# Who is your thinking man's (or woman's) crumpet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777 "2010-02-28T21:53:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/41 "2010-03-02T14:57:06Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I would say [Danica McKellar](http://www.bscreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/danica-mckellar-big-bang-theory.jpg). I was expecting her to be mentioned much earlier. Oh, hell yeah. Smart as a whip, and she makes me hurt just as much. Of course, Natalie Portman. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/42 "2010-03-02T15:52:10Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Not only that, but [Samantha Mohr](http://www.weather.com/tv/personalities/Samantha-Mohr.html) is a notch or two up from Crumpet: she’s a Stone Fox! Mmmm, yes, she’s one of my favorites. Facially, she reminds me more than a little of Kristin Chenoweth, which is a very good thing, indeed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/43 "2010-03-02T15:53:32Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Mmmm, yes, she’s one of my favorites. Facially, she reminds me more than a little of Kristin Chenoweth, which is a very good thing, indeed. 😃 Well said. I agree. I like Sammie’s voice better! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/44 "2010-03-02T15:56:04Z")
> [@Torpor\_Beast](#): > > How about a less obvious one? [Megan Fox](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7BlaM6Du1U). Based on her interviews up on Youtube, she seems decently smart. And she’s certainly “high profile”. Bonus points for the “FFS, I’ve been hugging a Twilight pillow”-bit. 😃 Everything I’ve seen or read of Megan Fox has her coming off as having the charm and intelligence of a loaf of bread. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/45 "2010-03-02T15:59:25Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > Everything I’ve seen or read of Megan Fox has her coming off as having the charm and intelligence of a loaf of bread. Mate, I’ve known me some charming loaves in my time. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/46 "2010-03-02T16:25:01Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > Everything I’ve seen or read of Megan Fox has her coming off as having the charm and intelligence of a loaf of bread. Yeah, unfortunately, I tend to agree. Either she’s intentionally trying to say provocative things in interviews to sound interesting and dangerous (possible, I suppose), or she’s just kinda dim, and crazy as a bedbug, to boot. ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/47 "2010-03-02T17:01:51Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > …the X-Files’ **Gillian Anderson** for the win… this thread has been resolved 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/48 "2010-03-02T18:31:04Z")
Alton Brown or Conan O’Brien. ---
**Author:** ![LunarPlexus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LunarPlexus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LunarPlexus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/49 "2010-03-02T18:36:52Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > And I don’t want to think of the great Linda Ellerbee as one of three indented finger cakes in a package, covered with butterscotch topping. Starting rebuttal. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > Or maybe I do. Hmmm. Never mind. You took care of it for me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/50 "2010-03-02T20:07:37Z")
I also find [Campbell Brown](http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/brown.campbell.html) to be quite fetching. ---
**Author:** ![Torpor\_Beast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@Torpor\_Beast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torpor_Beast)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/51 "2010-03-02T20:26:38Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Yeah, unfortunately, I tend to agree. Either she’s intentionally trying to say provocative things in interviews to sound interesting and dangerous (possible, I suppose), or she’s just kinda dim, and crazy as a bedbug, to boot. Actually, my only exposure to her so far has been a handful of interviews on YouTube. I don’t read men’s magazines and I never was a Transformers fan, so I skipped the movies. I specifically looked for the vids because every time the subject of hot women comes up on the internet, there’ll be at least a handful of people going on about how dumb Megan Fox is. Based on 5-6 interviews I watched, she: - Doesn’t regularly say stuff that’s that provocative. Unless you live in a convent. - Seems fairly [quick-witted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccN1TMklsWs) and slightly nerdy, admitting an obsession to comic books. - Seems very down to earth, and admits that she’s very insecure. Even joking that she’s “scared of Angelina Jolie”. - Admits that she “plays a role” when giving interviews to magazines like GQ and FHM. Maybe that causes the perceived “provocativeness”. Maybe she’s just my brand of crazy, but she does seem like someone who you could have an interesting conversation with. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/52 "2010-03-02T22:15:53Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Not only that, but [Samantha Mohr](http://www.weather.com/tv/personalities/Samantha-Mohr.html) is a notch or two up from Crumpet: she’s a Stone Fox! In doing a little looking around, it appears that Samantha was Miss Georgia 1985 – take a look partway down this page: [http://www.misssouthernrivers.org/Columbus%20Former%20Queens.htm](http://www.misssouthernrivers.org/Columbus%20Former%20Queens.htm) It looks like she got her bachelor’s degree in 1985, as well. Which, unless she was some sort of child genius, would put her in her late 40s now…and looking mighty fine for that age! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/53 "2010-03-02T22:17:37Z")
> [@Torpor\_Beast](#): > > - Admits that she “plays a role” when giving interviews to magazines like GQ and FHM. Maybe that causes the perceived “provocativeness”. Interesting. I based my evaluation of her, in part, on an interview in _Rolling Stone_ last year. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/54 "2010-03-02T22:34:51Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It looks like she got her bachelor’s degree in 1985, as well. Which, unless she was some sort of child genius, would put her in her late 40s now…and looking mighty fine for that age! That’s three klicks beyond amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/55 "2010-03-02T23:25:38Z")
**Carolyn Faye Fox** , a panelist on the NPR show _Says You!_; an inveterate punster and wicked cute. Can’t find any pictures online that do her justice. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/56 "2010-03-02T23:54:33Z")
Even if Megan Fox were a genius I don’t think she’d qualify for this thread, because she’s a mainstream sex symbol. She’d be more the everyman’s crumpet. The OP also specifically said “Anyone who is primarily known for other than their looks or in the case of actors has often become identified with certain iconic roles”, and Megan Fox is known primarily for her looks\* and is not identified with a particular iconic role. \*I’ve never seen any of her movies so for all I know she’s a fantastic actress, but she’s obviously far more famous for being “sexy” than she is for her acting chops. ---
**Author:** ![Torpor\_Beast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@Torpor\_Beast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torpor_Beast)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/57 "2010-03-03T01:31:02Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Even if Megan Fox were a genius I don’t think she’d qualify for this thread, because she’s a mainstream sex symbol. A very good point. Looks like I missed the last line of the OP. Though I did mention that she wouldn’t be the most obvious choice. And at least in the US, it seems that women have to be crumpets of some description to be considered even marketable as an actor. Hmm. [How](http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/2106/1224160894.jpg) about [Rhianna Pratchett](http://www.rhiannapratchett.com/about.php) then? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/58 "2010-03-03T01:54:28Z")
> [@Torpor\_Beast](#): > > Hmm. [How](http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/2106/1224160894.jpg) about [Rhianna Pratchett](http://www.rhiannapratchett.com/about.php) then? She looks like one of her Dad’s characters. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/59 "2010-03-03T03:59:50Z")
Anderson Cooper, Tom Brokaw, David Letterman, Alec Baldwin (well, if he lost about 30 lbs.), Jon Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777/60 "2010-03-03T12:59:54Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > Mate, I’ve known me some charming loaves in my time. Biblically?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-thinking-mans-or-womans-crumpet/530777.md?page=4)