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Posted: 6/17/2008 9:51:56 AM | I'm just looking for your impressions.
Too much this, doesn't make sense, blah, blah, blah.
Let er rip!
This is too short, too short it is, is it too short ? I think it's too short, may indeed be too short.
Hey, is this too short ?
I do not like green eggs and ham.
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Posted: 6/17/2008 10:23:08 AM | Honestly? I think it is a trainwreck. I get a glimpse that you might be slightly intelligent and maybe a little funny, but I am not feeling it.
The Elmer Fudd headline felt patronizing. The humor did too. The length of your profile. the tongue in cheek answers to the factual questions and the offbeat humor (without knowing you, very hard to appreciate) makes you come across as a narcissist. Why would a stranger waste their time sifting through all of those words, hoping for a shred of coherency and sincerity?
Now, just because it would be a click away for me, doesn't mean someone else might be struck.
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Posted: 6/17/2008 10:49:33 AM | Before I say anything Id like to question your intentions for putting your profile up? Are you actually trying to meet a woman or is this just an online equivelant of a chat down the local with the lads? Some of the things you are saying are truly hilarious and you appear to be on plenty of user's favourites list. And to be honest I am the LAST person to know what a woman is looking for...but here goes.
There are a lot of genuinely crazy people on the internet you need to prove to a woman that you are not one of those people, some of the things you say could be unnerving
I like swiss army knives.
Brain surgery implements from the turn of the century civil war brain surgery alien abductions
brain surgeries done while being abducted by aliens possibly during the civil war wood tick roasting.
Now personally I quite enjoyed reading your profile but I'm not a woman and I'm not considering actually MEETING you! | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 10:54:27 AM | Wow dude, WHAT THE HE// IS THAT? If that is really who you are, you are WAY beyond my ability to help you. If it was simply an attept to be funny, then DELETE ALL OF IT, go to "profile tips" in green at the top of this page. Follow the guidelines, then post back to this thread and we will help you tweek it.
Best wishes
OFCB | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 10:54:57 AM | Man, you are on eighteen favorites lists. You are obviously doing something right. That being said, you could make some (a lot of) improvements. You really have to sift through lots to get at who you are. I like that you inject humor into your profile, but there isn't much balance there. The Simpsons quotes at the end were a little too much. Although I am not a fan of list profiles, they are sometimes quite good. I would lose what you have until you get to the list, because there is more good stuff in the list, and it is diluted by the paragraphs above it. You could work on BALANCING the humor with the real info, and it is quite long, with lots of filler.
You seem like an intelligent guy, so put some of those brains to work and edit this profile.
Oh, and my dogs ears smells like Doritos. I like his ear smell, and I know where you're coming from there....  | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 10:59:25 AM | LOL, Orbix.
I appreciate your opinion.
I didn't think about anything being unnerving.
Good point.
You really don't want to meet me ?
I will endevour to continue even though this disappointment will make it an empty sham.
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Posted: 6/17/2008 11:01:24 AM | OP,
After my new friend Orbix' post,  , I went back for a reread.
I had my cup of coffee (not Starbucks, btw, but a delicious Kona because I am on vacation in Hawaii!) in hand, so settled in to tackle it.
I am not sure if I am the kind of woman you are trying to attract (because you never describe her!) but as I sifted through, many of the things you said truly did strike me.
So here is my point. I couldn't find those things at first. I think what I will do is a follow up post where I show you those things that I found endearing.
It is just my opinion, but then again, that is what you asked for, right? | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 11:06:13 AM |
I will endevour to continue even though this disappointment will make it an empty sham. Hope you didn't mean that! You might consider getting rid of the some of the photos of dogs, you dont want to give her the impression she will come second, or maybe just dilute them with more pictures of yourself, afterall there are only two recent ones and you are wearing the same hat in each.!
And CapriciousJane lol about the doritos! (ye two are scaring me!) | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 11:09:41 AM | OK, here's a little tidbit for you;
The stranger I make my profile, the more responses I have gotten from it.
Admittedly, some have been strange but many are from women who are "interesting" to me.
Dan | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 11:13:28 AM | I could use a better pic of me, that is true.
I must own 100 hats and I put 2 pics of me up with the same hat.
I will get a new one. (pic that is)
Dan | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 11:17:02 AM |
“I will hug him and squeeze him and love him and pet him, and I will call him George.”
Just for the record - last year when I claimed to be pregnant by the Director of NASA, I wasn't really pregnant. I've come to grips with this and put it in my past so I would appreciate it if you don't bring it up.
about me:
I love dogs (2 of them own me).
I like old stuff much better than new stuff.
I like swiss army knives.
I wish I could sing.
I like stupid jokes and stupid movies.
I listen to music very loud.
I got arrested one time for being drunk in a tree (totally not my fault).
I don't own a TV.
I like unselfconscious people.
Most of the smart people I know don't think they are smart, and most of the people that claim to be "Gurus/Experts" are just plain dumb asses.
I don't like it when someone assumes they know what I'm thinking.
I like to watch birds.
I am impulsive (as in if you say to me "Lets grab some lunch and head for Bolivia" I will seriously consider it).
I will tell a woman something incredibly stupid to get "the look"; this actually works because it's not that much of a stretch for you women to believe that us guys are as dumb as a box of rocks. LOL Love "the look" !
I don't plan well.
I saw a guy wearing a Tshirt that said "I'm an agate licker". I wanted that shirt :)
I don't drink very often, but I drink too much when I do.
If a beautiful woman told me to jump off a cliff I probably would.
I like to walk, all day if possible.
I really dig a woman that doesn't wear a bra.
I don’t remember telling my Grandfather that I loved him before he died.
I like to dance.
I can't dance worth a crap.
I don’t put much value into things unless they have a history.
I love my dogs, I talk to them and they talk to me.
I am trying to do things the right way.
I am fiercely loyal, but I don't forgive betrayal, not ever.
I like to smell my dog's feet when he sleeps because they smell like fritos.
I think the sexiest part of a woman is the back of her neck.
When I was a kid we went to the movie Poseidon Adventure and it scared me so bad that I threw up orange pop all over the people in front of us.
I HATE orange pop.
I can’t keep track of things, not even close.
I have never been to Vegas.
I like traditions.
I have a secret wish to whole-heartedly celebrate and decorate for the holidays, but I have not found the right one to do this with.
I like little towns, and simple hard working people.
I am up for just about anything if you ask nicely.
I get my feelings hurt easily, so I try very hard to not hurt other people’s feelings.
I think if you can help people you should, but they also need to help themselves.
I am riding in a 500 mile bicycle ride this summer that is a fund raiser for Habitat for Humanity.
If I find a movie I like I will watch it over and over until I can’t stand it anymore.
I have hit 1 person in my life out of anger and he is now one of my best friends.
I think I'm a short timer.
Ok. Still waaay too much, but these are the parts of your profile that I found interesting, intriguing and entertaining. Some of the things you mention are provocative~why have you never gone to Vegas and why mention that here? Perhaps it will entice an email to find out (and yes, I want to know!)
Can you also consider injecting some seriousness in the fact section? What do you do for a living?
You could organize your list a little better as well. You give hints about the woman you would like to meet, but it is in a bit of a shot gun way.
You have hinted on many things I think women would find attractive. Now if only you could help them see them! | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 11:18:09 AM |
OK, here's a little tidbit for you;
The stranger I make my profile, the more responses I have gotten from it.
Admittedly, some have been strange but many are from women who are "interesting" to me.
There you go buddy, it is not that I do not want to help you, it's just that I simply do not know HOW to help you improve it.
Best wishes
OFCB | |
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Posted: 6/17/2008 12:13:07 PM | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Well, that's what I'm looking for, I'm getting some ideas about message and organization.
Thanks all, I truly do appreciate it.
The reason behind the Vegas comment is that I had a couple of friends go there and a few other people talking about it and so it was on my mind.
Some of the idea of my profile is that WTF factor.
To be totally honest I have little interest in a "in the box" thinkers.
Dan | |
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Posted: 6/20/2008 7:20:28 AM | | Your profile is a refreshing change from many of the lame-ass, generic ones that all basically say the same thing. You attempted to stand out from the crowd and you succeeded. I like it. :) | |
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Posted: 6/20/2008 12:42:54 PM | I'm afraid I don't agree with the previous reviewer. Smart-ass profiles may be fun, but they do little to tell us about who you really are. I always feel they are hiding something, and in your case, it literally is hiding what you actually do for a living. Being evasive about that speaks to one of two things; shame or dishonesty. Neother is good.
Funny is great, but you need to work in VITAL information with the funny stuff so we come away from your profile having read something of substance, not just cotton-candy fluff.
Your pics are also problematic. Four of them shouldn't have even been approved as they break PoF guidelines for profile pics; i.e., no 20 year old shots, no shots of just animals without you in them, no motorcycles without you in them, etc. Get rid of the "kid" pic and post some more of yourself, now, at this age. Since it's summer, you can doff the heavy winter wear and show us what you look like when you're not being Nanook.
Edit: You say you love dogs and "two of them" own you, but you have pics of three dogs. Something doesn't add up. | |
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Posted: 7/3/2008 5:32:57 AM | [I'm afraid I don't agree with the previous reviewer. Smart-ass profiles may be fun, but they do little to tell us about who you really are.]
What if you are a smart-ass? | |
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