# SMS flirting **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256 "2004-04-27T08:19:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nakarama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/54ee81/32.png) [@nakarama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nakarama)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/1 "2004-04-27T08:19:31Z")
Ok, this one girl keeps sending very nice sms messages to my cell phone… I think my responses are pretty good, but I want to take initiative too… Thing is, I’m a writer… so I read everything I type 8 times, and then erase it because it’s not good enough. I’m used to doing that with the poems and lyrics I write… but right now I can’t seem to come up with something good. It might sound weird, but just call it writers block 🙂 Any ideas? What has worked for you in the past? Could you skip trough your sms messages looking for messages you received that made you happy? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/2 "2004-04-27T10:11:29Z")
This is such an appropriate thread for me at the moment! Last night, my boyfriend trawled through the UN website to find out approx. how many women there are in the world , so that he could send me a text telling me I was more wonderful than all (I can’t tell you the number - unfortunatley I cleared my messages last night!) of them! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nakarama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/54ee81/32.png) [@nakarama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nakarama)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/3 "2004-04-27T10:33:47Z")
hey thanks, that’s a good idea… I tried googling but only got lame results like “What is live ? Live is love. Whats love ? Love is kissing. Whats kissing ? Come here and I show you.” and “Hello, I’m a thief and I’m here to steal your heart!” - are they serious? people really send eachother that kind of crap? 🙂 (I do realize looking online for something to say is lame as well…) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/4 "2004-04-27T10:46:36Z")
Classically, Women and love for women are equatable with the good things in nature, life- the universe. Metaphors of love are reliable and boundless. Stock and cheezy, if the delivery is bad. See if that path goes anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/5 "2004-04-27T11:26:32Z")
I MAY ONLY BE A COMPUTER SENDING MESSAGES BACK TO YOU AT £1.50 A GO, BUT DAMMIT, I’VE FALLEN FOR YOU. That one made my toes curl. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/6 "2004-04-27T13:33:25Z")
Don’t be afraid to use the lingo “ou4art thou” etc 🙂 Express ideas simply. Think of short, one of puns… > [@](#): > > Last night, my boyfriend trawled through the UN website to find out approx. how many women there are in the world , so that he could send me a text telling me I was more wonderful than all (I can’t tell you the number - unfortunatley I cleared my messages last night!) of them! Awww, that’s so sweet Jenny. (Myself, I’d just make up a number slightly over 3bil :)) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/7 "2004-04-27T13:38:07Z")
Fncy A Fck? ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/8 "2004-04-27T13:38:42Z")
Hey, he’s nothing if not thorough! ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/9 "2004-04-27T13:40:26Z")
Erm, my last comment was not aimed at **jjimm** , silver-tongued devil that he is! ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/10 "2004-04-27T13:41:24Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > Hey, he’s nothing if not thorough! If I was being _thorough_ I’d give the value as a function of time\* so it doesn’t go out of date. Did I mention my girlfriends tend to be weird? \*It’d be exponential, so I’d only need a couple of data points ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/11 "2004-04-27T13:43:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Awww, that’s so sweet Jenny. (Myself, I’d just make up a number slightly over 3bil ) Which is, of course, exactly what he did 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/12 "2004-04-27T13:44:26Z")
at least thats what i’m guessing… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/13 "2004-04-27T13:47:28Z")
> [@garius](#): > > at least thats what i’m guessing… 😛 Whsst! Shutup! Jenny, you didn’t see that. He said it, not me! ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/14 "2004-04-27T13:48:41Z")
You’re such a cynic, **Garius**! He’d better not have done… ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/15 "2004-04-27T13:52:11Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > You’re such a cynic, **Garius**! > He’d better not have done… There’s ways of telling - you could look for the same info, see if the number he came up with is one of the numbers people are more likely to make up, say “I looked and there are actually 3,107,825,10_ **1** _ women! Who did you leave out??” ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/16 "2004-04-27T14:00:33Z")
Sorry **Jenny** - i just know thats what i’d do. 🆒 building on **shade’s** suggestion, send him back: You bastard! I looked and there are actually 3,107,825,101 women! Who did you leave out?! It was that bitch Kiera Knightley wasn’t it! I hate you! ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/17 "2004-04-27T14:10:28Z")
Right, ya’ buggers: "I used this website: [http://esa.un.org/unpp/](http://esa.un.org/unpp/) and then some rough calculations to allow for births/deaths etc. I tried the 15-49 age bracket but it didn’t sound as impressive. Doubters." I knew he wouldn’t lie to me 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/18 "2004-04-27T14:14:29Z")
ok, so which one of you posted a link to this on NADS? Or did you all just text each other about it? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/19 "2004-04-27T15:15:15Z")
> [@garius](#): > > You bastard! I looked and there are actually 3,107,825,101 women! Who did you leave out?! It was that bitch Kiera Knightley wasn’t it! I hate you! BTW, just in case it’s not clear, I made that number up. Also, I suspect the figures aren’t really accurate to 1000, though I don’t know what to read into that. > [@jennyrosity](#): > > I knew he wouldn’t lie to me While we’re on the subject of being cynical, if I’d made a number up and was called on it, I’d find the first cite available and then invent a few ‘adjustments’ so it couldn’t be checked… > [@Tir Tinuviel](#): > > ok, so which one of you posted a link to this on NADS? My theory is we’re drawn to flirt threads like [insert non-disturbing metaphor here] ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256/20 "2004-04-27T15:42:24Z")
And we’ve completely hi-jacked **nakarama’s** thread. Sorry. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sms-flirting/242256.md?page=2)