Self delete - I don't need a personals ad, it was a joke. sheeshh

[LeftyFingerPop]

[Skittles]

1. "I'm into all kinds of activities"

that sounds ominous :o

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. ...

and poke dead things with a stick. That was supposed to be the funny part. I'm in a slump.

[Bjornsdotter]

6. I thought it was funny

...but that's really not saying much.

I thought your ad sounded good...best of luck!

:toast:

[LeftyFingerPop]

8. looks like I should have used the sarcasm tag.

[Skittles]

28. aw I knew you were being funny philboy!

:o

[bettyellen]

5. poking things is the only activity he'll admit to, also.

ima kinda scared.
okay, the critique. you're not going to get anyone over 25 because no one wants to look older than you. and they are going to think this matters to you because you judge yourself this way.

[LeftyFingerPop]

10. see # 8

[darkstar]

2. May I make a kind suggestion?

The whole "stick" thing makes you sound exceedingly formal, IMO. Perhaps "poke dead things with our fingers." Or, if you wanted to maintain some degree of formality, "poke dead things with our members."

Best of luck in your search.

[LeftyFingerPop]

4. My motto...

"Let my member never poke something dead, no matter how much money is offered". :hi:

[idgiehkt]

13. roflmao

:rofl: :hi:

I hate I missed the whole thing, just the sentence above cracked me up. :loveya:

[LeftyFingerPop]

17. ...

:hi:

[begin_within]

7. It should have ended with "and make passionate love on the sand while the waves kiss our feet."

Instead of the "poke dead things" part.

[pitohui]

9. poke dead things with a stick?

i'm in the back forty myself and honestly "poke dead things with a stick" makes you sound like a sociopath, the rest of it is soooo damn generic that too many red lights go off

surely instead of "all kinds of activity" you can name an actual non generic activity that you enjoy -- eating food, staying home, cuddling are generic -- bodybuilding, bird-watching, visiting trinidad and tobago every year for mardi gras are specific -- get what i'm saying?

to me this is an ad that soooo many creepazoids post, you can do better that this and prove you're a real person

[LeftyFingerPop]

15. I really gotta ask...

did you think I was serious?

[pitohui]

24. yeah i did, i see ads like that all the time

why wouldn't it be serious? there are a million ads just like this, i was telling you how to stand out from the crowd

[Zavulon]

11. I'd replace "cuddling" with something like

"watching a good movie." Using "cuddling" in a personals ad makes you sound clingy.

This comes from my girlfriend, who adds "the 'poke dead things with a stick' thing was pretty funny."

[lost-in-nj]

12. I think I am glad I missed this

yes????



lost

[LeftyFingerPop]

14. I asked people...

to critique a fake personals ad. Some people thought it was a real personals ad. Be glad you missed it LOL.

[bigwillq]

16. I don't think you said that it was fake.

Maybe that's why some people were confused about it.

:hi:

[LeftyFingerPop]

19. I thought...

the whole "poking dead things with a stick" thing might have given some a clue. :hi:

[bigwillq]

21. I thought it was real.

It gave me no reason to think otherwise. Yeah, I thought the stick thing was weird but whatever floats your boat.

:hi:

[LeftyFingerPop]

23. For...

fuck sakes

[bigwillq]

25. Sorry I did.

I'm just a naive and guliable boy. :P <maybe you should've put that smilie after the ad or at least say, hey look at this fake add, ain't it funny. I would've laughed at that.

But since you didn't say anything, I just thought it was real. :)

[bettyellen]

18. what part was the joke? the poking?

Dh, it must have been the poking. :shrug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

20. yes betty...

the POKING

[bettyellen]

41. okay, because i thought the poking was kinda sexy....

:loveya:

[LeftyFingerPop]

42. hehehehehe.... n/t

[LeftyFingerPop]

22. x

x

[LeftyFingerPop]

26. I think this is amazing, I truly do.

This is the internets folks. It's not real life, and it's not GD where anything serious is discussed. If darkstar and others got the joke, why did some not? Are we conditioned to believe all we see on the screen in front of us, when the irony should be apparent?

[ForrestGump]

27. Gotta say, though

that it looked all real and sincere to me, with the stick-poking thrown in to show a slightly off-kilter sense of humor. If I wrote a personal ad, it'd be filled with various forms of poking from the outset.

I didn't know you were 48, though, probably 'cos you look half your age. :P

[LeftyFingerPop]

30. I think it is rude...

to mention poking in the first sentence or two. Also, I actually look twice my age...it's my MENTAL age that is half my age.

And oh, before I forget...:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :rofl: :rofl:

[ForrestGump]

35. I poke

in the first sentence.

And we all know that your mental age is actually half the age you look, fool....

[LeftyFingerPop]

37. Most women I know...

don't poke in the first sentence.

[Zavulon]

29. I was kind of wondering, but your

"poke dead things with a stick" looked like a shot at dark humor. My girlfriend was convinced, anyway.

[LeftyFingerPop]

32. Your girlfriend?

Meaning she isn't available? :evilgrin:

[Zavulon]

34. Well, actually,

if you are willing to take her out to Big Sur and poke dead things with a stick with her on a moonlight walk, I might have to share her with you.

[LeftyFingerPop]

36. Let me see...

if the warden will give me a pass, and i'll let you know.

[Zavulon]

38. I'll let her know.

By the way, you'll have to feed her first - she hates the dry heaves when poking bloated amphibian corpses.

[SPKrazy]

31. damn

i leave for a moment and you have already been trying to replace me :cry:

[LeftyFingerPop]

33. yeah...

I'm trying to justify my immaturity :evilgrin:

Gimme a hug :hug:

[S n o w b a l l]

39. LOL...I didn't see the original post...

...but I have to say, if anyone took a personal ad from philboy seriously, they haven't been paying attention!!

:)

:hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

40. very nice to see you....

:hi: :hug:

[S n o w b a l l]

43. ....

:hi: thanks, philboy! Nice to see you too!

:hug: