From: "Chad Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: The Geek Test Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 09:27:03 -0700
The Nerd From Hell comes in at a pathetic...
28.20513% - Total Geek - I just love that preciseness! (I am so embarrassed!) Frankly, I suspect that the test is jaded toward more modern geeks, with more weight given toward more recent technologies.
For instance, no reference to HAM radio operators... or owners of a TRS-80, or questions like "did you build your own remote control model plane or fired a rocket? Or have you ever done programming through a "green screen" terminal?
What about being a paperboy, swing bike owner, or own a glow in the dark Godzilla doll, or even got the top score on a classic video game like Donkey Kong, Defender, or pac-man?
Can anyone else think up some vintage Geek values?
Own(ed) or worn plaid shirts at any time in your life.
How about plaid pants? How about wearing them together? (I am just asking, not confessing.)
Own(ed) a Star Trek or Star Wars Toy anything after the age of 21.
Guilty.
Built Star Wars or Star Trek models
Guilty.
Own(ed) a Star Trek alum album (William Shatner or Leonard Nimoy gets two points)
How about "Inside Star Trek"? On both vinyl and 8-track?
Own(ed) a Franklin Mint Science Fiction or Fantasy anything
Has ever debated whch Dr. Who was the best.
Invited a Science Fiction actor to your
a) communion or bar or bat mitzvah (I know someone who invited Leonard Nimoy to his Bar Mitzvah.)
b) graduation
c) birthday
d) wedding (2+ points)
How about "been an actor in an SF movie"?
Owns the full, original Star Wars multidisc album on vinyl.
Worked phone Tech Support
No, I think I'd rather starve than commit suicide.
Knows what 'TARDIS' stands for.
Guilty.
-- Ronn! :)
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