# Single Doper and Nerd Hookup Thread and Cotillion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/61 "2004-05-12T19:36:52Z")

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What, is every man in California taken??? What the heck are gals like **RainGrowsBrite** and I to do?

Any of you bastards move to within a 4 hour drive of San Diego, let me know. Until then, I’ll be over here in the corner nurturing my own brand of geekiness.

😛

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**Author:** ![petelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@petelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petelin)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/62 "2004-05-12T19:40:50Z")

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Hey **RainGrowsBright** , before you get the old “how _you_ doin?”, I have to ask…were the tears at the end of Friends perchance, tears of joy?!? If not, I suppose it can be overlooked, due to your love of Monty Python and the Big Lebowski quote.

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**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 12, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/63 "2004-05-12T19:45:14Z")

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> [@scout1222](#):
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> What, is every man in California taken??? What the heck are gals like **RainGrowsBrite** and I to do?

Well, you could…

No, no… must be good, must be good.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/64 "2004-05-12T19:59:19Z")

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And now to make a total fool of myself…

Single white male, 37, very tall, never even managed so much as a kiss, moderately geeky, seeks single 30ish female of gentle persuasion with a nice smile and sparkling eyes. As long as all the right bits are in the right places and of roughly proper proportions, it’s the woman inside that’s important.

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**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/65 "2004-05-12T20:01:22Z")

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I will put in a lil personal ad later, but for now I need to respond to this:

> [@Olentzero](#):
>
> Time flies! Doesn’t seem a minute  
> Since catsix’s UNIX box had an e-mail in it…

How nerdy does it make me that I want to add this:

_One night in Straight Dope makes the nerds go horny  
The dopes are funny but the posts ain’t free_

now back to studying for my abnormal psych final

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**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/66 "2004-05-12T20:01:43Z")

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Ah the Big Lebowski…

‘Also Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian American, Dude.’

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**Author:** ![CrazyMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@CrazyMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyMonkey)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/67 "2004-05-12T20:04:40Z")

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```auto

<GEEK Name=CrazyMonkey Sex=M Age=30 Location="Kalamazoo, MI" Occupation="Computer Programmer">
    <HOBBY Type=RPG Name="Dungeons and Dragons" Duration="6 years" />
    <HOBBY Type=CCG Name="Magic: the Gathering" Duration="10 years">
        <FACTOID Description="Just qualified for the M:tG Nationals for the first time - I'm very excited!" />
    </HOBBY>
    <HOBBY Type="Board Games" Name="Too many to mention" Duration=Forever>
        <FACTOID Description="I own more board games than socks" />
        <FACTOID Description="I've been known to go to bars - *to play Scrabble*!" />
    </HOBBY>
    <HOBBY Type=Techplay Description="Digital video/audio recording and editing" />
    <HOBBY Type=Sports Description=Basketball SkillLevel="Sucks rocks, has fun anyway" />
    <ENTERTAINMENT Type=Movies Likes="Sci-Fi, comedies, cartoons" Dislikes="Foreign Films">
        <FAVORITE Title="Star Wars" />
        <FAVORITE Title="The Princess Bride" />
        <FAVORITE Title="The Lion King" />
        <FAVORITE Title="Moulin Rouge" />
        <FAVORITE Title="Big Fish" />
    </ENTERTAINMENT>
    <ENTERTAINMENT Type=TV Likes="Watching TV shows on DVD" Dislikes="People who won't hang out because they have to be home at a certain time to watch a TV show">
        <FAVORITE Title="Buffy the Vampire Slayer" />
        <FAVORITE Title="Scooby Doo" />
    </ENTERTAINMENT>
    <ENTERTAINMENT Type=Music Likes="Rock/Rap/Pop/Alternative/Jazz/Blues/Classical" Dislikes="Country">
        <FAVORITE Title="Evanescence" />
        <FAVORITE Title="Tribe Called Quest" />
    </ENTERTAINMENT>
    <ENTERTAINMENT Type=Shows Likes="Concerts/Comedians/Magicians" Dislikes="Ballet">
        <FAVORITE Title="Evanescence" Location="Fort Wayne, IN" Year=2004 />
        <FAVORITE Title="Ice Cube" Location="Kalamazoo" Year=1992 />
        <FAVORITE Title="Phantom of the Opera" Location="Chicago, IL" Year=1991 />
    </ENTERTAINMENT>
    <PETS Likes="Dogs, cats, ferrets, fish" Dislikes="Snakes, spiders, mean dogs">
        <PET Type=Dog Name=Maggie Breed="Heinz 57" IQ="Approximately equivalent to a turnip" />
        <PET Type=Fish Breed=Oscar Quantity=2 />
    </PETS>
    <EVENT Type="Most Inappropriate Sexual Encounter" Location="Movie Theater" Title="Dr. Doolittle :eek: :confused:" />
    <EVENT Type="My 15 minutes of fame" Description="I briefly became a campus legend when paramedics were called to rescue my butt-naked unconscious body from the all-female freshman dorm" />
    <REQUEST Query="I'll be in Kansas City June 18-20 for M:tG nationals - it would be great to have someone to show me around a bit. :)" />
</GEEK>

```

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**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/68 "2004-05-12T20:09:32Z")

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You are so losing points for not writing that as a Perl CGI.

😛

HTML? C’mon dude, it’s time to step up with the big dogs and learn some serious languages. 😉

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**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:** [May 12, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/69 "2004-05-12T20:10:27Z")

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> [@scout1222](#):
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> What, is every man in California taken??? What the heck are gals like **RainGrowsBrite** and I to do?

You could move to the East Coast where single guys like myself can take you out and shower you with gifts. 🙂

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**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/70 "2004-05-12T20:23:55Z")

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Aw, Frank’s all the way on the other side of the state.

Why do so many guy geeks live in Philadelphia area?

Oh yeah, the Pittsburgh job market is fairly shitty.

BTW, **CandidGamera** , if you are here, check your e-mail.

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/71 "2004-05-12T20:31:34Z")

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> [@catsix](#):
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> You are so losing points for not writing that as a Perl CGI.

Perl? Feh. I should make a MySQL database with my stats, and use PHP to suck the data onto a dynamic Web page.

I did say that I was running Libranet Linux, right? You know, I have to check out Ikea in the Pitt …

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**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:** [May 12, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/72 "2004-05-12T20:38:03Z")

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> [@catsix](#):
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> Aw, Frank’s all the way on the other side of the state.
> 
> Why do so many guy geeks live in Philadelphia area?

Because of good public TV that shows stuff like Fawlty Towers, Dr Who, Red Dwarf, & the Red Green Show?

I will be going to the PADope gathering in Gettysburg on June 19. Stop out and say hi, as they will be plenty of single geeks for you to persue.

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**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/73 "2004-05-12T20:41:45Z")

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_/me gapes at **CrazyMonkey** ’s post._

Now _that’s_ nerdy!

> [@scout1222](#):
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> Any of you bastards move to within a 4 hour drive of San Diego, let me know. Until then, I’ll be over here in the corner nurturing my own brand of geekiness.

I’d like to hear some details on this particular brand of geekiness. Because I’ve seen **scout** ’s pictures on LiveJournal, and if those pictures even remotely do her justice, she’s a major cutie!

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/74 "2004-05-12T20:44:24Z")

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C’mon, **catsix** , don’t you know XML when you see it? 😉 I didn’t know there was a GeekCode dialect though…

> [@trublmakr](#):
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> It takes a couple years, but most people come to love the desert. It’s known as the “living desert” because there’s lots of plants and small trees…

Mmm… Sounds great.

> [@](#):
>
> Every single day, same blue cloudless sunny sky, hot as hell, and DRY as a bone.

get me out of this humidity get me out of this humidity, er, I mean, Hi!

I would not do well in Bangkok, I just know it.

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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/75 "2004-05-12T20:47:12Z")

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SWM, 30, SF Bay Area.

My geek cred? Well, I’m playing in the **Magic: The Gathering** pro tour this weekend (which just happens to be in San Diego… **scout1222** and **RainGrowsBrite** should take note if they’re looking for a venue with a truly hilarious excess of single geeky guys).

Also:  
-I write video games for a living.  
-The summer after 7th grade, we took a family vacation to Europe. Each family member got to pick one place in Europe they most wanted to visit. I picked **Legoland**. I stand by that choice. (Speaking of which, I have the enormous Lego Imperial Star Destroyer in my living room.)  
-I own the box set of **My So Called Life** on DVD  
-On August 29, 1997, I hosted a **Terminator 2** -watching party  
-I’ve seen the movie **Wayne’s World** so many times that I actually wore out the first videotape of it I owned  
-I have Bridge Master Points  
PS: **Draelin** : Bring it!  
-I conducted the pit orchestra for my college’s production of **Pippin**  
-I frequently post on the SDMB, and for my 1,000th post, I asked 100 super-tough trivia questions

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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/76 "2004-05-12T20:48:33Z")

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> [@MaxTheVool](#):
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> -I have Bridge Master Points  
> PS: **Draelin** : Bring it!  
> -I conducted the pit orchestra for my college’s production of **Pippin**  
> -I frequently post on the SDMB, and for my 1,000th post, I asked 100 super-tough trivia questions

Ack. The PS was supposed to be at the end of that post, and was in reference to Trivial Pursuit. (You’d think a geek like me would know how to format an SDMB post… sheesh.)

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**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/77 "2004-05-12T20:52:44Z")

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> [@](#):
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> **elmwood** said:  
> I did say that I was running Libranet Linux, right? You know, I have to check out Ikea in the Pitt …

Oh it’s lovely. Huge and lots of furniture and there’s some really nice restaurants right near it if the Ikea cafeteria is not to your lik…

I’d be happy to show you around. I promise I am not a scary person and I have never been an old guy who retired to Florida.

[quote]  
**Sunsapce** said:  
C’mon, catsix, don’t you know XML when you see it?

[quote]

I don’t write it, so to me it looks like HTML. I speak C, C++, Perl, Java, VHDL, 80x86 asm, 6811 asm, a wee bit of SQL and I’m working on PHP.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/78 "2004-05-12T20:53:11Z")

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Isn’t Legoland great, **Max**? I finally made the Great Pilgimage to Billund in 2000 (it only took me 35 years to get there), and it was worth every crown. I can even describe how to get there on the bus! 🙂

I still have all my Legos…

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/79 "2004-05-12T20:55:30Z")

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> [@catsix](#):
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> I don’t write it, so to me it looks like HTML. I speak C, C++, Perl, Java, VHDL, 80x86 asm, 6811 asm, a wee bit of SQL and I’m working on PHP.

:: bows before superior geek language cred ::

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**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/80 "2004-05-12T20:56:43Z")

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> [@MaxTheVool](#):
>
> Ack. The PS was supposed to be at the end of that post, and was in reference to Trivial Pursuit. (You’d think a geek like me would know how to format an SDMB post… sheesh.)

I was wondering what I had to bring to see _Pippin_. 🙂 And next time I’m in California, you’re _on_!

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