Nerds Unite!

TamTastic
TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
edited September 18 in Health and Weight Loss
In talking with Ali, it seems many among us are closet (Or maybe not so much), nerds!! So I say, dig out your pocket protectors, unravel the tape for your glasses and hike up your suspenders......

As in our inner dorkiness the other day, what makes you a nerd??

I love documentaries and tv shows about history. History Detectives is my show man!!! The coolest thing!! Alas, I fell asleep half-way through it last night!! SIGH!(all that fresh air earlier in the day did me in!) But, good thing is I am nerd enough to know it repeats today at 6 so I can find out if that Short Snorter was real!!

I could sit in a bookstore with a big pile of books on history and a latte and be there for HOURS! (One of my fav things to do at Barnes and Noble before I got married and had a child!!! :laugh: )

Oh, and apparantly, I actually use the word "alas" :laugh: :laugh:
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  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    In talking with Ali, it seems many among us are closet (Or maybe not so much), nerds!! So I say, dig out your pocket protectors, unravel the tape for your glasses and hike up your suspenders......

    As in our inner dorkiness the other day, what makes you a nerd??

    I love documentaries and tv shows about history. History Detectives is my show man!!! The coolest thing!! Alas, I fell asleep half-way through it last night!! SIGH!(all that fresh air earlier in the day did me in!) But, good thing is I am nerd enough to know it repeats today at 6 so I can find out if that Short Snorter was real!!

    I could sit in a bookstore with a big pile of books on history and a latte and be there for HOURS! (One of my fav things to do at Barnes and Noble before I got married and had a child!!! :laugh: )

    Oh, and apparantly, I actually use the word "alas" :laugh: :laugh:
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    In talking with Ali, it seems many among us are closet (Or maybe not so much), nerds!! So I say, dig out your pocket protectors, unravel the tape for your glasses and hike up your suspenders......

    As in our inner dorkiness the other day, what makes you a nerd??

    I love documentaries and tv shows about history. History Detectives is my show man!!! The coolest thing!! Alas, I fell asleep half-way through it last night!! SIGH!(all that fresh air earlier in the day did me in!) But, good thing is I am nerd enough to know it repeats today at 6 so I can find out if that Short Snorter was real!!

    I could sit in a bookstore with a big pile of books on history and a latte and be there for HOURS! (One of my fav things to do at Barnes and Noble before I got married and had a child!!! :laugh: )

    Ewww, nerds gross me out. :sick:
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    In talking with Ali, it seems many among us are closet (Or maybe not so much), nerds!! So I say, dig out your pocket protectors, unravel the tape for your glasses and hike up your suspenders......

    As in our inner dorkiness the other day, what makes you a nerd??

    I love documentaries and tv shows about history. History Detectives is my show man!!! The coolest thing!! Alas, I fell asleep half-way through it last night!! SIGH!(all that fresh air earlier in the day did me in!) But, good thing is I am nerd enough to know it repeats today at 6 so I can find out if that Short Snorter was real!!

    I could sit in a bookstore with a big pile of books on history and a latte and be there for HOURS! (One of my fav things to do at Barnes and Noble before I got married and had a child!!! :laugh: )

    Ewww, nerds gross me out. :sick:

    Guess I better not come visit you guys then!! :indifferent:
  • Manda86
    Manda86 Posts: 1,859 Member
    Spelling Bee City Champ, 1998!!! (Took 3rd at regionals, I won a dictionary and 50 big ones!!)

    lol...


    ummm... I wore a giant minnie mouse t-shirt to compete in.. cause I's gangsta and that's how I rolls...
  • Manda86
    Manda86 Posts: 1,859 Member
    In talking with Ali, it seems many among us are closet (Or maybe not so much), nerds!! So I say, dig out your pocket protectors, unravel the tape for your glasses and hike up your suspenders......

    As in our inner dorkiness the other day, what makes you a nerd??

    I love documentaries and tv shows about history. History Detectives is my show man!!! The coolest thing!! Alas, I fell asleep half-way through it last night!! SIGH!(all that fresh air earlier in the day did me in!) But, good thing is I am nerd enough to know it repeats today at 6 so I can find out if that Short Snorter was real!!

    I could sit in a bookstore with a big pile of books on history and a latte and be there for HOURS! (One of my fav things to do at Barnes and Noble before I got married and had a child!!! :laugh: )

    Ewww, nerds gross me out. :sick:

    Guess I better not come visit you guys then!! :indifferent:

    pffft... don't worry, I'm nerd enough for the both of us... lol
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    *hides in the role playing game section of the book store while Tami reads her history book* '

    *thinks to self* Ok, now I have my new dungeons and dragons books, how can I make it to the ancient history section without Tam seeing me....'
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    *hides in the role playing game section of the book store while Tami reads her history book* '

    *thinks to self* Ok, now I have my new dungeons and dragons books, how can I make it to the ancient history section without Tam seeing me....'

    Mmmhmmm, thought so!!! (My name is Kettle and this is my bro Pot)
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    *hides in the role playing game section of the book store while Tami reads her history book* '

    *thinks to self* Ok, now I have my new dungeons and dragons books, how can I make it to the ancient history section without Tam seeing me....'

    Mmmhmmm, thought so!!! (My name is Kettle and this is my bro Pot)

    :bigsmile:
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    Hmm, guess we are the only nerds here. Or at least the only nerds willing to admit it!! :laugh: :laugh:

    I want a laptop! My hubby is always downloading weird stuff and bogging our puter down!! (Not, not THAT kind of stuff, he likes to try and get "free feeds" to sporting events, etc SIGH!)..I want my own machine dag nabit!
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    Hmm, guess we are the only nerds here. Or at least the only nerds willing to admit it!! :laugh: :laugh:

    I want a laptop! My hubby is always downloading weird stuff and bogging our puter down!! (Not, not THAT kind of stuff, he likes to try and get "free feeds" to sporting events, etc SIGH!)..I want my own machine dag nabit!


    It's probably all the photoshopped pictures of you and Ty together that you have cluttering up your PC.....
  • laurenk182004
    laurenk182004 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Ummm...I'm a nerd because I love Harry Potter...lol and I love learning new things on the computer. Uh, I like to read, I like The twilight zone...not sure what else makes me "nerdy" lol

    o I thought of more..lol
    I play clarinet and played in a special honors band concert in high school, I was in "GT" (gifted and talented) classes in school as well...I got a scholarship to John Hopkins University for a summer back in high school b/c my SAT scores were so high :bigsmile: ok..done gloating about my brilliant nerdiness!
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    Ummm...I'm a nerd because I love Harry Potter...lol and I love learning new things on the computer. Uh, I like to read, I like The twilight zone...not sure what else makes me "nerdy" lol

    o I thought of more..lol
    I play clarinet and played in a special honors band concert in high school, I was in "GT" (gifted and talented) classes in school as well...I got a scholarship to John Hopkins University for a summer back in high school b/c my SAT scores were so high :bigsmile: ok..done gloating about my brilliant nerdiness!

    I love Harry Potter too! hahaha
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    Hmm, guess we are the only nerds here. Or at least the only nerds willing to admit it!! :laugh: :laugh:

    I want a laptop! My hubby is always downloading weird stuff and bogging our puter down!! (Not, not THAT kind of stuff, he likes to try and get "free feeds" to sporting events, etc SIGH!)..I want my own machine dag nabit!


    It's probably all the photoshopped pictures of you and Ty together that you have cluttering up your PC.....

    Don't make me come down there!!!
  • bboy1
    bboy1 Posts: 10
    Every time I get a new phone (of course it has PDA functionality) I hack into it and do coding modifications to add more memory, speed up the processor, adjust the volume settings, add games, etc.

    BEAT THAT :noway:
  • cwilson715
    cwilson715 Posts: 130
    HEHEHEEH! My husband and I own a game server provider company..... want to talk about secret? I play World of War Craft. I am a nerd at heart who would have known
  • mwildmann
    mwildmann Posts: 6
    Have you seen White and Nerdy on YouTube with Donnie Osmond?
  • lotusfromthemud
    lotusfromthemud Posts: 5,335 Member
    I can:

    recite dialog from the first (or technically middle) three Star Wars films from memory, as well as nearly ALL of every Monty Python sketch ever filmed, and every episode of Black Adder ever made. I also used to run (run!) home from the bus stop as a young girl to make sure I could watch re-runs of Star Trek.

    I study for a living.

    um. . .I wear glasses. . .

    and oh, yeah. . .I'm talking to people on the internets. . .:tongue:
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    I can:

    recite dialog from the first (or technically middle) three Star Wars films from memory, as well as nearly ALL of every Monty Python sketch ever filmed, and every episode of Black Adder ever made. I also used to run (run!) home from the bus stop as a young girl to make sure I could watch re-runs of Star Trek.

    I study for a living.

    um. . .I wear glasses. . .

    and oh, yeah. . .I'm talking to people on the internets. . .:tongue:

    :laugh: :laugh: I do some of that too! Especially the Star Wars dialog!!
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    I can:

    recite dialog from the first (or technically middle) three Star Wars films from memory, as well as nearly ALL of every Monty Python sketch ever filmed, and every episode of Black Adder ever made. I also used to run (run!) home from the bus stop as a young girl to make sure I could watch re-runs of Star Trek.

    I study for a living.

    um. . .I wear glasses. . .

    and oh, yeah. . .I'm talking to people on the internets. . .:tongue:

    :laugh: :laugh: I do some of that too! Especially the Star Wars dialog!!


    Yep, add me to the list of Star Wars and Python quoters.
  • Hubby and I have over 1000 DVD's, all in alphabetical order and numbered. We have a spreadsheet on our pc's with our entire movie list also with the numbers. When we wanna watch something instead of searching thru 1000+ movies we can just pull up our file. Our video games are also done this way :embarassed:

    I have never seen star wars or monty python , guess that alone makes me a nerd around here lol
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    Hubby and I have over 1000 DVD's, all in alphabetical order and numbered. We have a spreadsheet on our pc's with our entire movie list also with the numbers. When we wanna watch something instead of searching thru 1000+ movies we can just pull up our file. Our video games are also done this way :embarassed:

    I have never seen star wars or monty python , guess that alone makes me a nerd around here lol


    HOLY CRAP!!!

    You have over 1000 dvds and you've never seen Star Wars *OR* Monty Python!?!?!

    :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:
  • cwilson715
    cwilson715 Posts: 130
    Hubby and I have over 1000 DVD's, all in alphabetical order and numbered. We have a spreadsheet on our pc's with our entire movie list also with the numbers. When we wanna watch something instead of searching thru 1000+ movies we can just pull up our file. Our video games are also done this way :embarassed:

    I have never seen star wars or monty python , guess that alone makes me a nerd around here lol


    WOW! where do you live because you sould like my Great Aunt and Uncle?
  • Hubby and I have over 1000 DVD's, all in alphabetical order and numbered. We have a spreadsheet on our pc's with our entire movie list also with the numbers. When we wanna watch something instead of searching thru 1000+ movies we can just pull up our file. Our video games are also done this way :embarassed:

    I have never seen star wars or monty python , guess that alone makes me a nerd around here lol


    WOW! where do you live because you sould like my Great Aunt and Uncle?

    Lol ontario Canada , but Im not old enough to be anyone's great anything lol.

    and J we may very well HAVE those movies, I don't know my brain fails me. I've just never sat down and watched them.

    Lastnight we watch Witless Protection ( larry the cable guy soooo funny)
    and Pokemon 10 The Rise of Darkrai ( ok so I read my book thru this one)
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    I'm not a nerd...

    But I'll talk to all of you anyway! :wink: :laugh:
  • Oh ... and I was a band geek. Clarinet 1st chair, concert,marching, and pep band. hehe, could I play a clarinet now ? hmm probably not. It so sad to say I graduated 10 yrs ago. Now I feel old :grumble:
  • msarro
    msarro Posts: 2,748 Member
    Uhhhh...

    -I stand in line at midnight for video game releases
    -i have a tshirt with this written in terminal font (its a unix joke):

    $>cd /pub
    $>more beer

    -I owned a cat named Schroedinger, and a dog named Pavlov
    -I can say the ABC's backwards while completely intoxicated.
    -I can write hello world in about 15 languages - only 2 of them spoken.
    -I think that the number e is totally cooler than the number pi
    -I can have entire conversations in acronyms and abbreviations when in the company of other geeks/network peoples.
    -I took the time to make a bulleted list for this... oi vey.
  • 2Shoes
    2Shoes Posts: 396
    Uhhhh...

    -I stand in line at midnight for video game releases
    -i have a tshirt with this written in terminal font (its a unix joke):

    $>cd /pub
    $>more beer

    -I owned a cat named Schroedinger, and a dog named Pavlov
    -I can say the ABC's backwards while completely intoxicated.
    -I can write hello world in about 15 languages - only 2 of them spoken.
    -I think that the number e is totally cooler than the number pi
    -I took the time to make a bulleted list for this... oi vey.


    I have to say, I think you win!!! :laugh: :tongue:

    award_tw.gif
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    I have a Bubba Hotep Poster over my bed. Now tell me *that* isn't sexy.

    keybubba1.jpg
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    I have a Bubba Hotep Poster over my bed. Now tell me *that* isn't sexy.

    keybubba1.jpg

    Woah, does Manda know about that??? :huh:
  • ali106
    ali106 Posts: 3,754 Member
    OMG Tami you went there:noway: LOL....

    so after reading this post I think msarro and J are pretty much tied at lead nerds....but there are very close seconds w/ the rest of us lmbo

    hugs my fellow nerds!
    Ali :flowerforyou:
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