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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Nerdish? Maybe. Sad? Definitely.I imagine most of you haven't yet reached your 30th birthday. Mine was back in May 2005.
When you think about it, it's probably the best of all birthdays. You should, in theory, have the experience, awareness and confidence of an adult, not to mention a decent wage after a decade or more of work-place endevours. You are also fortunate enough to still have most of your youthful energy, stamina, looks and enthusiasm.
Let's be honest, these days when people hit thirty, half of 'em are still using skateboards as transport but can now afford the really good ones.
To reflect this grand meeting of optimism and wisdom, most people I know (and I imagine most of you who have reached this benchmark age) celebrate in dramatic style. Almost all of my friends who've turned 30 done so in the expected way; big, expensive gatherings, lots of drink, dance, stimulants, music and exciting carnal encounters.
Me?
I stood on the shores of Loch Ness quietly saying "C'mon, c'mon! Show yourself, damn you!"
If I can redeem myself, slightly, with this story, I was drinking lots of double 15yr old single malts that were £8 a measure
Length? 30 years exactly, I 'spose.
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 21:00,
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*click*Best celebration ever.
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^Cheers^:o)
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 21:49,
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I'm looking forward to celebrating my 30th birthday this yearagain ... only this time I have to count in hex: I'll be 0x30 now.
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brilliant!and did she show herself?
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Sadly not.However I'm going back there for a while in May this year.
*Realises he prob shouldn't admit such stuff*
Happy birthday to all people who turn '30' this year.
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Sat 8 Mar 2008, 5:48,
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I'm 42.....And I still sometimes stare out of the window at night looking for UFO's.
And I still sometimes get the feeling that I should be carrying a towel whenever I go out.
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girlinthehole, Sat 8 Mar 2008, 12:34,
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^Me too^Seems we both have a part of oour brain that stopped developing a few years before the rest. :o)
(The UFO bit. Don't get the towell bit.)
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Sat 8 Mar 2008, 15:25,
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