who is the biggest nerd here?

[dennilfloss]

After posting my first two pics in the AnandGallery, I was called the geekiest amongst geeks. Thank God, I have changed since then and now look like Fabio's twin.

Make that Farbio's twin.

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[Ultima200]

Fabio?? Not really.

Paulson has got to be the biggest nerd around here. Is he still banned?

 

[azazyel]

Paulson got banned? When did that happen?

 

[Yeeny]

I am a reformed nerd also. I had the coke bottle glasses, the bad hair and the bad skin to go with it. I was also a stick, they used to call me a carpenters dream in high school, along with several other names. I spent all my time reading books about science and how things work. Not anymore though. But I am a slight geek. While I am not a quarter as bad as some people here, I tend to spend way too much time on my computer. And you can still find me with my nose buried in a book or watching some documentary on tv.

 

[Optimus]

Here are my nerd qualifications:

I build computers for fun
I work all day at a computer
I belong to a discussion forum based on computers
I own every game system on the market today and many games
I own the Aliens boxed set, The Matrix, and X-Men on DVD
I can name every character in Robotech
I picked my screenname after a Transformer
I am re-reading my leather-bound 5 book set of The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (BTW, they never found the answer - the "roads" one was made up by Benji mouse, the one they pulled out of the scrabble bag wasn't right: "What do you get when you multiply...", the real answer occured to Fenny/Fenchurch, but was lost in a space-time anomoly. And the one thing they did find was God's final message to His creation: "We apologize for the inconvenience&quot

I proudly wear my Decepticon logo t-shirt to work
I not only still have all my Transformers/Star Wars/assorted sci-fi toys, but they are:
a) In a specially constructed room for them on display
b) regularily taken off the shelf to partake in massive space battles
c) I am still buying new ones (found the big Jetstorm last week!)

I watch Star Wars, Buffy, Dark Angel, Escaflowne, Princess Mononoake, Gundam Wing, Simpsons, Futurama...

I can argue whether a Federation class Starship can defeat a Star Destroyer (NO!)
I built my home theater system
I can solder quite well
I know more useless sci-fi trivia than I know what to do with.
I cry everytime I see Apollo 13 and The Iron Giant

Things that take away from my nerd ranking:

1) Don't really look like one (No glasses)
2) Have a gorgeous wife
3) Play contact sports (ice hockey)
4) HATE Star Trek


Hmmm... I think the scales still tip heavily toward nerd-dom!

 

[azazyel]

WOW...I am actually speachless. Not so much about the nerd qualifications but that I actually feel a little jealous. I mean the series leather bound, transformer collection, cool!