When we wrote about online dating, we asked for your experiences with it, whether good, bad or weird. We're sorry to say nothing topped the anecdote we told in the beginning of that story. We'll let you be surprised if you haven't read it.

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But there are plenty more, and please feel free to continue adding them here. We can't get enough of them.

To warm you up, our superb TBD intern Sarah Cough unearthed a few gems from profiles at OkCupid. A few of our favorites:

“I'll be honest, the real reason I'm on this site is because there are a ton of restaurants in DC that I've never tried, and I hate eating alone. If you like food, lets do this. You don't even have to talk to me if you don't want, but I do get to try your entree.”

“I am a centaur, that's why you'll never see a photo of me below my waist. That's probably the second or third time I've used the word "centaur" today, which probably tells you a good deal about me.”

Under the heading of "I am really good at": “Everything except for beekeeping; sport; stunt-doubling; violence; carpentry; cooking; benedictions; self-actualization; theoretical physics; commanding large armies; dredging; oncology; whoring myself on webcam; evolving from non-mammalian ancestors; removing products from anti-theft packaging; and most things.

“I squeeze yogurt containers to make sure the foil seal hasn't been broken. If there's a plastic lid over said foil seal I will remove the plastic lid to confirm the seal's integrity. I don't know why I do this and I can't stop. Should I delete that?"

Under heading of "What are you doing with your life?": “Trying to escape it, physically (by which I mean to imply a quest for immortality, not that I want to escape this mortal coil) and metaphysically."

“I also dye my hair black. All my hair. I'm a giant ball of recessive genes so I have a few traits that no one else in my family has, and I've tried to get as close to the genetic norm as possible.”

And that's before you even get to the dates. First up is the back-door exit, courtesy of Michelle Lancaster.