# Speaking Of Good Gene Pools; Think This Guy Has Problems Getting A Date? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444 "2008-04-30T05:55:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/1 "2008-04-30T05:55:18Z")
I had never seen a picture of [Andrea Casiraghi](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nettyroyal.nl/images/andrea.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nettyroyal.nl/andrea.html&h=400&w=267&sz=23&hl=en&start=1&sig2=8PnVX7J3G7d2vZGIenp9WQ&tbnid=nowDEkv2QdCWuM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=83&ei=SgcYSKeOJ5yggQPY_YiPDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAndrea%2BCasiraghi%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG), the son of Princess Caroline of Monaco. Think this kid has ever had a problem getting a date? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/2 "2008-04-30T06:03:14Z")
He could stand a hair cut, and I don’t usually prefer blonds. He does have one of those “classic” good looking faces. ---
**Author:** ![Thom\_Yorke\_s\_Left\_Eye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@Thom\_Yorke\_s\_Left\_Eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thom_Yorke_s_Left_Eye)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/3 "2008-04-30T06:49:15Z")
Whoa. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2008, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/4 "2008-04-30T07:13:07Z")
Heck, I’m a het guy, and _I_ want to ask him out. Or at least go down to the pub with him. Just so the hotness rubs off, mind. I do think the suit is a bit awkward; he looks like he’d be more comfortable like [this](http://www.sunspace.org/scott_long.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/5 "2008-04-30T07:17:15Z")
Honestly, I don’t really find him attractive ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/6 "2008-04-30T07:17:22Z")
You could be his wingman, and I’m betting the grenades you’d selflessly fling yourself on wouldn’t be so bad-looking, at that. Of course there’s not generally such a thing as an ugly prince, but he does seem a cut above the common herd. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/7 "2008-04-30T09:18:06Z")
“So what do you do?” “I’m a prince.” That ought to do it. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/8 "2008-04-30T12:42:48Z")
I’ll volunteer to be his wingman, just imagine the type of crumbs that fall off of _his_ table. Also I think “Oh me? I’m here with the Prince. Sure, I can introduce you.” would probably be a pretty effective pick up line ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/9 "2008-04-30T12:51:44Z")
A little too Fabio for my taste. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/10 "2008-04-30T13:16:27Z")
If you don’t look at his hair, only his face, he is very attractive. But I hate long hair on guys, so… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/11 "2008-04-30T13:21:55Z")
[QUOTE=nd\_n8] I’ll volunteer to be his wingman, just imagine the type of crumbs that fall off of _his_ table. Also I think “Oh me? I’m here with the Prince. Sure, I can introduce you.” would probably be a pretty effective pick up line [/QUOTE] Yeah. You’re probably looking at making do with a mere Miss World _semi_-finalist when you’re taking bullets for that guy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/12 "2008-04-30T13:22:40Z")
Meh. Too young, too pretty. Insufficient mileage. But he looks like he might be smokin’ hot in 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/13 "2008-04-30T13:33:46Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Of course there’s not generally such a thing as an ugly prince, but he does seem a cut above the common herd. [/QUOTE] Prince Charles of England. Unless you’re speaking gold-diggingly, that is. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/14 "2008-04-30T13:34:55Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Yeah. You’re probably looking at making do with a mere Miss World _semi_-finalist when you’re taking bullets for that guy. 😃 [/QUOTE] Dammit!!! Ah well, the sacrifices we have to make to help our fellow man. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/15 "2008-04-30T13:52:51Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Prince Charles of England. Unless you’re speaking gold-diggingly, that is. [/QUOTE] Well when I say “ugly” I mean “too ugly to get a date”, which I don’t believe was largely the case even for him. And really, harshing on Chuck is a little unfair unless you figure he shapes up badly next to the average rising-sixty. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/16 "2008-04-30T13:58:53Z")
[QUOTE=nd\_n8] I’ll volunteer to be his wingman, just imagine the type of crumbs that fall off of _his_ table. [/QUOTE] Then again he could be an insufferable ponce too, and then he’d end up as some sort of backwards wingman where the girls come to meet him, but then you end up apologizing for his behavior and then you get the pick of the crop while he settles for “cousin Brunhilda”. Think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/17 "2008-04-30T14:01:00Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Yeah. You’re probably looking at making do with a mere Miss World _semi_-finalist when you’re taking bullets for that guy. 😃 [/QUOTE] With that hair, he could _be_ a Miss World semifinalist. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/18 "2008-04-30T14:33:59Z")
I don’t care how pretty or rich or well-connected he is. One of his hobbies is “collecting Swatch watches”. Sorry, no thanks. I’m a Rolex-collector kinda girl. 😃 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/19 "2008-04-30T14:46:04Z")
[QUOTE=Mahna Mahna] One of his hobbies is “collecting Swatch watches”. Sorry, no thanks. I’m a Rolex-collector kinda girl. 😃 [/QUOTE] Well, that’s it then. I’m calling off the marriage. I have a rare\* promotional Swatch watch from Fido that I’d be willing to sell to him… for a chance to go to one of his parties and take a romantic bullet while picking up the crumbs from his table. Or something. (Did I get that right?) [sub]\*Fewer than a million made![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444/20 "2008-04-30T15:27:31Z")
He’s got a bit of a 1970s Pink Panther-extra look to him, but yeah, I don’t think he’s going to have a lot of trouble pulling, for a whole range of reasons. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-good-gene-pools-think-this-guy-has-problems-getting-a-date/447444.md?page=2)