Last one. Romance.
I was a bit geeky at school. (Gee, really?) My romantic entanglements tended to be quantum in nature - i.e. they happened at a distance and were undetectable to outside observers, especially the target of my affections.

I remember one time I had a crush on someone in the year above. After many months agonizing, I approached her and asked if she wanted a screw.

Now, I had a backup plan - when (not if) she said no, I would take a screw out of my pocket, say "Pity, it's a nice one" and beat a retreat.

She said yes.

Fzzzt. My entire prefrontal cortex fuses and I resort to plan B anyway, handing her the screw and beating a hasty retreat.

So, on the minuscule chance that Amanda is a B3tan, if it's any consolation, I've felt dumb about this for 20+ years. And now I'm airing it on B3ta, confirming the fact that I am irrepressably geeky.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Sat 31 Jan 2009, 23:35, 3 replies)

It could've been worse...
You never know, if you hadn't run away she might've followed up with "...but not from you."
(xanthine, Sat 31 Jan 2009, 23:40, closed)

Aaaah!
You get a click from me. Ace!
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Sun 1 Feb 2009, 0:59, closed)

clicks
for the quantum thing, and for being scared of girls (you also could've said "they tended to collapse if anyone observed them").
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Sun 1 Feb 2009, 3:29, closed)