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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SympathyThe remains of my brain also have the ability to retain completely bloody useless items of information, but I can't remember to take stuff out of the freezer to defrost without writing myself a note.
Why do I need to know the specifications of virtually every aircraft built between 1914 and 1945, remember that Sir Joseph Blaine tipped his local crossing sweeper 4d per week, or that Sherlock Holmes carried a copy of The Origins of Tree Worship when disguised as a bookseller.
Why?
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