# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/161 "2004-05-13T14:43:04Z")
Say there, **av8r** , do you happen to like sushi or sashimi? ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/162 "2004-05-13T14:47:31Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Oooooh… You’re actually Lost In Sensless Parentheses! > > The Friday’s in town has meat and beer. Maybe we should get together and have some meat and beer sometime and discuss the virtues (and headaches) of OOD. > > Either that or have a rousing debate over which is better, stout or ale. Well, you had me at meat and beer ;). It would be a true pleasure to meet you at Friday’s sometime! Just let me know, either here or by e-mail, when it would be most convenient for you. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/163 "2004-05-13T14:49:41Z")
Sure thing. I work in Wash PA every Monday through Thursday, and have Friday off, so I’m in the neighborhood a lot. Perhaps in the next couple of weeks. I’ll definitely email you. ---
**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 13, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/164 "2004-05-13T14:51:25Z")
> [@beergeek279](#): > > Hmm…you mean like the ones that every last temp/contract job listing seems to have? > > Do you use Oracle or MySQL? I only learned PL/SQL this semester (and don’t know when I’ll use it again, but would love to do some low-level database work this summer) It’s like you’re reading my mind. Yeah, I’m a contractor type. Proprietary fun I’ve had includes OpenText’s Livelink’s OScript language (which wins an award for least documentation ever), and Gupta/Centura Team Developer. Oracle. I work at an Oracle shop. thinking of trying MySQL for personal use though. ---
**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 13, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/165 "2004-05-13T14:54:23Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Of _course_ the Canadian edition has math! If you don’t understand negative numbers, you die in winter here! We have to prepare somehow! 😃 I see. The challenge is met, sir. Go prepare. When come back, bring pie wedges. We shall get Don King to promote the event. "A bout that will splatter, your grey matter! " Let’s Get Ready to Reeeecallllll… useless facts and tidbits. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/166 "2004-05-13T14:57:35Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Say there, **av8r** , do you happen to like sushi or sashimi? Nigiri, maki, or just plain sashimi? 'Cuz I like 'em all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/167 "2004-05-13T15:00:57Z")
So I take it you know some good places in the general Baltimore vicinity? 🙂 I’m always looking for a good place to get my favorites (maguro and any variety of salmon) and try new ones too. ---
**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 13, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/168 "2004-05-13T15:08:26Z")
\ So… a warmup… Which of the following geopolitical entities did NOT change its flag after becoming independent of Britain? British Honduras British Columbia British Guiana British North America ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/169 "2004-05-13T15:12:50Z")
I’m not posting _nothin’_ about myself until someone fesses up to being in the Dallas, Texas area. Give or take a hundred miles … ---
**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 13, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/170 "2004-05-13T15:16:03Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > \ > > So… a warmup… > > Which of the following geopolitical entities did NOT change its flag after becoming independent of Britain? > > British Honduras > British Columbia > British Guiana > British North America Oh, we’re not going to do this here. But I believe it’s British Columbia. Since they even retained the ‘British’ part of the name. (I mean, what nation in it’s right mind would change it’s flag TO that? 😉 ) ---
**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 13, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/171 "2004-05-13T15:26:50Z")
You’re right. It would be too… discracting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![so\_da\_ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@so\_da\_ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/so_da_ne)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/172 "2004-05-13T15:35:33Z")
[hijack] > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **CandidGamera** > > (I mean, what nation in it’s right mind would change it’s flag TO that? ) Hmmm BC is a nation? I better see is my Canadian passport is ok to travel there or if I need a visa too 😃 [/hijack] ---
**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 13, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/173 "2004-05-13T15:41:55Z")
It’s a ‘geopolitical entity’. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/174 "2004-05-13T15:44:33Z")
I remember a professor (law and politics class) getting pissed off at the use of ‘nation’ because in his system of words it meant ‘a society that shares a culture’ rather than a ‘geographical area inside borders’. He preferred the term ‘nation-state’ to describe the bordered area… so a ‘nation’ of people could have a flag and be a nation without being a country, I guess. ---
**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 13, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/175 "2004-05-13T15:46:49Z")
Well, heck, Quebec’s always five microns from becoming it’s own nation, is it any wonder I referred to BC as such? 😉 ---
**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 13, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/176 "2004-05-13T15:53:11Z")
If it’s a group of people with a shared history and culture, it’s a nation. If it’s a group of people with a recongnised political system that can defend a shared patch of land, it’s a state. There are lots of nations without states: Kurds, the First Nations of Canda, Esperanto speakers… likewise, there are plenty of states that encompass more than one nation. Canada comes to mind. ---
**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 13, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/177 "2004-05-13T16:04:12Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Well, I suppose I should … > > SWF, 28, located in Northern NJ. Five feet even when the wind is right, definitely overweight, but in a curvy way (as opposed to a cellulite-spillover kinda way), red hair, brown eyes, smoker, mildly neurotic, but hey, who isn’t? Administrative peon is my chosen career–or at least the one I seem to keep gravitating to. > > Interests include movies, television, music, comics, reading, conversation, and just about anything else that keeps my ass in close proximity to my couch. Big fan of fantasy books, sci-fi movies, and any activity that lets me wear a bodice in public. Former RPGer with no one left to play with (and no idea how to make my own characters, really–I had a boyfriend for that, at the time), love trivia games and anything that lets me show off that I’m smarter than you. Ideal candidate is someone who can beat me at Trivial Pursuit about half the time. 🙂 Draelin you’ve got the best personal here that I’ve yet seen. Too bad about the geographical distance, though. Ever been to Kevin Smith’s comic shop? ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/178 "2004-05-13T16:04:29Z")
Back to the flirting! > [@catsix](#): > > So I take it you know some good places in the general Baltimore vicinity? 🙂 Only one or two within walking distance from my apartment. 😉 BTW, I’m in for the Central PA Dopefest, but that _may_ change. I’ll post if something happens. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/179 "2004-05-13T16:12:43Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Draelin you’ve got the best personal here that I’ve yet seen. Too bad about the geographical distance, though. Ever been to Kevin Smith’s comic shop? Thank you, thank you. Oh, and thanks for leaving me your DVD collection! 😃 Oddly enough, I’ve never actually been to the Secret Stash. I’ve driven past it late at night, and the Quick Stop. I blame the Garden State Parkway and it’s nefarious tollbooths. And the fact that I know I would begin selling everything I own to buy some of those comics. :rolleyes: ---
**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 13, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741/180 "2004-05-13T16:18:20Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Thank you, thank you. Oh, and thanks for leaving me your DVD collection! 😃 > > Oddly enough, I’ve never actually been to the Secret Stash. I’ve driven past it late at night, and the Quick Stop. I blame the Garden State Parkway and it’s nefarious tollbooths. And the fact that I know I would begin selling everything I own to buy some of those comics. :rolleyes: I plan to make a pilgrimage to the Secret Stash some year soon. If I’m feeling particularly saucy I’m going to arrange to have a Silent Bob costume and get a picture of myself standing in front of the Quick Stop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-doper-and-nerd-hookup-thread-and-cotillion/244741.md?page=10)