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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"Have you got a radio we can take Humpty?"Cast your minds back.
I went to an all-boy's school in Cumbria.
Each house of boys kept a "quotes book" in which notable and hilarious phrases used in converations were noted. A latter day Bash.org if you will.
Summer days were sweet, and we used to go dipping in the River Rawthey when time allowed. We'd invariably drink beer and smoke ourselves silly too. A Radio was always needed.
We were about to go, when Matt asked "Humpty? have you got a radio we can take?"... I was in the process of repairing one, so I happend to have a circuit board and a all relevant bits lying around... all I needed to do was whack them back together.
"Gimme a minute, I'll knock one up".
Back then, the minutes of laughter that they got from that phrase actually hurt... But nowadays I'm proud of it.
At the end of the year Everyone had a giggle at my expense again when the quotes book was read.... Not to worry.
It took 2 minutes.
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Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:20,
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hmm,Sedbergh was it?
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Aye lassone of the only places the Rawthey runs though...
you'll find that in other QOTW answers..
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Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Thu 6 Mar 2008, 17:05,
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Oooo...I went there.
Circa 87
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