Handy Dictionary to Decipher Personals Ads:
WOMEN'S ADS
40-ish......................  49 
Adventurer..................  Slept with all your friends 
Average looking.............   Has a face like a basset hound
Beautiful...................  Pathological liar 
Contagious Smile............   Does a lot of Ecstasy
Emotionally Secure..........  Medicated 
Free spirit.................  Junkie 
Fun.........................  Annoying 
Gentle......................  Comatose
Good Listener............... Borderline Autistic 
New-Age.....................  All body hair, all the time
Old-fashioned...............  Lights out, missionary position only
Open-minded.................  Desperate 
Outgoing....................  Loud and embarrassing 
Passionate..................  Sloppy drunk 
Poet........................  Depressive Schizophrenic 
Redhead.....................  Bad dye-job 
Reubenesque.................  Grossly fat 
Romantic....................  Looks better by candle light 
Social......................  Has been passed around like an hors d'oeuvres tray
Voluptuous.................. Very fat
Weight proportion w/ height........ Hugely fat
Wants Soulmate.............. Stalker
Widow....................... Drove first husband to shoot himself
Young at heart.............. Old bat
MEN'S ADS
40-ish................  52 and looking for 25 year old
Athletic.............. Watches a lot of NASCAR
Average looking....... Unusual hair growth on ears, nose, and back
Friendship first...... As long as friendship involves nookie
Fun...................  Good with a remote and a six pack
Good looking.......... Arrogant
Very good looking..... Dumb as a board
Honest................ Pathological Liar
Huggable.............. Overweight, more body hair than a bear
Likes to cuddle....... Insecure mama's boy
Mature................ Older than your father
Open-minded........... Wants to sleep with your roommate but she's not interested
Physically fit........  Does a lot of 12-ounce curls
Poet.................. Wrote ex-girlfriend's # on a bathroom stall
Sensitive............. Cries at chick flicks
Very sensitive........ Gay
Stable................ Arrested for stalking, but not convicted
Thoughtful............ Says "excuse me" when he farts