# Single Doper and Nerd Hookup Thread and Cotillion **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741 "2004-05-12T05:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/221 "2004-05-14T03:00:21Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Nice progression there, **Candid**. > > As I rapidly try to think of where another picture of me might be found… Thankee, thankee… I liked your picture… but why ‘nyet’ in the filename? Russian background? ::curious:: ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/222 "2004-05-14T03:05:30Z")
It’s just been my nickname in ‘real life’ for about the last 8 or 9 years. My mom’s family is Russian, but the friends who gave me that nickname didn’t know that. I have no idea why they started calling me ‘nyet’, but they did. And thanks for the compliment. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/223 "2004-05-14T04:02:32Z")
> [@Epimetheus](#): > > 27 single male in Kansas City, Mo, ISO an intelligent woman. Must enjoy museums, the zoo, parks and theater. Good conversation a must. Wit and humor a plus. > Bonus points if invovled in martial arts, marathon, backpacking or some other form of extracurricular activity. A love of science fiction and or fantasy is a must, as is the basic burning desire to learn, and an uncontrollable curiousity of how the world works. [cupid]Go to [match.com](http://match.com) and do a search for user name: “Champagnepurple”[/cupid] ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/224 "2004-05-14T05:05:05Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > You say that now, but it’s possible I forgot to mention the giant cardboard cutout of Buffy in my living room. Yes. Yes, you did. Now if it were a giant cardboard cutout of a wiwaxia… yer still cool tho 🙂 **av8rmike** , if you mean “women” don’t say “anybody”, you knucklehead. But thanks for the “nice guy” bit. **saramamalana** , a big giant smarmy “How _you_ doin’?” in your particular direction. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/225 "2004-05-14T05:10:05Z")
OK what the heck. SWM, 35, Network/Systems admin. Tall -6’5"ish, a little extra (or so) around the waist. Listen to blues/metal/most anything but rap and country. Currently reading my way thru Pratchett. Though anything sci-fi is good. I own Firefly on DVD, watch Futurama and Family Guy as much as possible, and know Han shot first. Played D&D since before there were “versions.” For physical activity I play softball, and, erm, watch baseball and hockey, and am a die hard Cubs fan. Looking for someone interesting and fun. And to go back to page one: So um, **MissTake** , what part of Minnesota are you from? And the obligatory _How you doin?_ ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/226 "2004-05-14T05:47:16Z")
Hey, I found a recent pic. I’m not as speckled in real life; you can blame my scanner for that. [Old picture](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/brahesilver/BSilver1.jpg) So young! So naive! [New picture.](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/brahesilver/BSilver2.jpg) I’m supposed to be smirking scholarly or something. I don’t know why. There’s a bad shadow under my chin that makes me look like I have a ZZ Top beard. Trust me, it’s shorter. Let me throw out a blanket “How you doin’?” to a lot of people. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/227 "2004-05-14T05:48:42Z")
So much for my coding. :: Sigh :: [Here’s](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/brahesilver/bsilver2.jpg) the new picture. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/228 "2004-05-14T08:12:48Z")
> [@Juniper200](#): > > May I take this opportunity to smile and bat my eyelashes at you, Ranchoth? Aww, shucks…you’re making me blush! [/quote] Offer you a drink over which we might criticise the inferior facial sculpts on the last line of _LotR_ figures? [/QUOTE] Tell me about it…the new Aragorn figures look like the ol’ son of Arathorn’s suffering from the Gout. That, or he had a run in with a steamroller. Well, at least they’ve (The LOTR figures) got pretty decent articulation…I mean, the McFarlane figures, for instance, look _great,_ but they’re practically stuck in the “Lorne Green Death Pose.” ---
**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:** [May 14, 2004, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/229 "2004-05-14T10:01:25Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Oh, and **Ava** , **PookahMacPhellimey**? I won’t say “How you doin,” but I WILL say…_“Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you!”_ > > I am a gentleman, after all. (Well…I try to be. I think I’m more Quasimodo than Henry Higgins.) Forgot to mention that I’m an independent type of woman…who nonetheless thinks gentlemanliness is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/230 "2004-05-14T13:02:44Z")
> [@sunfish](#): > > Hey there Geek Overlor- oops, **Ben,** I’m doing just fine. 😃 So you hung out with the bigwigs at HQ, eh? My little cubby hole is at GISS, a.k.a. the thorn in GSFC’s side. Little wigs, actually. NASA has people working on outer space, orbital space… and office space. Lucky me, I wound up in that last group, Facilities Management. My father is currently on contract at Goddard, so he’s probably heard of GISS. > [@](#): > > In looking over your first post here I see that I fit your minimum height criterion (I’m 5’7"), but fair warning - the words “geologist” and “fashion” are not generally known to be uttered in the same breath, so go easy on me. 😉 It so happens that my upcoming work schedule will have me in eastern PA on a regular basis, and I should be getting down to North Wales about once a month. So if you’re game, I’d love to get together and watch the ever-suave 007. In which case, **sunfish** , you’ve probably met rocks with a better fashion sense than I’ve got, even after a friend and I played a few rounds of _Fashionista’s Eye for the I.T. Guy_. If you’re a few steps above my “What’s clean?” and “I _think_ these go together,” you’ll do fine. Sure I’m game to get together. When are you next in North Wales? And which are your favorite Bond movies? Thanks **av8rmike** for reposting the Dope-a-Ween photo! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/231 "2004-05-14T17:49:08Z")
> [@Etherman](#): > > And to go back to page one: > So um, **MissTake** , what part of Minnesota are you from? And the obligatory _How you doin?_ I’m doing fine, for a Friday 🙂 I’m in a vaguely Minneapolis area, one of the many many 'burbs (but not 'burbish enough to be a 'Burb, and NOWHERE near cool enough to be considered The 'Burbs). Where in Iowa do you hail from? My dad, poor soul, is originally from Iowa. Can’t remember the city, though. I believe near Dubuque. Oh, and how _YOU_ doin’? (BTW, does being interesting AND fun have to be done at the same time? Whenever I have attempted it, I have injured myself. It’s not pretty. Truly) **Q.E.D.** , alas, I shall forever be a Minn-ee-soh-tan. Must have quixotic weather (sans hurricanes). Old guys wearing John Deere earflap hats. Sunday potlucks. Don’t get me wrong, Virginia is a beautiful state (what I can remember from going there 20+ years ago). ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/232 "2004-05-14T18:10:48Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > Like SANTA CLAUS??? cool Two years ago at Christmastime, while I was working, an adorable redhaired two-year old girl saw me & asked “Are you Santa?” I freakin’ melted! I occasionally see her & her parents shopping & we still stop to talk- she is a total trip! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/233 "2004-05-14T18:15:19Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > **Q.E.D.** , alas, I shall forever be a Minn-ee-soh-tan. Must have quixotic weather (sans hurricanes). Old guys wearing John Deere earflap hats. Sunday potlucks. Don’t get me wrong, Virginia is a beautiful state (what I can remember from going there 20+ years ago). Hey, you haven’t lived til you’ve been to a good, old-fashioned hurricane party, let me tell you. Besides, shovelling out from under four feet of snow hasn’t had any appeal for me since I was but a wee lad. Alas! Aren’t there any warm-weather geekettes about? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/234 "2004-05-14T18:21:28Z")
Wow, **catsix** … reddish hair, blonde stripe, and Russian? I must be in heaven! 😃 > [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Thanks **av8rmike** for reposting the Dope-a-Ween photo! Hey, I could’ve posted the one with you shirtless! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/235 "2004-05-14T19:14:20Z")
> [@](#): > > **av8rmike** said: > Wow, catsix… reddish hair, blonde stripe, and Russian? I must be in heaven! Well, you’re not in Iowa. 😉 Seriously though, I’m more of a geek than anything else. A geek with a really, really serious addiction to sushi, sashimi and sake. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/236 "2004-05-14T19:42:23Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Aren’t there any warm-weather geekettes about? 😃 Im surrounded with warm weather. However, quite distant from Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/237 "2004-05-14T20:35:05Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Why thank you. > > I am of course hoping I will get to see the mug of the beer geek soon. 😉 [Well, it’s funny that you put it that way…](http://students.cup.edu/gra7429/bill_mug.jpg)😛 Fresh as can be…from graduation last weekend! ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/238 "2004-05-14T20:54:31Z")
Aye, a respectable mug indeed! What’s the brew on the counter? I don’t recognize the label. ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/239 "2004-05-14T21:00:43Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > Aye, a respectable mug indeed! What’s the brew on the counter? I don’t recognize the label. As with the mug, the beer is from the Pennsylvania Brewery here in Pittsburgh. It’s their spring seasonal Marzen, a nice, malty sweet German spring style…quite good, actually (even at the bottom of the liter mug!) ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/240 "2004-05-14T21:19:35Z")
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