# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/341 "2004-05-28T01:48:34Z")
So, **Max** –How _you_ doin’? (Or have I just been whooshed? IIRC, we exchanged a few e-mails a while back, but you never responded to my last message. I assumed that you had decided not to keep in touch with me.) When I said I wanted someone willing to discuss Life, the Universe, and Everything, I meant the subjects, not just the book. I’d be a little nuts to be basing a relationship on a single novel, don’t you think? And I really, really recommend the Firesign Theatre. Have you simply never heard anything they’ve done, or do you truly not like their work? ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/342 "2004-05-28T07:58:40Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > No, you didn’t kill it… it’s been waning for a while now. All use geeks have made our grandiose plans for meet-ups that, sadly, we’ll never follow through with because there’s an episode of Star Trek on that evening that we’ve only seen nine times. Heck, I’d gladly skip some rerun for some fun out with someone cool. So far, all the S\_F entries I’ve seen in this thread appear to meet that criteria. And, in just the latest example of me being late to the game, **MaxTheVool** has already proposed to **Scribble**. And to think I was so close. Ah, well… ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/343 "2004-05-28T13:27:19Z")
> [@Lobelia Overhill](#): > > Am I late? > > SWF 39, no kids, non smoker, non drinker, 6’2", 40DD’s, long dark brown hair. Likes cats, dogs, horses and dolphins. Spends hours online everyday writing posts in annoying fonts and colours, collects DVD’s … But do you have a pulse? If so, tell me about your DVDs (and no, that’s not a typo) … ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/344 "2004-05-28T17:14:15Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > So, **Max** –How _you_ doin’? (Or have I just been whooshed? IIRC, we exchanged a few e-mails a while back, but you never responded to my last message. I assumed that you had decided not to keep in touch with me.) (responded via email) (I point this out lest anyone thing I’m ignoring a HotDoperNerdWoman of **scribble** ’s caliber) (Oh, and **SpiralScratch** : Nyah Nyah Nyah 🙂 ) ( not that she lives in the bay area, as far as I know ) ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/345 "2004-05-28T17:42:53Z")
No, I am not in the Bay area. I’m in central Ohio. I’ll be moving in about a year, though, after I graduate. Actually, I hope I’ll be graduating and moving sooner–like, by March of next year. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/346 "2004-05-29T16:57:02Z")
**Vanilla** –See, you didn’t kill this thread. I did. **SpiralScratch** –I know you’re out in the Bay area and that you’re not interested in Nerd Doper Chicks all the way out here in the midwest. But you do seem to have excellent taste in women. I find it hard to believe that the Bay area is devoid of cute femi-geeks. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/347 "2004-05-29T16:59:20Z")
Ecch–I’m not sure how I did this, but I hit “Submit Reply” before I was totally done typing. That last sentence should say, “I find it hard to believe that the Bay area is devoid of cute femi-geeks _who would be glad to go out with a nerd girl appreciator like you_.” ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/348 "2004-05-30T07:02:18Z")
**Max** …you haven’t written back to my last email, what happened? ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/349 "2004-05-30T12:03:24Z")
**Steve Wright** , you know full well I’ve had a crush on you since I started hanging out on this board. Oh, why not?! It’s Pentecost after all, so I’ll risk the pun. If I were in your bit of the world this Pentecost Sunday, I’d be more than happy to see if we could come up with a new meaning for “tongues of fire”😉 You’re my kind of geek! CJ ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/350 "2004-05-30T14:28:58Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Single Asian male, 29. Moving soon to Huntsville AL, having just obtained a Ph.D in astrophysics. Liberal, atheist. Avid bicycle rider with a preference for non-standard bicycles. Seeking an excuse to buy [this tandem bike](http://www.easyracers.com/ez_tandem.htm). So, **scr4** –How _you_ doin’? ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/351 "2004-05-30T15:33:32Z")
One day, I will fit everything I want to say into a single post. I won’t finish a post, hit “submit reply,” and then think, “Ah, crap! I wanted to say [fill in the blank], too!” **Elmwood** –Are you really only interested in women in Cleveland? I’m about 3 hours or so south and west of you, and you sound pretty cool. 😉 **KeithT** –How _you_ doin’? **Frank #2** –And how are _you_? **Hunter Hawk** –Sending a big, fat 😉 your way. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/352 "2004-05-30T18:06:03Z")
I live in a suburb to the north of Elmwood. I checked out **Frair Ted** s profile. Christian (Assemblies even!)-check beatnik-check former Bircher-check Republican-oops…darn! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/353 "2004-05-30T20:51:52Z")
> [@Siege](#): > > **Steve Wright** , you know full well I’ve had a crush on you since I started hanging out on this board. Oh, why not?! It’s Pentecost after all, so I’ll risk the pun. If I were in your bit of the world this Pentecost Sunday, I’d be more than happy to see if we could come up with a new meaning for “tongues of fire”😉 You’re my kind of geek! > > CJ It’s always nice to get these unsolicited testimonials … 😃 I hope some of you unattached ladies are listening … ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/354 "2004-05-30T21:46:22Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > **Hunter Hawk** –Sending a big, fat 😉 your way. Woohoo! Acknowledgement from a member of the opposite sex! Of course, being a geek, I’m now required to go run and hide. Lessee…other criteria… > [@](#): > > ISO a single or divorced guy Yep. > [@](#): > > who doesn’t smoke, Yep. > [@](#): > > doesn’t feel the need to go out drinking every weekend, Sorry, I’m into the indie music scene, and I’ll have a couple of drinks at shows most every weekend. > [@](#): > > and likes to discuss Life, the Universe, and Everything. So long as you don’t use that “So what are you thinking?” line, which is No Fair. > [@](#): > > Sarcastic sense of humor, Yep. > [@](#): > > Firesign Theatre fan a plus. Nope. Aware of their existence, never been exposed to any of their work. However, I am a fan of the League of Gentlemen–does that count? > [@](#): > > Political conservatives need not apply. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/355 "2004-05-31T00:10:11Z")
Well, since this thread has been bumped, I might as well put myself out there. I’ll try not to kill this thread like I have done to other threads before, but I can make no promises. SWF, age 19 in Texas. I’m 5’4", 140 lbs, with blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion and a good amount of freckles. Nerd credentials: I am a total music and movie nerd, I read whenever I can, and though I try to act humble when I win at Trivial Pursuit or Scrabble, those are some of my proudest moments. Also, I was in the nerd dorm my freshman year of college (it was technically the honors dorm, but really it was the nerd dorm), I am working on my mechanical engineering degree, and I am looking forward to when I will have my Dreamweaver software to learn further and play with on my computer. If there are still any interested nerd guys out there, I’ll post a longer profile, but right now I’ll just wrap up with a few basics- favorite movies: \*\*Brazil \*\* (obviously), **Head** , and **The Day the Earth Stood Still** ; favorite albums: \*\*Achtung Baby \*\* by U2, \*\*A Northern Soul \*\* by The Verve, and **Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space** by Spiritualized; and favorite books: **Slaughterhouse-5** by Kurt Vonnegut, \*\*The Trial \*\* by Franz Kafka, and \*\*Me Talk Pretty One Day \*\* by David Sedaris. I guess I am really more of a nerd-lite than a nerd compared to many people, but I have been known to develop crushes on nerdguys pretty easily, so anyone who is interested feel free to give me a howdy. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/356 "2004-06-01T19:47:49Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > Frank #2–And how are _you_? Smashingly well. Thanks for asking, m’dear. 🙂 Bugs, eh? While not high on my favorites list I do watch the occasional program on Discovery about all things crawly. The fishies interest me a little more, though. I did do the scuba diving once in Cozumel and I would love to get my certification if I could find a partner (it gets lonesome underwater). Ooh, I have heard some Firesign albums, but I don’t own any of them. Weird stuff, but mesmerizing in a bad movie sorta way. The only time I’m out around Ohio is for a car event (racing or show) but I could always make an exception for a DopeFest or other reason. 😉 Send me an e-mail whenever you want, I’ll be around. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/357 "2004-06-02T19:25:17Z")
> [@saramamalana](#): > > **Max** …you haven’t written back to my last email, what happened? Bloody hell, my email system is sucking recently. In any case, I’ve now attempted to email you again… (oh, and someone who is a bit younger and more Texan than myself really ought to hit on **Sam Lowry** , for the love of all that is decent in the world). ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/358 "2004-06-04T01:20:32Z")
> [@Frank #2](#): > > Smashingly well. Thanks for asking, m’dear. 🙂 Glad to hear it. > [@](#): > > The fishies interest me a little more, though. Fishies are pretty cool, too. So are some other weird-ola things that live in the sea. > [@](#): > > I did do the scuba diving once in Cozumel I’ve never scuba-ed, but I’d love to try it. What was it like? > [@](#): > > Ooh, I have heard some Firesign albums, but I don’t own any of them. Weird stuff, but mesmerizing in a bad movie sorta way. So I take it you don’t like them? Not at all? Which albums (or CDs) have you heard? As with any long-standing group, some of the stuff they’ve put out is really wonderful, and other things they’ve done aren’t quite so good. Did you check out _Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death_? If not, then I’d say you might want to consider at least checking them out before you decide that FT truly isn’t for you. ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/359 "2004-06-04T06:42:44Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > **SpiralScratch** –I know you’re out in the Bay area and that you’re not interested in Nerd Doper Chicks all the way out here in the midwest. But you do seem to have excellent taste in women. > > I find it hard to believe that the Bay area is devoid of cute femi-geeks who would be glad to go out with a nerd girl appreciator like you. Aw, shucks… Yeah, they exist out here. It’s just a matter of finding someone cool who’s not already in a relationship. Unfortunately, there seems to be more guys like me here than there are women like you. Ah, well. I can be patient. Besides, I like having a good time with anyone. Geography doesn’t mean so much over the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/360 "2004-06-04T07:12:32Z")
A few weeks ago, I might have been posting in this kind of thread… not liking my chances, but I would have. Now, I don’t think S. would like it very much if I did. Besides, I’m not very geeky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741.md?page=19)