Spilled drink guy and food guy sound by far the most appealing. Though I don't know what "kegogi" means, or "traffic guy" for that matter.
Ben--I suppose if you had one you might not mind being summed up that way, but that would be a problem in and of itself, wouldn't it? (You don't have one, do you?)
I don't know--if a soul patch means just having facial hair in the dedicated soul patch zone, then the answer is no. I do have a goatee-like growth around my chin and mouth which includes hair in that area.
No, that's not a soul patch. I once told a fellow-philosopher, who has a full beard, that he had a piece of icing on his soul patch and he threatened to clock me. Even though what I had said was the most economical way of communicating where the icing was, the implication that he had a soul patch was considered too vile to warrant the use of that term. So you're clear. Or, rather, I'm clear, since I was the one who insulted people with soul patches.
You wouldn't want to be summed up as "soul patch"? Whyever not? Supposing you had one, that is.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-21-05 3:48 PM
Does it make things better or worse if I confess that I checked off two matches for the evening: spilled drink on me guy and food guy?
Posted by Scheherazade | Link to this comment | 01-21-05 4:20 PM
Better! Drink guy must have been a great apologizer.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-21-05 4:24 PM
Those are better than the time I tried speed dating. I had "works at the jail" and "looks like neanderthal"
I did not check off any matches.
Posted by profgrrrrl | Link to this comment | 01-21-05 7:43 PM
Aren't the first 4 seconds of an interview the most crucial ..... or somethin like that .......
Posted by Andrew Cholakian | Link to this comment | 01-21-05 8:25 PM
"Aren't the first 4 seconds of an interview the most crucial...."
It's Malcolm Gladwell's Blink you want to argue with or agree with.
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 01-22-05 8:53 AM
Spilled drink guy and food guy sound by far the most appealing. Though I don't know what "kegogi" means, or "traffic guy" for that matter.
Ben--I suppose if you had one you might not mind being summed up that way, but that would be a problem in and of itself, wouldn't it? (You don't have one, do you?)
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01-23-05 1:52 PM
I don't know--if a soul patch means just having facial hair in the dedicated soul patch zone, then the answer is no. I do have a goatee-like growth around my chin and mouth which includes hair in that area.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-23-05 2:09 PM
It's Malcolm Gladwell's Blink you want to argue with or agree with.
I only read the first page, and I didn't agree with it.
Posted by cw | Link to this comment | 01-23-05 2:11 PM
No, that's not a soul patch. I once told a fellow-philosopher, who has a full beard, that he had a piece of icing on his soul patch and he threatened to clock me. Even though what I had said was the most economical way of communicating where the icing was, the implication that he had a soul patch was considered too vile to warrant the use of that term. So you're clear. Or, rather, I'm clear, since I was the one who insulted people with soul patches.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 01-23-05 3:18 PM