How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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not me butAn ex-colleague of mine was perhaps the nerdiest nerd known to man. He was a programmer of some kind, about 6' 2'' with an adam's apple like a swallowed anvil, brown teeth, body odour and a diet of white bread and marge. He was a virgin at 24. But that's not what made him a nerd.
He was a tremendous fan of Noel Edmonds' Deal or No Deal (I've never seen it) and would set his VHS video to record it each day while he was at work. Then, when he got home, he'd transcribe all the stats and events from the show on to a dedicated website he'd built. If he took a holiday from work, he would stay at home lest he missed an episode and had a gap in his stats.
A pleasant enough guy, but utterly without a life.
(, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 12:54, 1 reply)
gets a click just for the line..."adam's apple like a swallowed anvil"
(, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 13:10, closed)
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