# What others say about you **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839 "2007-11-26T21:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/1 "2007-11-26T21:58:04Z")
Wondering if any of you can recall instances in which a friend, relative, co-worker, etc. has said something about you that you felt particularly apt. Mine, while golfing this fall I asked one of my buddies a question. He proceeded to give me a fine answer. But when I everso politely informed him that he had answered a question different than the one I asked and that my question remained unanswered, he informed me: **That’s why you suck as a person.** When I informed my fambly of this incident, they said they had previously considered my friends pretty clueless as a group, but hearing such an accurate and astute assessment of their pater familias gave them serious cause to consider revising their opinion. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/2 "2007-11-26T22:03:37Z")
A good friend of mine once told me that, in conversation, I self-edit more severely than anyone else she had ever met. She said she could practically _see_ me think of responses, reject them, then finally say something different. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/3 "2007-11-26T22:08:37Z")
A comment by a student, many, many years ago: > [@twicks's student](#): > > She drinks a lot of diet soda, and sometimes her jokes are really weird. So true, so true. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/4 "2007-11-26T22:17:35Z")
One of my customers described me as a butler: highly courteous (I do have my lapses), highly competent, and highly efficient. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/5 "2007-11-26T22:22:08Z")
When, upon seeing an ultrasound of my heart, I pointed to it on the screen and said to Lithubby, “See? I _do_ have a heart – it’s right there!” He smiled, and without skipping a beat said “yup, but it’s all black.” I guess that’s probably the one moment that sums me up completely. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/6 "2007-11-26T22:43:34Z")
**twickster** and I have something in common. You know, minus the “her” and the “students” part. My wife once commented, after I’d disassembled, fixed, and reassembled something whilst driving, that she’d always wondered how I managed to get all these technical jobs (after all, 10 years running gas stations and an Environmental Science degree isn’t the normal path, and it appears I’ve lost my way out of the parenthesis) Anyway, that was very much on topic when I started typing it. ---
**Author:** ![Chasing\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/7 "2007-11-26T22:55:07Z")
People say I’m too damn sexy. Errr…wait…that might be not sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/8 "2007-11-26T23:02:55Z")
A friend was over the house a few years back, we were joking about coffee and what is good and what is crap. He said he would love to try some Lewak Coffee [the coffee made from beans shat out a civit cat] I promptly told him I had some that I save for special occasions. When I produced it and we made some in my press…he said: “is there anything you don’t have or do…jeez your into everything!!” I felt slightly awkward but nonetheless thought it cool. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/9 "2007-11-27T01:17:29Z")
A guy in high school once told me I was similar to Hannibal Lecter. I thought that was…rather fitting. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/10 "2007-11-27T01:26:35Z")
Once someone told me I had a dry sense of humor. Fuckhead. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/11 "2007-11-27T01:32:49Z")
Every person who has ever written a letter of recommendation for me has included the adjective, ‘‘conscientious.’’ Yep, that sums it up perfectly, for better or for worse. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/12 "2007-11-27T01:34:56Z")
I’ve been told by several professional coworkers and also by friends that I am intimidating…but a pussycat when ya get to know me. True. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/13 "2007-11-27T01:39:10Z")
While having a _SQUEE_ moment (just had a terrific first date with a college crush, 15 years after graduation) with my best friend I reported how he found me mysterious. _Mysterious!_ She looked me in the eye and said “No. You’re secretive.” Dumbfounded\>\>\>deer-in-the-headlights\>\>\>denial. Damn her. It was supposed to be a secret. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/14 "2007-11-27T01:50:45Z")
Last year I think it was, Mr. Rilch and I visited the Boyd’s Bears outlet store, in PA. He wanted to get a picture of me before we went in, so I posed with hands clasped under my chin, my head tilted, and a dreamy smile. When Boss saw the photo, he whooped, “THAT’S RILCHIE! That’s Rilchie in a nutshell!” ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/15 "2007-11-27T02:17:50Z")
[QUOTE=Cyn] While having a _SQUEE_ moment (just had a terrific first date with a college crush, 15 years after graduation) with my best friend I reported how he found me mysterious. _Mysterious!_ She looked me in the eye and said “No. You’re secretive.” Dumbfounded\>\>\>deer-in-the-headlights\>\>\>denial. Damn her. It was supposed to be a secret. [/QUOTE] SQUEE is my excited word too! We’re moon twins! I also used SKREE. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/16 "2007-11-27T02:25:35Z")
I once had a co-worker describe me as being so uptight I was “white bread, with lips.” A boss told a client “you’ll hate him for the first month, then you’ll want him on your team forever.” ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/17 "2007-11-27T02:26:26Z")
A friend recently described me as grudgingly responsible and it was a bit of an epiphany. I really wish I weren’t and would prefer to either be a totally selfless or a completely self-absorbed flake. The middle ground sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/18 "2007-11-27T02:39:08Z")
I used to live in a crack hotel 2 blocks from work. When the new guy asked (How could I live in such a place?). Anouther coworker (an ex-marine who is now a cop) said, Well who is gonna mess with Dave?. I am not big or scary. I just make friends with everyone I meet. Anouther friend once said whenever He bought good weed to try to impress Me I always seemed to have some that’s better. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/19 "2007-11-27T04:32:49Z")
A friend once nicknamed me “Julianna Popsicle”, which I later found out was My Name + Pollyanna Reference+ I \*am \* a bit cool and reserved, + but still have some kid/fun in me. Yep. “tis true, 'tis pity, 'tis pity, 'tis true” Also…on reflection…Damn I should have made THAT my doper name. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839/20 "2007-11-27T04:34:54Z")
I’m told I say what everyone else only thinks. That’s about right. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-others-say-about-you/427839.md?page=2)