Are you thinking about starting a dating thread? Consult this handy checklist first.

E. Honda · 11-06-09, 12:59 PM

So you are thinking about starting a thread about your dating life. Before doing so, we need to see if you meet the Otter standards for a dating thread. Please read and answer the questions on this handy-dandy checklist:

Are you an insecure, sexually inexperienced male between the ages of 17 and 30?
Does the girl you are interested in have an abusive ex-boyfriend that she just won't stop seeing?
Does the girl you are interested in have severe emotional problems and several small children?
Do you feel the need to rescue the girl you are interested in from her current relationship?
Do you feel the need to purchase an expensive gift for the girl you are interested in?
Have you purchased a large amount of DVD's or other expensive electronics in order to impress the girl you are interested in?
Do you still live at home with your parents, and share a bedroom with one or more of your siblings?
When you met the girl you are interested in, had you recently consumed a large quantity of alcohol and/or illegal narcotics?
Does the girl you are interested in spend hours confiding her deepest emotions to you over the phone, but shuns any physical contact with you?
Does the girl you are interested in have any interesting physical disabilities?
Have you been told repeatedly by your family and friends not to pursue the girl you are interested in, but yet you feel an insatiable need to seek the advice of random strangers?
Have you come up with a hilarious and/or sexually suggestive nickname for the girl you are interested in?

If you answered yes to three (3) or more of these questions, and you have pictures of the girl you are interested in that can be posted on the Internet for the whole world to see,
you are qualified to start a dating thread. If you answered yes to less than three (3), please continue your relationship until you can answer yes to more than three (3) of the questions on the list. This is to ensure that your thread provides the necessary amount of distraction, levity, and WTF? moments for all who read your thread.

Thank you for your attention and cooperation.

chuckd21 · 11-06-09, 01:02 PM

You forgot that pics are required.

E. Honda · 11-06-09, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chuckd21

You forgot that pics are required.

A good thought. Added to the checklist.

D.Pham00 · 11-06-09, 01:17 PM

Kmical · 11-06-09, 01:32 PM

gryffinmaster · 11-06-09, 01:34 PM

Do you receive preferential treatment if you answer "All of the Above"?

Chew · 11-06-09, 01:37 PM

Isn't this just a list of the Slayer story "high" points?

Groucho · 11-06-09, 01:38 PM

13. Are you prepared to ignore any and all advice given to you, even if given from well-meaning and experienced posters, and go your own way?

(note that if you only answer yes to #13 you may start a GatorDeb thread instead)

Vibiana · 11-06-09, 01:39 PM

I told you guys no pics!

Tracer Bullet · 11-06-09, 01:43 PM

Just once I would like to read one of these threads from the woman's POV.

"I have this really socially awkward creepy coworker giving me lavish presents and telling me how lonely he is. How do I get rid of him?"

PopcornBandit · 11-06-09, 01:45 PM

I can only answer yes to one and my thread seems to be quite successful.

Nick Danger · 11-06-09, 02:05 PM

You're missing: "14. Are you already married?"

My girl friend dumped me for another guy on New Years Eve

The Bus · 11-06-09, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet

Just once I would like to read one of these threads from the woman's POV.

"I have this really socially awkward creepy coworker giving me lavish presents and telling me how lonely he is. How do I get rid of him?"

Dr. DVD · 11-06-09, 02:25 PM

You might want to add

#15. Is the person in whom you are interested a co-worker?

Just seems to be more of a case nowadays than in the past.

GizmoDVD · 11-06-09, 02:28 PM

#16 Do you have bunkbeds?

D.Pham00 · 11-06-09, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PopcornBandit

I can only answer yes to one and my thread seems to be quite successful.

it also helps that your name is similar to another infamous person...

Meglos · 11-06-09, 03:57 PM

#17: Do you work at Del Monte?

Doug Heffernan · 11-06-09, 04:37 PM

#18 Are you fluent in Klingon?

Mopower · 11-06-09, 04:57 PM

#19 Have you ever talked to a woman who is not a relative before?

D.Pham00 · 11-06-09, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meglos

#17: Do you work at Del Monte?

wasn't really a dating issue...

Abelkems · 11-06-09, 05:31 PM

Damn. Using two different girls, I answered yes to five for one and six for the other. Must be a sign to start my own thread. Of course, I like the crazy ones, so I don't worry about it too much.

Larry C. · 11-06-09, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Groucho

13. Are you prepared to ignore any and all advice given to you, even if given from well-meaning and experienced posters, and go your own way?

(note that if you only answer yes to #13 you may start a GatorDeb thread instead)

Thank you bud I needed a laugh today.

awil1026 · 11-06-09, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Groucho

13. Are you prepared to ignore any and all advice given to you, even if given from well-meaning and experienced posters, and go your own way?

(note that if you only answer yes to #13 you may start a GatorDeb thread instead)

Decadance · 11-06-09, 07:41 PM

Sticky please.

Mrs. Danger · 11-06-09, 08:00 PM

We don't seem to get many threads from women asking relationship advice... I wonder if it's because the guys here seem so clueless, that there's really no point.

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11-06-09, 12:59 PM	#1
E. Honda Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 740	Are you thinking about starting a dating thread? Consult this handy checklist first. So you are thinking about starting a thread about your dating life. Before doing so, we need to see if you meet the Otter standards for a dating thread. Please read and answer the questions on this handy-dandy checklist: Are you an insecure, sexually inexperienced male between the ages of 17 and 30? Does the girl you are interested in have an abusive ex-boyfriend that she just won't stop seeing? Does the girl you are interested in have severe emotional problems and several small children? Do you feel the need to rescue the girl you are interested in from her current relationship? Do you feel the need to purchase an expensive gift for the girl you are interested in? Have you purchased a large amount of DVD's or other expensive electronics in order to impress the girl you are interested in? Do you still live at home with your parents, and share a bedroom with one or more of your siblings? When you met the girl you are interested in, had you recently consumed a large quantity of alcohol and/or illegal narcotics? Does the girl you are interested in spend hours confiding her deepest emotions to you over the phone, but shuns any physical contact with you? Does the girl you are interested in have any interesting physical disabilities? Have you been told repeatedly by your family and friends not to pursue the girl you are interested in, but yet you feel an insatiable need to seek the advice of random strangers? Have you come up with a hilarious and/or sexually suggestive nickname for the girl you are interested in? If you answered yes to three (3) or more of these questions, and you have pictures of the girl you are interested in that can be posted on the Internet for the whole world to see, you are qualified to start a dating thread. If you answered yes to less than three (3), please continue your relationship until you can answer yes to more than three (3) of the questions on the list. This is to ensure that your thread provides the necessary amount of distraction, levity, and WTF? moments for all who read your thread. Thank you for your attention and cooperation. __________________ Serves her right for cockteasing me and setting me up with a drunken Oompa-Loompa - Turd Ferguson I twikoff to kitty porn - from a poll by D.Pham00 Last edited by E. Honda; 11-06-09 at 01:04 PM.

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Groucho DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 46,698	Re: Are you thinking about starting a dating thread? Consult this handy checklist fi 13. Are you prepared to ignore any and all advice given to you, even if given from well-meaning and experienced posters, and go your own way? (note that if you only answer yes to #13 you may start a GatorDeb thread instead)

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Vibiana DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the land of ex-Bando-chasing lezzbos Posts: 7,265	Re: Are you thinking about starting a dating thread? Consult this handy checklist fi I told you guys no pics! __________________ Otter saved my LIFE. Only here can I receive the sage advice, timeless wisdom, and virtual blanket parties necessary to keep my neurotic inclinations in some kind of check. Were it not for this place, I'm sure that I would have entered some public place teeming with playful little children and happy families (perhaps even a few puppies) and strafed it with a machine gun long ago.

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PopcornBandit Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Upstate, SC Posts: 593	Re: Are you thinking about starting a dating thread? Consult this handy checklist fi I can only answer yes to one and my thread seems to be quite successful. __________________ Why give 100 percent when 35 can still get you paid and laid? - Kenny Powers Last edited by PopcornBandit; 11-06-09 at 01:50 PM.

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