# Who's Single and Available? (aka the Chilling / Comfort Thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257 "2005-03-12T23:11:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/101 "2005-03-15T03:35:22Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > It’s the one with Burt Reynolds. I liked the music so much, I bought the CD! (_Songs for Cabriolets and Otros Tipos de Vehiculos_ by Karl Zero.) Maybe I haven’t seen it. I don’t remember Burt Reynolds in any X-files episode. > [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Really? I tried that with the director of a short film I worked on, and it didn’t work. She really liked the cookies though. It would work on me! 🙂 I like pecan pie cookies, too, but I don’t have a recipe for them. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/102 "2005-03-15T03:37:58Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > I’m a fairly quiet guy until you get to know me. I’ve been told I have a fairly strange sense of humor and ways of looking at life to the extent that some people consider me an “acquired taste.” That’s not either bragging or trying to scare anyone away; just the simple truth. But I can be a very passionate lover and a steadfast best friend; hopefully both to the same person. I’m looking for a lover who won’t blow my cover. No wait, start over. I really am looking to settle down. I want someone to share this crazy life with; someone to enjoy life, movies, my kids, Spongebob Squarepants, quiet nights at home or whatever life happens to bring to us. As I said earlier, I’m not a complicated guy. There are a lot of simple joys that I take a lot of pleasure in; watching cartoons with my daughter (the original Goth chick); a good grilled cheese sandwich; the smell of cinnamon and a good book to read. But your heart must be free and ready for wherever the wind might blow us to. > > You’re passionate. You’re a little off the wall. You’re committed to a relationship. You dance at odd times of the day. You love music; anything from The Beatles to Harry Partch. You have a good sense of humor. You love to go out to eat but are just atisfied calling Dominos and having pizza night at home. You have issues. Don’t we all? You’re not afraid of public displays of affection. You’re sensitive and seductive. Did I mention you dance at odd times of the day? You’re witty, you’re wise, you’re wonderful. You’re out there, I just know it. **Eutychus,** I think you posted a little too early and people are missing this! You sound like quite a catch. Quiet, strange sense of humor, likes cinnamon and Spongebob–all good qualities! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/103 "2005-03-15T03:41:38Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Here goes Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride… I love that ride! 🙂 > [@faithfool](#): > > - Some of my peeves are people driving slow in the fast lane, Oh, yeah. People around here tend to drive 5 mph under the speed limit. I’m in constant fear of finding myself in a 5 mph zone, and being stuck behind people who are stopped! And I ride a [YZF-R1](http://pw1.netcom.com/~heliboy/r1.jpg), and lane-splitting isn’t legal in this state. :mad: > [@faithfool](#): > > - I would love to travel everywhere. Venice is a top priority. Disneyland rates a close second. Been to Venice, Italy and Venice, California. I like both places, but Venice, Italy is a bit too touristy. (So is Venice, CA; but I lived there.) Disneyland is only fun for me when I’m with someone. (I really _need_ to go back there to play with their [electric shock machine](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=306768).) > [@faithfool](#): > > - Obviously, I have a goofy sense of humor. Need an editor when I write. I need an editor when I _talk!_ > [@faithfool](#): > > Hell, if you had waited to give it up at 24 Erm… :o > [@faithfool](#): > > I am possessed by a demon. I have christened him Bob, for the uninitiated. I have a ‘Bob’ too. [This is him](http://pw1.netcom.com/~heliboy/bob.jpg). I’m going to use him in my film. > [@faithfool](#): > > like to behave like a little kid Guilty. > [@faithfool](#): > > P.S. I wanna go to the ballet and play lazer tag. I could even see doing that at the same time. I can _totally_ see that! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/104 "2005-03-15T03:46:25Z")
> [@Horrifying Howler Monkey](#): > > I do the rescuing of dogs from doggie death row, my dogs are too lazy for search & rescue, and I am too incompetent. We do therapy work though, because they mostly get to sit for that. You mean dogs that have been abandoned at the pound? What kind of therapy work does this involve? I am imagining retraining dogs that have been abused, getting them to stop being nervous and barking, etc. Where did you go to the cottage? When I was a kid my aunt had a cottage near Sundridge. I miss it still… the beautiful land… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/105 "2005-03-15T03:46:34Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > Maybe I haven’t seen it. I don’t remember Burt Reynolds in any X-files episode. [‘Improbable’ synopsis](http://www.carterphile.com/EpGuides/OS/Improbable.html). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/106 "2005-03-15T04:04:51Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Hot? Why would donuts be hot? How un-Canadian! If you’re ever in North Carolina, look me up and I’ll take you to Krispy Kreme for some hot donuts. And yes, of course, they’re un-Canadian, because they’re American donuts (and not just American donuts, they’re Southern donuts, which means they’re extra-sweet and lardy). Yum, yum! > [@Sunspace](#): > > One-eye hedgehog? Pitland Magnetic Joyful Ornament? Butt-gnomes? Hah! Can’t be any stranger than my pre-recorded minidisc collection. Or the plasticine sculptures. Or the DVD of Leslie Stevens’ _Incubus_, the movie that proves that William Shatner can’t act in Esperanto either. And I speak fluent Esperanto too, so I can hear _all_ the mistakes. (sob) I don’t know, the butt-gnomes are pretty weird. I also have a starfish wand (not so weird, but I think it’s cool). Why would you willingly own any movie with William Shatner?! You like to torture yourself? I’m not really into S&M. 🙂 > [@Sunspace](#): > > PS: I haven’t done it in years, but I used to make a decent chocolate cake… Mmmmm, chocolate cake. From scratch? I’m impressed! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/107 "2005-03-15T04:09:44Z")
Hi, **ladybug**! > [@ladybug](#): > > What the hell … > > I’m a 29 (soon to be 30) hetero female. About 5’5" with brown/auburn hair and hazel eyes. Not glamorous by any means, but I like to think I’m cute in my own way. 🙂 _I’m a jeans and T-shirts kind of girl who will get prettied up on occasion but prefers to be comfortable._ w00t! 🙂 > [@](#): > > I’m a big fan of silliness. Not constant weirdness, mind you, but just enough to be unpredictable. I love to make people laugh at the unusual – my big victory this past week was getting a cynical older coworker to do a spit-take in his coffee. The “cows playing poker” wallpaper on my work computer has gotten me more than a few odd looks. I’ve also been known to chair dance in my cubicle. Alas, I must dance alone, as the Friday morning dance party hasn’t caught on. > > Interests … lets see. Comics. Animation. Movies. Reading. Photogaphy. Cooking. Fashion design. There’s lots of things I’d love to put on the list but haven’t gotten a chance to try yet, such as horseback riding, martial arts and community theater. Cool! > [@](#): > > I’m an avid reader, and I’m usually looked upon as strange because I read my books many times over. Doesn’t eveeryone have shelves and shelves of well-thumbed books at home? > [@](#): > > I also love to sew. I’ve actually gotten pretty good at it over the last five years. My Halloween costumes have become legendary in my office. One of these days I’ll throw together a really good one for a comic convention somewhere. Neat. I always wanted to go as Sweetums the Ogre. > [@](#): > > As far as music goes, I have a wide range of tastes. My CD collection includes Evanescence, Sarah McLachlan, Meredith Brooks, Loreena McKennitt, :: swoon :: > [@](#): > > Garbage and various anime soundtracks, just to name a few. I think there’s a few classical and instrumental CDs in there somewhere, too. I’ll even listen to country on occasion when I drive. It just depends on what kind of mood I’m in. A good solid mix. Do you listen to a lot of netradio? > [@](#): > > Generally I’m very sweet, but I do have a temper sometimes. I guess that’s one of my faults. I’m also a perfectionist, at least when it comes to my work and my hobbies. I also overuse commas (see above for examples!), and, on preview, the word “also.” > > So that’s me, basically. The makeup-shunning, jeans-wearing, chair-dancing, book-reading, case-writing, Evanescence-playing perfectionist geek in the freaky costume. :: swoon :: So… how _you_ doin’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/108 "2005-03-15T04:12:28Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > [‘Improbable’ synopsis](http://www.carterphile.com/EpGuides/OS/Improbable.html). 🙂 Strange–I haven’t seen it! It sounds good, though. I started watching X-Files kind of late (around 1996), but I thought I saw all of the last few seasons. I miss the X-Files. ☹ It’s not on around here anymore–it used to be on Sunday nights, but they’ve replaced it with Buffy. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/109 "2005-03-15T04:23:39Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > If you’re ever in North Carolina, look me up and I’ll take you to Krispy Kreme for some hot donuts. And yes, of course, they’re un-Canadian, because they’re American donuts (and not just American donuts, they’re Southern donuts, which means they’re extra-sweet and lardy). Yum, yum! Krispy-Kreme moved into Canada a few years ago, and the first one was built about 10km from where I work. For the first few months, the place was _jammed_, and they had police directing at the entrance to the drive-thru. A few times, they brought some into work, and I was surprised to see that the box had instruction to microwave them for _eight seconds_. However, the novelty has worn off. People went back to Timmy’s, and I read recently that KK is in trouble through overly-rapid expansion. Tastes differ, I guess. > [@](#): > > I don’t know, the butt-gnomes are pretty weird. I also have a starfish wand (not so weird, but I think it’s cool). > > Why would you willingly own any movie with William Shatner?! You like to torture yourself? I’m not really into S&M. 🙂 I was young and foolish. What can I say? I will admit that his _TekWar_ book was one of the few books I’ve ever consciously quit reading midway through and taken back to the library… > [@](#): > > Mmmmm, chocolate cake. From scratch? I’m impressed! We all cooked and baked from scratch. It’s the only way to go. Especially on a gas stove. 🙂 Oddly, yorkshire pudding was perhaps the only thing my mom couldn’t make. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/110 "2005-03-15T04:33:03Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Krispy-Kreme moved into Canada a few years ago, and the first one was built about 10km from where I work. For the first few months, the place was _jammed_, and they had police directing at the entrance to the drive-thru. That’s just nutty. I like Krispy Kremes, but not enough to wait in line for them. > [@Sunspace](#): > > We all cooked and baked from scratch. It’s the only way to go. Especially on a gas stove. 🙂 Oddly, yorkshire pudding was perhaps the only thing my mom couldn’t make. I like cooking with gas. I have an electric stove now. ☹ Burnt orange. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/111 "2005-03-15T05:15:03Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > Are you a sock monkey purist? Not really. I like monkeys of all stripes (so-to-speak) and I love sock monkeys! > [@](#): > > I want to make a socktopus. I don’t even know what that is, but it sounds like fun! > [@](#): > > Calling me a ghoddess is a good way to impress me! I’ve only been called a goddess once in my life, and I really liked it! How about a small shrine built in the honor of your talents? Human sacrifices? Waffles delivered by stealthy ninjas in the middle of the night? What strikes your fancy? ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/112 "2005-03-15T05:36:28Z")
> [@ArrMatey!](#): > > Not really. I like monkeys of all stripes (so-to-speak) and I love sock monkeys! > > How about a small shrine built in the honor of your talents? Human sacrifices? Waffles delivered by stealthy ninjas in the middle of the night? What strikes your fancy? A shrine would be nice. And ninja waffles are always good. With real butter, maple syrup, and sausage (but not ninja sausage–pork sausage is fine. No scrapple, please.) I don’t demand human sacrifices, but if you’d like to sacrifice some chocolate on my altar (preferably dark), I will look favorably upon you and possibly bestow a sock monkey upon you. How do you feel about sock puppies? I want to make a sock puppy, too. I could have a whole sock zoo. Maybe I can figure out how to make a sock platypus (not to be confused with the socktopus, which is An octopus made out of socks! Sock-topus–get it?! It’s so cute how the heel of the sock makes a little monkey-butt. I make my sock monkeys with belly buttons. I had a very large cup of hot chocolate, I can’t sleep, and I got up early this morning, so I’m getting a little bit giddy. But tomorrow at work, I won’t be so much fun. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/113 "2005-03-15T06:13:59Z")
This thing grew to three pages whilst I was gone?! Eep. > [@Sunspace](#): > > :: glances around at Toronto locked in its icy shroud :: > > _where are you?!_ > > :: twitch :: > > [sub]nossir, we Canadians like winter, honest! No such thing as cabin fever, nossir, noway[/sub] > > Hey, **Flamsterette**! > > Things are going well… looking forward to spring and all… the strengthening sunshine is very encouraging. > > Though when I met **matt\_mcl** , **Emerald\_Grue** , and **Eats\_Crayons** on the weekend, it started to snow… Heh… yeah, I hear from my sister that it’s still snowing over there in Toronto! At least she and my brother get to come home in about six or seven weeks to sunny (so far) Vancouver. Sunshine does have a way of being encouraging. Although all that snow can put a dent in even the most happy demeanor… 😉 > [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > Presently so broken-hearted I doubt I will ever heal. Burned badly and very shy. What?! Ooh, I feel for you. _sigh_ > [@Marley23](#): > > I hope this doesn’t sound too dweeby, but a friend described me as “emotionally present,” and I thought that was very apt. I’m not a sad sack or a whiner, but I do listen to people. It’s kind of what I do for a living. 😉 Ooh, someone who will actually listen to people rambling on about random stuff. That, I like. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/114 "2005-03-15T06:16:48Z")
> [@Flamsterette\_X](#): > > Ooh, someone who will actually listen to people rambling on about random stuff. That, I like. 😉 It’s what I do for a living, I have a lot of smart, articulate friends who trust me when things are complicated, and I post on the Straight Dope. Where would I be if I didn’t enjoy listening to people rambling? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/115 "2005-03-15T06:25:30Z")
No idea, **Marley23**. Are you willing to listen to my ramblings about esoteric stuff? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257/116 "2005-03-15T07:15:36Z")
Sorry folks . . . the SDMB is not “The Personals.” **Cajun Man** for the SDMB [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-single-and-available-aka-the-chilling-comfort-thread/294257.md?page=5)