Start with 100 points. Subtract 1 point for each of the following statements you believe accurately describes you.
- I am an only child
- I live with roommates
- I live at home with my parents
- I have been convicted of a crime
- I am a vegetarian
- I am a vegan
- I don’t drink
- I don’t remember the last time I changed the sheets on my bed
- I have taken a picture of myself in the bathroom mirror with my shirt off with my camera phone
- I have taped myself having sex
- I consider myself a “cat person”
- I consider myself a casual drug user
- 4 wheeling is one of my hobbies
- I regularly play video games
- I do not own a car
- I am not employed
- I am in debt up to my eyeballs (for reasons other than medical or law school)
- I have kids
- I am under 5’8”
- I own sweatpants and will wear them in public (other than the gym)
- I go to the gym every day
- I never exercise
- I eat fast food/pizza at least once a week
- I am a smoker
- I enjoy singing karaoke
- I don’t wear deodorant
- I wear cologne
- I never floss
- I like Jimmy Buffett
- I was in a fraternity in college
- I have posted an ad in Craigslist Casual Encounters
- I have paid for sex
- I own a giant television
- The last time I read a book it was required reading
- I refer to myself an existentialist
- I own a gun (for something other than military service or my job as a police officer
- I have cheated on a former girlfriend
- I have never been in love
- I own a light-up beer sign
- I collect empty beer or wine bottles and display them on my windowsill
- I have participated in a threesome
- I have a subscription to a porn magazine
- I have an allergy to peanuts, wheat, or milk
- I would consider myself a “picky eater”
- I drink to get drunk on a frequent basis
- I have never been in a relationship that lasted longer than 6 months
- I am divorced
- I refuse to dance even when I’ve had a couple of drinks and I’m at my best friend’s wedding
- I refer to women as “females”
- I have been called “cheap” by a former girlfriend
- I live paycheck to paycheck
- I do not have a savings account
- I think women should open their own doors
- I prefer chain restaurants to local places
- I drink my coffee with a lot of cream and sugar or I prefer tea over coffee
- I need “meds” to get through the day
- If I can’t get it at Walmart, I don’t need it
- I prefer to go “dutch”
- I wear “tighty whities”
- I have a full beard, mustache and/or muttonchops
- I LARP
- I participate in historical reenactments
- I am 10 years older or 10 years younger than Joce (Joce is 32)
- I am from the northeastern part of the United States
- I run marathons
- I wear baseball / trucker caps regularly (even if I’m not playing baseball or truckin’)
- When I wear a baseball / trucker cap, I turn it to the side
- I have a tattoo of a Looney Tune
- I have a tattoo of a comic book character
- I have a tattoo of a woman’s name (other than my mother)
- I have a tattoo of barbed wire around my bicep
- “It’s all good” is something I say frequently
- I regularly say “and whatnot” at the end of a sentence
- I use the terms “lol” and “lmao” on a frequent basis
- I have an obsession with Star Wars
- I have an obsession with Star Trek
- I have an obsession with comic books / comic book characters
- I have an obsession with the Lord of the Rings trilogy
- I have an obsession with football
- I do not know what NPR stands for
- I sleep on a mattress on the floor
- I am a Sagittarius, Scorpio or Capricorn
- College wasn’t for me
- I have used the phrase “I carry my God in my pocket”
- I use the term “bro” or “bra” when talking to my male friends
- I play in a band
- I chew gum
- I drink more than one soda pop a day
- I hate my mother
- My mother hates me
- I love my chow, pit bull, Chihuahua, cocker spaniel, pug, beagle, Jack Russell terrier, Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, wolf mix, or Rottweiler
- I have over 300 friends on Facebook or MySpace
- I prefer texting to calling
- I bought “rims” for my car
- I wash my car once a week
- I never wash my car
- I own a snake, lizard, rat or ferret
- I am going bald and growing my hair out at the same time
- My hair is long enough to pull back in a pony tail
- I dye my hair
1.
Scoring
80-100
Clearly you are a big liar…or my knight in shining armor. Call me immediately for a date! Or to propose! I’ll be happy to give you the best (or next) 4 years of my life.
70-80
Three scenarios are possible: we will go out on 1-2 dates and you will fall in love with me and I will find you wretched OR we will go out on 1-2 dates and I will fall in love with you and you will find me tedious OR we will go out on 1-2 dates and decide we’re better off as friends. Things will be awkward for awhile but we’ll appreciate each other in the end. This is the most likely scenario.
50-70
The best opportunity for a “bad date.” We have just enough in common, or you’re hot enough that I’ll agree to go out with you. I will probably even be hopeful about it. Give him a chance! Maybe he’ll surprise you?! It will be painful and embarrassing and a huge waste of precious time. Of course, it will be fun to tell my friends about later. Sayonara suckah.
40-50
It could never and will never work. Of course, that doesn’t mean I won’t go out with you. I’ll give it the old college try and will hate every second of the “experience.” I will vow never to see/call/talk to you again and I will resent you and look forward to mocking you at my earliest convenience. Or, we will move in together.
0-30
Move along. You should be ashamed of yourself. I’m ashamed of you. Your mom is, too.
this is way too funny and genius LOL
ReplyDeletegood information though.
I would like to carry this list (modified a bit) in my pocket, when a guy talks/looks/asks just hand it to him to use his own judgement.
ReplyDeletegenius.
At least these aren't your dealbreakers.
ReplyDeleteI have two very good friends with lists much like this. They are 38 and single.
I'd find this really funny...if you didn't seem to think that being from the northeast is a negative quality. I am curious as to why, though.
ReplyDeleteAlmost all of these things are pretty benign - definitely not deal breakers. However, from experience, and I have a LOT of experience, in combination with each other, enough of these characteristics add up to "not compatible with Joce." As for the northeast, I've dated a guy from New York, one from Boston and a Mainer. It didn't work out. That's all.
ReplyDelete87 off of these questions but i think that just shows you need a longer list cause i'm pretty weird.
ReplyDeleteConservatively, I scored an 88. I could make a case for as high as 97 (I can't deny that I chew gum a lot, etc.), but it's better to err on the side of safety, right?
ReplyDeleteActually, let's make that 87. I've never used the phrase "I carry God in my pocket," nor do I understand precisely what it means, but I'm planning to deploy it all the time from now on. Come on! It's hilarious!
Also: great blog.
I'm 31 and I'm dating. Baby Jeebus help us both. My neck hurts from nodding to all of these except I'd take off the northeast one and put on 'I don't trim my fingernails on a frequent and regular basis'.
ReplyDeleteI scored a 97. You wouldn't happen to be in Tucson?
ReplyDeleteMargswar...email me...
ReplyDeleteI am female and not lesbian. I am on the cusp of friend and "bad date" (70). I am going to try to do my boyfriend's score next. He is at work. I am sitting at his house. Watching
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Ech. My boyfriend scored an 80 (he is not here, but I know him pretty well.)
ReplyDelete93 here. What's wrong with cologne and gum? They're unofficial requirements for any dance class.
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