# "You're a good spitter" - Tell me your strangest compliment **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316 "2002-09-30T23:21:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/61 "2002-10-03T09:41:10Z")
Another one: Back in high school, a classmate was tired and I was sitting on part of a bench and a group of friends were talking around it. She laid down on the rest of the bench and put her head on my lap. “You have a comfy lap!”- That’s what she said. Neither before nor after has anyone rested his/her head on my lap to confirm that. ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/62 "2002-10-03T15:01:42Z")
After a lenghty discussion on what horrible things would happen if C++ tried to interpret the numeral 09 in octal, I was asked if I had OCD. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/63 "2002-10-03T16:18:49Z")
I was told I have nicely shaped nail beds. ---
**Author:** ![sweetsensation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sweetsensation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweetsensation)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/64 "2002-10-03T16:34:13Z")
I love the way your lips bring out your ass!!! ---
**Author:** ![super\_head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@super\_head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/super_head)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/65 "2002-10-03T16:45:53Z")
Hmmm, my brother is a doctor and he has taught his kids sex education from a very early age, at least knowing the proper names for body parts, etc - I suppose it helps take the mystery out of it for them. Anyway, a few years ago when my niece was about five years old, we were standing outside talking - now, sometimes, you’ll notice how your jeans kind of pucker in front at the zipper, creating a slightly over-emphasized bulge. Upon seeing the bulge, my niece said" “Wow, Uncle Andy, you have a really big penis!” While normally I’d like to hear that, without the “uncle” bit, it was rather unsettling. ---
**Author:** ![bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bee_with_an_itch)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/66 "2002-10-04T02:15:26Z")
“nice teeth” -\> ( as told to me by a creepy old man at work) ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/67 "2002-10-04T02:44:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by superbee \* > \*\*You’re awfully big, for your size. > > I’m only 5’ 7", and it was after [sub]sex[/sub] 😃 \*\* Gee, I _hope_ you are a guy… ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/68 "2002-10-04T05:41:37Z")
Background: I’ve just recently allowed a goatee to grow. Before now, I was never compared to anybody. In the last six months: 1. ‘Cool! You look like the other Spock!’ (referring to _Mirror, Mirror_ in the old series) 2. ‘You look like Edgar Allen Poe…I don’t know if I want to stay here.’ (I work night shift at a hotel.) I assured him the pendulum was down for maintenance… 3. ‘You look like Abraham Lincoln.’ I don’t really see these, but I’ll view them as compliments. I’ve also recently started writing - some poetry, some short erotica, and a what’s-turning-into-a-book. This truly seems to amaze people who know me…but they’re also saying things like: “Write faster, damnit! I want to know what happens next!” As I’ve never written anything but papers before this summer, these are definitely strange compliments to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bullwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Bullwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/69 "2002-10-04T06:55:36Z")
“Hey, this kid is okay. Don’t kill him, just work him over.” ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/70 "2002-10-04T12:53:07Z")
On a abstract city painting I did when i was in the 8th grade the teacher looks at it and says “'Its crap but its good crap” I guess with the way my hands were (due to disibaility) the teacher was suprised I could do anything with them ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/71 "2002-10-04T15:39:44Z")
“You know, if I was dying a slow death I’d want you around.” I think that was referencing my optimism and ability to make people laugh. At least, that’s what I choose to believe. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/72 "2002-10-04T15:54:41Z")
I’ve also been called a good bleeder by the Red Cross. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/73 "2002-10-05T03:41:29Z")
**You don’t write like a girl** from an email praising my column. I guess because my column is about wrestling and not my lust for Rob Van Dam…I guess a woman is expected to write “OMG! Rob has a hot ass!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Snugglebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snugglebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snugglebear)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/74 "2002-10-05T04:02:39Z")
Once when I was on a date in college my girlfriend told me, “You look really good in the dark.” Things really didn’t work out with us after that. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/75 "2002-10-05T21:04:55Z")
Back in elementary school: “At least you’re fat all over, so it’s proportional and you look OK.” Um, gee, thanks. In grad school: “You were rockin’ in there!” after a French class in which I ably handled whatever the prof tossed at us that day. Uh, for conjugating verbs? ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/76 "2002-10-06T02:53:10Z")
A woman who was cutting my hair said I had the cutest ears she’d ever seen. Also, I was once told: “There’s no one I’d rather be missed by than you!” I believe she meant it in a good way. Ironically, I don’t miss her at all. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/77 "2002-10-07T16:17:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manatee \* > \*\*Back in elementary school: “At least you’re fat all over, so it’s proportional and you look OK.” > \*\* I can relate - I have the body type that gains pretty uniformly, and when I was heavier, I was fairly adept at disguising it. I dropped about 65 lbs or so, I told some friends how much I used to weigh (about 220), many of them said something to the effect of “Wow - you didn’t look that fat.” ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/78 "2002-10-07T17:21:15Z")
“Your skin is so ivory-pale: it’s like ‘Pork, The Other White Meat.’” ---
**Author:** ![loupdebois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e495f1/32.png) [@loupdebois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loupdebois)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/79 "2002-10-10T21:23:10Z")
Once a girl I was seeing told me I had nice veins… neither I nor she have ever habitually used needles before, by the way… Disturbed me slightly. Oh, and I’ve said to someone before that she looked good in the dark… I see in the dark. She looked good. Why is it insulting to have that said to you? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316/80 "2002-10-11T19:37:11Z")
I was DJing and someone said I was “cooler than shit.” I remarked that any compliment containing the word shit had to be meaningful. Years ago when I made music, people would listen to our tapes and say something like “Really, that’s you?” in a surprised tone. It was a compliment to them, but they were really saying “you don’t appear as someone that has talent, I’m surprised you do.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-good-spitter-tell-me-your-strangest-compliment/130316.md?page=5)