:55:51Z")
Self assuredness +25 Self awareness +25 Whiney -25 Other than those, most anything goes. ---
**Author:** ![rugby007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@rugby007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rugby007)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/13 "2001-07-22T19:04:04Z")
A woman who has discovered the undeniable power of stockings and high heels: +7500. Women who refer to their genitals as “down there:” -27. Self-confidence: +5000. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/14 "2001-07-23T00:25:03Z")
girls in overalls +15 British accents +10 likes NASCAR -25 doesn’t like “The Godfather” -30 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/15 "2001-07-23T01:46:26Z")
Smart +5 Smarter than me +5 Let’s me know it +5 Constantly -20 Fun +5 Can tell a joke +5 Can tell dirty jokes +5 Shoots pool +5 Can beat me in pool +5 Let’s me win -15 Smokes or drinks too much -10 Reads +5 A lot +5 Can discuss what they’ve read +10 Can discuss world events +5 Intelligently +10 Has an opinion +10 Can accept that mine might be different +10 Can speak multiple languages +5 Okay, now the physical… Full lips +5 Pretty eyes +5 Brown eyes +5 Brunette +5 Red head +5-10, depends Blonde -10, but mysteriously, some dirty blondes +5 Looks good in soccer shorts +10 Silicon -10 ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/16 "2001-07-23T02:19:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*Smart +5 > Smarter than me +5 > Let’s me know it +5 > Constantly -20 > Fun +5 > Can tell a joke +5 > Can tell dirty jokes +5 > Shoots pool +5 > Can beat me in pool +5 > Let’s me win -15 > Smokes or drinks too much -10 > Reads +5 > A lot +5 > Can discuss what they’ve read +10 > Can discuss world events +5 > Intelligently +10 > Has an opinion +10 > Can accept that mine might be different +10 > Can speak multiple languages +5 > Okay, now the physical… > Full lips +5 > Pretty eyes +5 > Brown eyes +5 > Brunette +5 > Red head +5-10, depends > Blonde -10, but mysteriously, some dirty blondes +5 > Looks good in soccer shorts +10 > Silicon -10 \*\* Hey there from this smart, smarter than you, did you know I am smarter than you?; fun, funny, “One time a guy and a legless hooker walk into a bar…”; pool shooting, addicted book reader who can discuss what she reads, intelligently, opinionated, open-minded, spanish-speaking, full-lipped, blue eyed, brunette, totally natural soccer player!! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/17 "2001-07-23T03:10:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > > > > \*\* > > \*\* > Hey there from this smart, smarter than you, did you know I am smarter than you?; fun, funny, “One time a guy and a legless hooker walk into a bar…”; pool shooting, addicted book reader who can discuss what she reads, intelligently, opinionated, open-minded, spanish-speaking, full-lipped, blue eyed, brunette, totally natural soccer player!! \*\* Rats! I _knew_ I shouldn’t have gotten married 11 years ago to that slacker who only scored 90! ☹ [sub]I only scored 10 on yours[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/18 "2001-07-23T04:40:53Z")
Awww…okay let’s see if you can rack up the points here: blonde +10 blue eyes +10 soccer fan +5 football fan +10 can talk about football intelligently +10 without trying to make me look like a “stupid female” +100 and never asking me to get him a drink +50 who wears glasses +10 and reads +5 and posts on the SDMB or at least reads it +5000 who has a name something like “ **ShibbOleth** ”… +1,000,000 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/19 "2001-07-23T05:26:03Z")
Brains +5 Red Head +35 Green Eyes +10 Loyalty +5,000 Puts up with Bad Puns +5,000 Makes Worse Puns +5,000 Finds Brad Pitt useful for .44mag target practice +5,000 Comparable Musical Tastes +20 Likes Baldness +1,000 Intelligent +100 Backrubs +10,000 (slight pause for backrub - Juliana) (Oh… where am I? Oh yeah!) Likes taking the “Road Less Traveled” +10 Likes Science Fiction +50 Likes RPG’s +15 Likes Star Trek +15 Thinks dressing up in Uniform is fun +15 (time out for another backrub…) (back… sorry) Follows Current Events +5 Understands Saint Zero’s thought patterns +1,000,000 Good Speller/Proofreader +50 Completes Impromptu Filks SZ starts +50 Finds Overweight, Balding, Greying (ACK!), unemployable Science Fiction Geeks Sexy +500 Handles Intelligent Conversation +15 Doesn’t go “Huh?” when I mention Ancient Computers +50 Used an Amiga +500 Thinks Pop Culture is a symptom of a diseased Civilization +50 Smokes/Drinks/Druggie -1,000,000,000,000 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294/20 "2001-07-23T17:16:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\*Awww…okay let’s see if you can rack up the points here: > blonde +10 > blue eyes +10 > soccer fan +5 > football fan +10 > can talk about football intelligently +10 > without trying to make me look like a “stupid female” +100 > and never asking me to get him a drink +50 > who wears glasses +10 > and reads +5 > and posts on the SDMB or at least reads it +5000 > who has a name something like “ **ShibbOleth** ”… +1,000,000 > > 🙂 \*\* Wow. How flattering! Just let me…um… :searchs in backpack for blonde _Lee Press-on-Hair[/sup]_ There…perfect! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexymeter/73294.md?page=2)