Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!cbosgd!ihnp4!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Results of the 'What does Chuqui look like?' contest! Message-ID: <1528@nsc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 30-Sep-84 00:29:55 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.1528 Posted: Sun Sep 30 00:29:55 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 07:24:13 EDT Distribution: net Organization: The Warlocks Cave Lines: 111 Well, the results are in on the 'What does Chuqui look like' contest. At the bottom of this article are all of the replies where you can look at them if you want. Actually, the replies are pretty much beside the point. What IS the point, you might ask? [~Ok, chuq, what IS the point?~] Gee, I thought you'd never ask. The point is that there is a rather wide range of responses in here, which implies that different people view me differently. Well, so what, you might say [~Ok, chuq, so what?~] oh, be quiet! One of the problems net.singles has had in the last few months has been an exasperating amount of flaming over rather trivial matters. We all stopped talking and started yelling (one normal side effect of a yell is that the ears disconnect from the brain to allow greater volume). When people DID sit down and compare notes, many times they actually views things in similar ways but misread or misinterpreted postings. This network has a very limited information bandwidth. We don't have the visual or vocal cues to help us understand the meaning behind the words. It is VERY easy for people to become confused over just about anything. The fact that everyone views me slightly different shows how easy it is for people to view the exact same thing (since I assume you have all read all of my postings, everyone has seen the same me...) differently. I hope that this excercise helps to remind all of us (myself included) to work a little harder at making our own point of view clearer and less likely to be misunderstood, and to work a little harder at trying to understand others points of view. If that happens, we are all winners. We should all be friends out here-- we don't NEED to flame, we can talk instead. I hope we do so more in the future. Oh, for the record-- I am 26, of germanic decent and germanic build (a rather heavy bone structure) 5'8", 220 pounds, lightish brown short hair, glasses (contacts hopefully next week, schedules permitting), and no facial hair. I refuse to get subjective about myself-- you'll have to see it for yourself and judge. Oh, yes, and I'm single. Or I will be in November. The winner of the prize and what that prize is will be notified by male. or something like that. chuq --- What does chuqui look like contest replies --- From bonnie!jf4 yeah man you're about 5'4" and have wimp written all over your face From homxa!carson Umm, lessee,...there is the chuqui on the couch, with toga, grapes, other degenerate paraphenalia. Actually we all know that it doesn't matter what chuqui's co-workers think he looks like (my guess is that the hair color is right, but no beard) since it's all make-up covering a vicious space alien (wants us to, ugh!, be loving and caring and other terrible things), bear-descended so mostly large enough to be even tempered (tho occasionally gets up on the wrong side of the, umm, bed and has a NASTY side then--after all, is merely, umm, humanoid), but a little too big to be exactly cuddly.... From arizona!rogerh Let's see -- portrait of an imagined chuqui -- well, I have several choices. (a) tall, aesthetic, grizzled, painfully thin, hunched, with a brilliant smile. (b) a touch chunky, quite average in description, very serious demeanor. (c) David Bowie with (with what? with makeup, of course). From rohn@rand-unix I think I would place you in the 25-35 range, not 30-40, hair probably leaning closer to brown than blond, not quite a "teddy bear", probably thinner. From dartvax!betsy I've always 'seen' you as late-twenties, olive-skinned, black-haired, black-eyed, and slight. From ptsfa!bdp That's easy! You've got lots of frizzy orange hair, a spherical red nose, *really* big feet, and a penchant for baggy clothes and greasepaint.... No? OK, seriously.... I've always pictured you as medium height, late 20's to early 30's, fairly thin, with black or dark brown hair and somewhat dark skin; possibly Oriental or Asian. Don't ask me *where* I got this impression from; I haven't a clue. In any case, it's my guess....enjoy (?). From sdcrdcf!alan I take you to be 23-27 years old, probably breaded, slightly overweight, casual in dress, and probably single. From sdcc3!arwen Age: Around 26-28 Hair: Brown Beard: Naaah Weight: Average Height: Around 5'10" p.s. However, should you turn out to be thin, blond and tall, or any combination of two of the three, be careful; I will be on the next plane. From loral!jlh I had you pictured as oriental (the name), tall, about 6 feet or so, slim, about 25 - 30 years old. You're probably german, 5 feet 2 inches, 360 pounds, and 52 years old in real life, though. This should be interesting. -- From the Department of Bistromatics: Chuq Von Rospach {amd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA Guns don't kill kids. Kids kill kids.