# What do we probably already know about you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 13, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577 "2006-09-13T18:28:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/61 "2006-09-14T23:26:06Z")
- I have a son and a man whom I love dearly. - I have two cats. Ditto. - I recently sold my art-gallery - I am NOT an artist. - I never had a religion, nor do I believe. - I’m dying of emphysema. - I’m a crazy left-winger except for this: I love America, Israël and Denmark. 😃 - I never could figure out how to make such a nice fat period at the start of a line. - I’m inventive. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/62 "2006-09-14T23:31:54Z")
I didn’t know about the emphysema, **gum**. I’m very sorry to hear that. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/63 "2006-09-14T23:45:35Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I didn’t know about the emphysema, **gum**. I’m very sorry to hear that. [/QUOTE] Thank you very much, **twickster** , you’re a sweetheart. I thought everyone probably knew about it. 🙂 It’s okay, I’m used to the idea by now. Now tell me how to make those fat periods at the start of a sentence. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/64 "2006-09-14T23:58:56Z")
[QUOTE=gum] Thank you very much, **twickster** , you’re a sweetheart. I thought everyone probably knew about it. 🙂 It’s okay, I’m used to the idea by now. Now tell me how to make those fat periods at the start of a sentence. 🆒 [/QUOTE] [ul] [li]Do you mean bullets?[/li][li]As in the list function?[/li][li]I think you mean bullets.[/li][li]Anyway this is how if that is what you mean. [/li][/ul] Hit reply on my post to see the coding. It is the [list] function with [li] to become bullets or fat periods. [/li] Jim ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/65 "2006-09-15T00:02:49Z")
I’m a guy. I work in an Archive. I watch a lot of movies. I’m skeptical that anyone’s noticed much beyond that. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/66 "2006-09-15T00:08:50Z")
[QUOTE=SurrenderDorothy] I’m fifteen [/QUOTE] Gaaaaaah!!111!! _Runs away like a dirty old pervert who has just been exposed_ ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/67 "2006-09-15T00:14:43Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] [ul] [li]Do you mean bullets?[/li][li]As in the list function?[/li][li]I think you mean bullets.[/li][li]Anyway this is how if that is what you mean. [/li][/ul] Hit reply on my post to see the coding. It is the [list] function with [li] to become bullets or fat periods. [/li] Jim [/QUOTE] [ul] [li] Ah. They’re called bullits?[/li][li] Thank you so much![/li][li] :)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/68 "2006-09-15T00:19:43Z")
[QUOTE=gum] [ul] [li] Ah. They’re called bullits?[/li][li] Thank you so much![/li][li] :)[/li][/ul] [/QUOTE] [ul] [li]By[/li][li]George[/li][li]I [/li][li]Think[/li][li]She[/li][li]Got [/li][\*]It[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/69 "2006-09-15T00:19:59Z")
[ul][_]I’m 22, blonde(ish) and female. [_]I’m (recently) married to **Only Mostly Dead**. [_]I’m a math teacher. [_]I’m cute (or so I’ve heard.) I love _Sports Night_.[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/70 "2006-09-15T00:32:23Z")
[QUOTE=El Perro Fumando] [ul][li]I’m 22, blonde(ish) and female. … [_]I’m a math teacher. [_]I’m cute (or so I’ve heard.) …[/ul][/li][/QUOTE] This of course demands a: Cite Please? ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/71 "2006-09-15T10:48:10Z")
• 41y/o • 6’2" • female • likes horses • … ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/72 "2006-09-15T11:13:12Z")
**Things you may already know:** [ul] [li]Female.[/li][li]Married.[/li][li]No kids, nor want any. (More than that; I actively avoid being in the company of babies and young children - I find snotty noses, sticky fingers and dirty nappies utterly repellent to the point where they taint my opinion of the child. Summary: not one of Nature’s ‘natural mothers’. :dubious: )[/li][li]Likes cats and mice, and wishes she could have a hamster (they’re not available in Australia). [/li][li]Not so keen on dogs, but don’t actively dislike them either.[/li][li]Employed as a Personal Assistant.[/li][li]Very overweight. (And the very \*opposite \*of **c[COLOR=DarkOrchid]ute[/COLOR]**.)[/li][li]Loves computer games.[/li][li]Reads a lot; fantasy and comedy in particular.[/li][li]Suffers badly from periodic depression, but trying to work around it.[/li][li]Wants gay marriage legalised - preferably throughout Australia, but I’d settle for even just South Australian politicians pulling their heads out of their collective asses…[/li][li]Atheist, but not militant about it. (And I’m quite happy for other people to have faith; I wish I could, but it’s just not something that makes sense to me.)[/li][/ul] **Things you may NOT know:** [ul] [li]Not actually very bitey, and generally hard to provoke. (But not adverse to using the Ignore function on people who deserve it, either.)[/li][li]Often guilty of pre-judging obviously religious folks as being likely to annoy me. (I am trying to work on this, but it’s just so often _true_. :smack: )[/li][li]Wants euthanasia legalised.[/li][li]Really likes orange-flavoured things, but doesn’t care over-much for oranges.[/li][li]Really, really likes cheese. Except blue cheese. (Eww)[/li][li]Genuinely fearful that Australia is becoming governed by religion over common sense, and very concerned our politicians have forgotten what ‘multicultural’ actually _means_.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/73 "2006-09-15T13:17:00Z")
Male In my 30s Straight Widowed Don’t work 'cos I’m incredibly wealthy plus I’m also a lazy sod Like horror and sci fi…books and films Play chess and hearts, fairly good at chess not so at hearts Support Manchester City FC Have one son Love cats Don’t like dogs Love breasts and other soft womanly bits. Don’t do drugs and never have, never will ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/74 "2006-09-15T14:35:27Z")
From my posts you could read, or figure out: English Chap (too small to be a bloke) Middle class Atheist (more of the Douglas Adams attitude than Richard Dawkins) Actually do live in Milton Keynes (tho’ I still think I’m a Londoner really) I own far too many guitars Computer programmer Ex sound-engineer and PA owner Spent a while working on a ship Late convert to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld\* Eats a lot of Curry (really a given considering facts 1 and 2) _Which is probably where I picked up the footnote_\* habit. \*\*Also, nested footnotes. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/75 "2006-09-15T15:51:49Z")
[ul]Black male, married, late 30’s [li]Wife is a neat freak[/li][li]Self Employed[/li][li]Custodial parent of the three best sons on earth 11, 13, 15[/li][li]49ers Fan[/li][li]Sci-Fi Fan (especially Honor Harrington series and all things Trek)[/li][li]Voracious reader[/li][li]Domino Player Extraordinaire[/li][li]Recently moved to sort of Stockton from the Oakland[/li][\*]It’s been about 84 days since I’ve worn pants[/ul] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/76 "2006-09-15T15:58:33Z")
[QUOTE=Stuffy] It’s been about 84 days since I’ve worn pants 😃 [/QUOTE] This entry needs a wee bit of explanation, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/77 "2006-09-15T20:32:39Z")
[QUOTE=kawaiitentaclebeast] > [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > I’m fifteen Gaaaaaah!!111!! _Runs away like a dirty old pervert who has just been exposed_ [/QUOTE] heh. sorry :o ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/78 "2006-09-15T20:34:36Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] This entry needs a wee bit of explanation, don’t you think? [/QUOTE] [Maybe he wears a kilt?](http://www.kiltmen.com/)_drool_ ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/79 "2006-09-15T20:51:54Z")
Well, my usual response: red head great rack puts out However, I’ve recently dyed my hair brunette and I’m kind of digging it. Other things that are probably pretty easy to figure out: single lonely running away from home next year ---
**Author:** ![annanate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@annanate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annanate)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577/80 "2006-09-15T21:03:27Z")
I’m so new here that no one knows anything about me. Not that there’s much to tell but here goes: Female Straight I’ll be 31 in two weeks Have two kids (they live with their father, long story) Divorced Live in Vegas but don’t gamble at all I like beer Have three cats Work in publishing [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-probably-already-know-about-you/372577.md?page=5)