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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When I was but a nipper...I had a predilection towards dismantling broken electronic goods. I would spend hours pulling apart toasters, blenders, tv's and whatever I could get my hands on. I'd strip all the components down to their most basic state and lay it all out on a floor. My mom was so proud and thought this was almost certainly the start of a great interest that would lead to a glittering career in something, although neither of us was sure what it would be.To be honest I think she was just hoping I would have a job one day and bugger off out the house.
Obviously I discovered drugs, fast cars and woman later in life and my dreams of success faded faster than Martin Luther King doing stand up at the annual KKK dinner. Now days I'd sooner throw away a torch than change the batteries.
(, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 10:56, Reply)
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