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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I always thought driving on the leftwas a throwback to older days when people travelled on horseback.
Most people being right-handed, it's easier to swipe an oncoming opponent with a sword or lance held in the right hand if you're riding on the left hand side of the road.
Same basic reason that castle towers always had the stairs winding clockwise upwards. Attackers going up the stairs would be forced to hold their swords in their left hands, while the defenders would be able use their right hands.
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