You might be a nerd if...

[whimsicalmeerkat]

That or FAX

[Dawn]

I'd need one of those corset dresses that proudly present ones bosom.....





I'm in! :D

[Dawn]

Mmmmm, I want one of those giant turkey legs....

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

I used to go to the Ren Faire all the time with my family when I was younger, and then with friends when I was in college. Then I didn't go for several years until a few years ago - and everything was pretty much the same. Was a bit disappointed that in the 7 or so years I hadn't been they didn't really add any new shows or anything.

That said, we do have plans on going back this year. It rained last time and Jer never did get to see the final joust.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

I'm down...especially if I get to wear a costume.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

I need a new bodice. I think I outgrew my last one. :(

I "joke" that I could wear my wedding dress - but it's more Medievally than Renaissance, really. Not that they usually care all that much about accuracy, really. I mean, it's not like the SCA folken.

[Kit★]

I'm in, let's go!

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

If this is the funniest thing you've seen all day.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Yes, don't cross the SCA...or wear pointy ears, they hate that.

[[deleted user]]

SCA?

Also, would it be wrong to dress up as a Klingon and challenge everyone to a duel to the death?

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Ala wrote: "SCA?

Also, would it be wrong to dress up as a Klingon and challenge everyone to a duel to the death?"

Only if they didn't insult you first.

[[deleted user]]

Hmmmmmmm.

[[deleted user]]

So a french speaking Klingon wearing a proton pack from Ghostbusters while wielding a lightsaber after driving there in a delorean would be bad?

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Ala wrote: "So a french speaking Klingon wearing a proton pack from Ghostbusters while wielding a lightsaber after driving there in a delorean would be bad?"

*nods*

that = bad

[[deleted user]]

Well damnit then, I don't wanna go anymore.

[Amelia]

MrsJoseph wrote: "If this is the funniest thing you've seen all day."

LOL! I love the cat from phase 6!

[Laurel]

I kinda want to go to Ala's convention... In a Scooby van!

[[deleted user]]

See, Laurel knows what's up.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Amelia wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "If this is the funniest thing you've seen all day."

LOL! I love the cat from phase 6!"

That was me at my last job. Phase 6 comes sooooo quickly.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Quidditch: Harry Potter and the Wizardly Workout - NY Nov. 11-12

http://www.worldcupquidditch.com/inde...

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Tracey wrote: "Yale has a quidditch team. That sorta blew my mind."

So does Duke Uni (my hometown) and U of MD.

Now if they only had teams for old foggies like me.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

@Ala - SCA


As to the Quidditch thing - ya know, I'm as big a Harry Potter fan as the next crazy person, but I gotta say I think this whole real-world quidditch thing is kind of ridiculous.

[Kit★]

Colleen of the Crawling Chaos wrote: "@Ala - SCA
As to the Quidditch thing - ya know, I'm as big a Harry Potter fan as the next crazy person, but I gotta say I think this whole real-world quidditch thing is kind of ridiculous."

Yea, I don't think it'd be very good. I mean, take out the flying and where's the fun? Plus the bludgers and snitch don't really move on their own in real life, so there's a big detraction there too.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

From what I've seen the snitch is actually a human now - but they still make you hold the broom. That's the part that is silly IMO. Other than that...looks like good clean fun. No worse than dodge ball to be sure.

[Kit★]

Lol!

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Exactly! :)

And let's not forget a bunch of men running around in a rectangle throwing a ball through a circle...

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, *good karma*]

Tracey wrote: "Or holding sticks and hitting then chasing after a small white ball. Spoiling a good walk."

LOL!

[[deleted user]]

I can't lie, I would totally join SCA if they were around my area.

[[deleted user]]

*gasps* They let you beat people up



.....with swords!

[whimsicalmeerkat]

☠The Dread Pirate Grant☠ wrote: "*gasps* They let you beat people up



.....with swords!"

This sounds extremely appealing. I'd probably get tired of it though and resort to taunting the people who are getting beaten up, then beaten up myself.

As for the ren faire, I'm in, but I don't know about the corset thing. Those suckers are damned uncomfortable and I hate that cut in half breast thing so many seem to do. Maybe I could go as a nun. It'd sure save on the sunblock.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Denae...doing the French Taunter thing:
"I Don't want to talk to you no more, you Empty-headed animal food trough Water. fart in you General Direction. Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries."

Be sure to run.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I hate running. Running in a corset sounds awful. Can't I just pretend to be faint and shriek for someone to save me?

*would never be able to do that*

*fails at looking helpless and girly*

*pretty much OK with this, although getting out of tickets would be nice*

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I don't have any witty book related shirts. I'm short on nerd saying shirts in general. reddit and video game shirts I have.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

@Denea - The corset I had was pretty much just for the look of it. Didn't have any boning or anything crazy like that. It did have some thin metal bits, or something, in certain areas, but it was flexible so sort of defeated the purpose - which I was ok with. :>

Actually, I think it was more a bodice than a corset, but I've never been able to get people to agree on what the difference between the two is.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Ah. Then I shall stick with bodices, for they hold me in enough and give me very nice looking cleavage.

As for posture - maybe I should wear one more often. My posture at the computer sucks. :-\

[Dawn]

Colleen of the Crawling Chaos wrote: "My posture at the computer sucks. :-\"

*reads this while hunched over my computer at work*

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon]

Denae wrote: "I don't have any witty book related shirts. I'm short on nerd saying shirts in general. reddit and video game shirts I have."

I only have a few sayings shirts, as I tend to prefer designs, but I did recently buy a Firefly related shirt, and I have my 'Mischief Managed' shirt, of course. A couple of other movie related shirts, but not many book ones, aside from the HP ones.

I do have this one cool shirt of Edgar Poe's 'The Raven' written out in the shape of a raven, though, which I love.

Today I'm wearing my skeleton shirt. I like to quip that it makes me look thin...

[[deleted user]]

God complex maybe? :D

[whimsicalmeerkat]

It's not a complex if you're right. For a related concept, see this quote I read yesterday and felt compelled to add to the site.

[The Pirate Ghost]

Tracey wrote: "You might be a nerd if ...

... when someone asks you if you're a god, you do say yes."

"Who, you gonna call?...."

[[deleted user]]

Lmao...that is an awesome, awesome quote, Denae :)

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I don't know what you'd think of the book, but you'd probably find Slothrop, the character whose POV that occurred during, amusing.

[Jordan]

Heres another one...*sheepish grin

You might be a nerd if...You use the phrase 'I am not Borg I will not be assimilated' when you are ranting.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

...you say things should be nerfed. Bonus points if you've ever said "omg, nerf feral" after being attacked by a cat.

...you have tattoos in Greek because of the etymology of the words, not because of any Greek heritage.

...you know exactly what people mean when they refer to the sad/terrible Futurama episode.

[The Pirate Ghost]

... you actually know what a "Nerf Herder" and a "Wamp Rat" are.

[[deleted user]]

Do you mean the one with Fry's dog?! So, so, so depressing

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Thought of a few more:

...roflstomp is part of your regular lexicon

...you drunkenly declare your interest in and willingness to sleep with "Baltar's lawyer" when watching the White Collar pilot, totally ignoring the really pretty main dude

[whimsicalmeerkat]

☠The Dread Pirate Grant☠ wrote: "Do you mean the one with Fry's dog?! So, so, so depressing"

Yes, that one. Last night's episode had Fry getting a pet and I was sooo worried it was going to go the same way.

(I'm not sure if that apostrophe goes there. Damn ambien. It's driving me crazy.)

[The Pirate Ghost]

... You remember when Chuck Connors played a Werewolf on the Fox Channel.

... you can name all three of Mulder's Partners on X-Files.

[The Pirate Ghost]

Denae wrote: "☠The Dread Pirate Grant☠ wrote: "Do you mean the one with Fry's dog?! So, so, so depressing"

Yes, that one. Last night's episode had Fry getting a pet and I was sooo worried it was going to go t..."

Ah, yes, Ambien, A.K.A. the Chemical Hammer in my mother's house. Take it and it's like getting hit in the head with a hammer, you'll go out...