# The guess the Doper's age thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857 "2008-01-01T01:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/21 "2008-01-01T05:34:23Z")
Sure, I’ll play. **Tesseract,** 40, but looks in great health. **Helen’s Eidolon-** 26, nice little prankster grin. **Erinpuff** - 24…maybe, I think probably younger, more like 20. **The Sarge** , I know his age, but can’t remember how I know. **Robot Arm-** 42. Hard to tell though, he’s so pale in the picture… \*\*Aesiron-\*\*32. Pretty sure you’re the guy. **E. Thorp,** you’re tough to tell in the pic. You could be 22, but you could be 42. **Drain Bead,** 28. Nice green eyes. **Hockey monkey** , 37-38-39. Dimples get you bonus points. **Queen Bruin** -28. Smile! And myself. About 2 weeks ago. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/8190/8114564500_d51192c5c8.jpg "dahfisheroo") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/41983136@N00/?saved=1) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/22 "2008-01-01T05:39:29Z")
**E. Thorp** got my age right. I’m the 25 year old Kevin Smith(?) lookalike. I have to say I’m pretty surprised by all the 30+ guesses as very few people have ever told me I look older than I am and I’m guessing it’s due to the goatee. I probably look more my age [in](http://panther.is1.okcimg.com/users/440/314/4403156651177033841/p1189038291.jpg) [these](http://panther.is0.okcimg.com/users/440/314/4403156651177033841/p408912640.jpg) [pictures](http://panther.is0.okcimg.com/users/440/314/4403156651177033841/p583441880.jpg), all of which are within six months of the first picture. My guesses: **tesseract** – 44 **Hal Briston** – 39 **SSG Schwartz** – 37 **Queen Bruin** – 27 **fisha** – 29 \*\*Robot Arm, \*\ ***E. Thorp** , and \*\*Hockey Monkey \*\* – 32 I didn’t include **Helen’s Eidolon** , **ErinPuff** , and \*\*Drain Bead \*\* 'cause I already know their rough ages. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/23 "2008-01-01T05:43:26Z")
37 is close enough, I am actually 39. Happy New Year all. And **fisha** , I seem to remember you posting your age at some point. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/24 "2008-01-01T05:46:41Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] **E. Thorp** got my age right. I’m the 25 year old Kevin Smith(?) lookalike. I have to say I’m pretty surprised by all the 30+ guesses as very few people have ever told me I look older than I am and I’m guessing it’s due to the goatee. I probably look more my age [/QUOTE] Those pictures make you look a lot younger than the first. I almost included multiple pictures, but figured, nah, just do the most recent. Sorry I missed \*\*Hal \*\*on the first go 'round. I’d say 36. **Sarge** , yeah, I’ve posted it a couple of times, I think pretty recently, too. But if you guys look it up first, it’d be cheating. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/25 "2008-01-01T05:58:21Z")
Of the four I posted, my initial picture is the most recent and what I most currently resemble. The other three range from February to June, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/26 "2008-01-01T06:00:56Z")
**Aesiron** , I’d have guessed you were about 27. **fisha** , you seem 32 to me. **SSG** , you do not look 39 to me. I’d have guessed early 30s. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/27 "2008-01-01T06:06:21Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] **SSG** , you do not look 39 to me. I’d have guessed early 30s. [/QUOTE] Thanks, and you look HAWT in that picture. I would guess your age, but I cheated and looked. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/28 "2008-01-01T07:25:30Z")
I’m good at this… \*\* tesseract\*\*-46 **Helen’s Eidolon** -37 **ErinPuff** -32 **SSG Schwartz** -47 **Robot Arm** -35 **Hal Briston** - I know you’re about my age, because I have seen that picture of you in the 80’s. I pull it out whenever I need a good laugh! So I’m going to say 40. **Drain Bead** -35 **Hockey Monkey** -42 I tired now. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/29 "2008-01-01T07:30:31Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] 37 is close enough, I am actually 39. Happy New Year all. And **fisha** , I seem to remember you posting your age at some point. SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] Oh. Oops. You know I’ve been drinking, right? ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/30 "2008-01-01T08:26:55Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] **E.Thorpe** , 19 [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=fisha] **E. Thorp,** you’re tough to tell in the pic. You could be 22, but you could be 42. [/QUOTE] Heh. I’m 40. Most people guess I’m younger than I am, but recent gray hairs (not obvious in the pic) mean I get carded less than I used to. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/31 "2008-01-01T08:55:46Z")
[QUOTE=E. Thorp] Heh. I’m 40. Most people guess I’m younger than I am, but recent gray hairs (not obvious in the pic) mean I get carded less than I used to. [/QUOTE] I must humbly agree with my distinguished thread killing collegues. When I saw your pic I was struck with a “what the heck” as well. You’re either in your forties, or you were fourteen. I couldn’t tell. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/32 "2008-01-01T09:00:43Z")
This is the perfect excuse to pull out all my strangest looking pictures! Get ready to giggle, friends. [Standard photo for these kinds of things](http://pics.livejournal.com/msmcknittington/pic/0001axbw/g12) [The pain, the pain!](http://pics.livejournal.com/msmcknittington/pic/0001c0k2/g12) [The horrors of pincurls gone awry](http://pics.livejournal.com/msmcknittington/pic/0000q8tz/g6) [Newest hair](http://pics.livejournal.com/msmcknittington/pic/00043ftd/g12) [Mmm, bulgey neck](http://pics.livejournal.com/msmcknittington/pic/00053wwb/g12) (People who know can’t guess. That’d be cheating, folks.) ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/33 "2008-01-01T09:22:26Z")
I’m bad at this game, so bear with me here. **tesseract** , no way you’re 50. You look like you’re in your mid- to late thirties. (This is where she reveals she’s actually 22.) Either way, you look great. **Helen’s Eidolon** , you look like you’re around 24-26. **ErinPuff** , early 20s, for sure. **SSG Swartz** , I remember you saying how old you are in other threads, so I will not answer. **Robot Arm** : 18 months. **Aesiron** : 90 if you’re a day! 😛 **Hal** : Early to mid 30s. 34? **Drain Bead** : 30? 33? **E. Thorpe** : 35? **Hockey Monkey**. . . is a girl. A very pretty girl with great hair. In her late 30s? 36? 37? **Queen Bruin** : 23? 24? **fisha** : 32? I think that’s everyone. Sorry if I missed you! All my pictures are from within the last year, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/34 "2008-01-01T09:39:19Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] This is the perfect excuse to pull out all my strangest looking pictures! Get ready to giggle, friends. [Standard photo for these kinds of things](http://pics.livejournal.com/msmcknittington/pic/0001axbw/g12) [The pain, the pain!](http://pics.livejournal.com/msmcknittington/pic/0001c0k2/g12) [The horrors of pincurls gone awry](http://pics.livejournal.com/msmcknittington/pic/0000q8tz/g6) [Newest hair](http://pics.livejournal.com/msmcknittington/pic/00043ftd/g12) [Mmm, bulgey neck](http://pics.livejournal.com/msmcknittington/pic/00053wwb/g12) (People who know can’t guess. That’d be cheating, folks.) [/QUOTE] You’re on the list now too. Actually you were already on the list, I remembered you from a pic thread awhile back. Damn, I only have one more seat in my car now. Oh, and 27. Since I am having so much fun at everyone else’s expense I guess I should play as well. [Here is I](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/304923571_73f798bd5c.jpg). As you can see, I am thoroughly protected from the alien death rays. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/35 "2008-01-01T09:45:11Z")
While I make no secret about how old I am around these parts, why not? [Me on Christmas.](http://a71.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/57/l_45844d9a87a972bdaa26222295abe3de.jpg) And, Hell! [Me about 20 minutes ago heh.](http://a982.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/85/l_4ef7ddde0adbb37a5ae628f6c353804d.jpg) I’m a horrible guesser of ages- so no one be offended! \*\*tesseract, \*\* about 40, but a good 40. **Helen’s Eidolon** , I probably should know, but I don’t. 26? **ErinPuff** , 33. **SSG Swart** z, I’m too lazy to log in to Google to see your album ☹ . heh **Robot Arm** : 35. **Aesiron** : Another one I should know, but don’t. 27? **Hal** : 38. **Drain Bead** : 29. **E. Thorpe** : 32. \*\* Hockey Monkey\*\* 37. **Queen Bruin** : 24. **fisha** : 36. **Miss Purl McKnittington** : 24. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/36 "2008-01-01T09:50:21Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] You’re on the list now too. Actually you were already on the list, I remembered you from a pic thread awhile back. Damn, I only have one more seat in my car now. [/quote] Ha! You’ll have to get a minivan. Very classy, all the ladies will love it. > [@](#): > > Oh, and 27. Ouch. I think I need a facial. You are . . . I know. You recently confessed your age in a thread somewhere. You are older than me by a few years. **Diosa** , I know how old you are, too, because I find you entertaining and am internet stalking you in a non-obsessive, non-aggressive fashion. P.S. You are very close to my true age. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/37 "2008-01-01T11:39:46Z")
Can I have a re-do? I haven’t responded yet because I went to Wal-Mart for some guns. There’s no waiting period. JUST KIDDING. However, since I started the thread, I’m making up the rules, and I say if you want a re-do, you can have one. **Miss Purl** , can we get married? OK I’m just messing around, but I definitely won’t be wearing my hair like THAT anymore. However, I think it was more the face…augh (bad lighting?)…anyway OK here are my other [pictures](http://www.flickr.com/photos/22423634@N08/?saved=1) and of course my guesses: **Helen’s Eidolon** - 28 **Erinpuff-** 20. \*\*S Schwarz \*\* - 35 – I think I’m getting swayed by the comments – I read where you said 32 was off… **Robot Arm-** 33. I think I might be really bad at this. This is a hard one – the hood covers too much. **Aesiron** -30. **E. Thorp** 30 **Hal Briston** 28 **Drain Bead** 29… **Hockey monkey,** 38 **Queen Bruin** 27 \*\*Fisha \*\* 32 **Diosa** - 24 **Miss Purl** 24 ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/38 "2008-01-01T11:57:02Z")
[QUOTE=tesseract] Can I have a re-do? I haven’t responded yet because I went to Wal-Mart for some guns. There’s no waiting period. JUST KIDDING. However, since I started the thread, I’m making up the rules, and I say if you want a re-do, you can have one. **Miss Purl** , can we get married? OK I’m just messing around, but I definitely won’t be wearing my hair like THAT anymore. However, I think it was more the face…augh (bad lighting?)..anyway OK here are my other [pictures](http://www.flickr.com/photos/22423634@N08/?saved=1) [/QUOTE] Are you sure that’s you? Seriously, you don’t look at all like the same person in the first picture you linked to. ETA: **Robot Arm** , that’s totally not what I expected to see when I clicked on your link. Awesome costume! ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/39 "2008-01-01T12:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] Are you sure that’s you? Seriously, you don’t look at all like the same person in the first picture you linked to. [/QUOTE] Yeah, they are all me. I’m glad to hear that, though, because I think I look more like the second pictures. They are all from 3 months ago. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/40 "2008-01-01T12:36:56Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] Are you sure that’s you? Seriously, you don’t look at all like the same person in the first picture you linked to . [/QUOTE] And now I must agree with my distinguished Bostonian colleague. Early in this thread I reported that you looked older… bordering on old. In those pics you are gorgeous, seriously. In the van with you! (I feel like I may soon need a bus.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857.md?page=3)