# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/101 "2008-01-02T03:07:24Z")
Just got here so I’ll post my pics and come back later with guesses. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1097182428/in/photostream/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1097182428/in/photostream/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/1186/1096231127_654926f488_b.jpg "P1000273") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1096231127/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/1351/1096930606_f987ca1758_b.jpg "P1000266") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1096930606/) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1096287071/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1096287071/) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/102 "2008-01-02T03:08:16Z")
[QUOTE=fisha] Looking at some of the responses to my guesses, I think I need to quit doing this before you all get out the tar and feathers. Sorry if I have offended anyone. [/QUOTE] No offense here. Of course, in my case you shot slightly low. I went back and looked at yours. I’ll say ~28 with a nice smile. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/103 "2008-01-02T03:27:37Z")
[QUOTE=Glazer] Just got here so I’ll post my pics and come back later with guesses. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1097182428/in/photostream/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1097182428/in/photostream/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/1186/1096231127_654926f488_b.jpg "P1000273") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1096231127/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/1351/1096930606_f987ca1758_b.jpg "P1000266") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1096930606/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/1075/1096287071_59a68ec6bc_b.jpg "Jul04&02") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11336851@N04/1096287071/) [/QUOTE] 35, and not allowed on the van. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/104 "2008-01-02T03:28:06Z")
Here are my guesses - no guesses for people whose age I pretty well know. SSG Schwartz - 45 bbs2k - thanks! Robot Arm - 40 E. Thorp - 34 Hal Briston - 42 Hockey Monkey - 37 fisha - 33 DrCube - 26 Sublight - 38 Noone Special - 35 Gail - 36 Octalcode - 50 fachverwirrt - 27 QED - 37 interface2x - 26 Pixilated - 40 I’m sure my guesses were terrible. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/105 "2008-01-02T03:30:35Z")
[QUOTE=Octalcode] I’d love to guess, but I just can’t get past the eyes… [/QUOTE] Remarkable eyes, right? Just gorgeous! ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/106 "2008-01-02T03:32:30Z")
I’m 25, by the way, turning 26 this April. I think I pretty much look my age depending on how I dress and stuff. Last year, during my MA program, I did get mistaken for an undergrad student a few times. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/107 "2008-01-02T03:41:13Z")
**HazelNutCoffee** all I have to say is **CHO SEMI DA !** Sorry if I missspelled/used prase I havent been to Korea for 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/108 "2008-01-02T04:29:56Z")
You know, I didn’t expect the caliber of beauty most of us are showing here. I just sort of assumed we were all a bunch of nerdy, weird-looking folks; but no. I guess I need to participate in more Doper picture threads. 😉 And before the guesses start creeping up even higher, I’m 25. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/109 "2008-01-02T04:31:09Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] I’m 25, by the way, turning 26 this April. I think I pretty much look my age depending on how I dress and stuff. Last year, during my MA program, I did get mistaken for an undergrad student a few times. :smack: [/QUOTE] And you were hit on by a 12 year old. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/110 "2008-01-02T04:44:49Z")
[QUOTE=Glazer] **HazelNutCoffee** all I have to say is **CHO SEMI DA !** Sorry if I missspelled/used prase I havent been to Korea for 20 years. [/QUOTE] Oh, yeah? So’s your mom! I’m kidding. Were you trying to say joseumnida (good)? 😕 Either way, thanks for the compliment. I think. 😉 > [@bbs2k](#): > > And you were hit on by a 12 year old. Good Lord. I’d forgotten all about that. Stop digging up my sordid past, you. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/111 "2008-01-02T05:09:19Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Last year, during my MA program, I did get mistaken for an undergrad student a few times. On my first day of class in my first semester of college, I hit on an English teacher thinking she was a classmate. _Awkward!_ Thankfully, she wasn’t _my_ teacher. I would’ve just about died. ---
**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 2, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/112 "2008-01-02T06:10:24Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] On my first day of class in my first semester of college, I hit on an English teacher thinking she was a classmate. _Awkward!_ Thankfully, she wasn’t _my_ teacher. I would’ve just about died. [/QUOTE] I must know what phrase you used. It isn’t so bad if you gave her The Look, coupled with asking what time it is, but if you went full-out “Mmm, baby,” on her, that’s pretty bad. I would also like to tell everybody that I am 23 years old and plan on staying that age until my birthday in August. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/113 "2008-01-02T06:46:52Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] I would also like to tell everybody that I am 23 years old and plan on staying that age… [/QUOTE] (Yes, I realize I’m quoting out of context; I like \*my \*plans for you better than your own :)) This reminds me of my two favorite responses to “how old are you?” (Usually asked in an incredulous voice by people who realize that the 15-YO young lady with me is my _daughter_ :dubious: ): 1. “I’m closer to 30 than I am to 20” (which is technically true…) 2. “I’m 29, with 15 years of experience.” ---
**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 2, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/114 "2008-01-02T07:15:48Z")
Ha! My grandma’s been 29 since like 1968. So I find your misquote highly entertaining. My sister (who’s 31) has also sometimes been mistaken for my mother, so I found the guesses of 27 highly amusing as well. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/115 "2008-01-02T08:09:09Z")
You wanna know what weird is? Weird is being mistaken for your mother’s husband by adults and then being quite vocally reminded by your peers how much they would genuinely enjoy your mother in bed, generally in the same day. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/116 "2008-01-02T08:13:50Z")
**Really** weird is being mistaken for my wife’s **son** Yes, this really happened once! (before I grew the beard though. I honest-to-goodness looked about 16 then [about 7 years ago]) Oh, and she’s not older than me or anything… she’s 9 months younger, and looks her age. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/117 "2008-01-02T08:50:26Z")
[First pic taken with my digital camera about 9 months ago](http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v65/84/124/897385393/n897385393_196731_522.jpg) [Exploring the concept of myspacing photos](http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v108/84/124/897385393/n897385393_916784_6965.jpg) [Thanksgiving break 07](http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/innerstickler/n857525170_1710640_5831.jpg?t=1199262538) 'Kay, in reverse order: **Glazer** -40 **Nightingale** -35 **fachverwirrt** -40 **Pixilated** -35 **interface2x** -30 **QED** -35 **Chefguy** -45 (I, umm, I like multiples of five. They’re nice and orderly.) That’s all the age guessing I’ma do for now. I may do the rest of you later, I may not. I’m flakey that way and dial-up’s a bitch. I know you were all waiting on tenterhooks for that announcement. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/118 "2008-01-02T08:56:22Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] [First pic taken with my digital camera about 9 months ago](http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v65/84/124/897385393/n897385393_196731_522.jpg) [Exploring the concept of myspacing photos](http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v108/84/124/897385393/n897385393_916784_6965.jpg) [Thanksgiving break 07](http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/innerstickler/n857525170_1710640_5831.jpg?t=1199262538) [/QUOTE] Well, for starters that looks like 3 photos of three different people. Perhaps your myspace voodoo is a bit too strong. And the problem with the third photo is that you are only the second most attractive person in it. Median age for these three men you claim to be, 27. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/119 "2008-01-02T09:43:52Z")
n/m ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/120 "2008-01-02T09:52:47Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Well, for starters that looks like 3 photos of three different people. [/QUOTE] [:dubious:](http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/innerstickler/n799035391_1116978_985.jpg?t=1199267307) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857.md?page=7)