What do you consider a well rounded individual?

[BlackNomad]

Male, female:

[Der Amf]

He's a **** too

Yeah..... Swiss Tony probably thought himself well-rounded too.....

[Seriously]

Male, female:

Do you know , I'm not sure

[Teeritz]

As a certified smartarse, I'd be the first to say that knowledge doesn't make a well rounded individual, decency does. Someone who is kind, considerate and thoughtful is usually going to be able to make up for a lack of knowledge.

Mind you, composite cars with arcane suspension, what's not to talk about?

Agreed. Decency trumps well-rounded. A great amount of knowledge often comes packaged in some know-it-all blowhard who always wants to have the last word, shakes your hand too hard (it's about trust, gentlemen, not crushing the other guy's knuckles into powder), looks at you with an arrogantly arched eyebrow, treats waiters and service staff with contempt, the list goes on and on.
Decency knows when to talk, and when not to talk, how to listen, and how to show empathy, kindness, and respect.

What's a well-rounded individual? I wouldn't know, but I've always liked the brief in-a-nutshell description of Rick Blaine in Casablanca; two parts Hemingway, one part Scott Fitzgerald.
And that is my idea of a well-rounded individual.
Wow. Two Casablanca references in as many days. I need a drink.

[Chronopolitano]

Jazz is considered more high brow than rap, but neither is superior. The same can be said for an, say, fine art vs computer games. To me 'well rounded' is synonymous to 'good all-rounder' - someone who can fit in with most crowds and appreciate most things. Not someone like metlin, who would criticise your wearing of a tie bar with a tweed jacket, but someone like me, who would ask what a tie bar is for, then appreciate the knowledge in the answer.

Thats funny, I was just about to say, "someone like Geoff."

Indeed, being well-rounded is about being at ease, and making others at ease, whatever the crowd, whether intellectuals, gangsters, or watch geeks. Or, as in my case, all three rolled into one.

PS: Metlin would tell you the tie bar is not actually a tie bar but an emergency nose-picking tool. And get you to use it as such.

[Matt]

Agreed. Decency trumps well-rounded. A great amount of knowledge often comes packaged in some know-it-all blowhard who always wants to have the last word, shakes your hand too hard (it's about trust, gentlemen, not crushing the other guy's knuckles into powder), looks at you with an arrogantly arched eyebrow, treats waiters and service staff with contempt, the list goes on and on.

But, but, Teeritz, how could you know? we've never met!

[Chronopolitano]

Not to your face, Geoff.

Now, that is decency in action, raght thar.

[Teeritz]

But, but, Teeritz, how could you know? we've never met!

I've read between your lines, of course.

[crownpuller]

.... and meat pies.

[BlackNomad]

Humble, friendly, well spoken, gentle, respectful, educated, witty, funny, curious, athletic, mechanically inclined, artistic, adventurous:


Did I mention humble?