claiming your own

[enochs_fable]

Overheard while standing in line for Bourne Ultimatum; a dad and his twelve(?)-year old son.

Kid: Dad, you're a nerd.

Dad: No I'm not. Give me one reason.

Kid: You watch Star Trek.

Dad: Only the original!

Kid: You wish you could speak Klingon!

Dad: Well, yeah, so? I'm not a nerd.

See, if I was that Dad, I'd be all, "That's right, I'm a big

Comments

[going_not_gone]

We have Nerd Pride at our house. ; )

Nerd Pride!

[enochs_fable]

Heh. I was soo tempted to jump in. But I didn't.

[piperjoy]

hell, yeah!

i'm never sure whether i'm a nerd/geek or if i just love 'em. many, many of my friends are nerds/geeks. it's good.

etymology

[enochs_fable]

Yeah, there's a lot of debate over the differences between the term. I suppose if you wanted to be really nitpicky, unless you bite heads off chickens, you're not a geek.

I suspect the definition has evolved since then, however.

Re: etymology

[piperjoy]

well, you know, if i did something equally horrific...

Re: etymology

[enochs_fable]

eeww!

[jiggliusceasar]

Nerds will have built something better than the Internet by the time your kids are old enough to say that!

if we had kids...

[enochs_fable]

you'd be right!