Dork Pride! Suddenly, it's cool to be uncool

CNN ^ | July 18, 2005

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

My daughter came home from school a few months ago and announced rather sheepishly that she is a geek. I told her not to blame herself. With a father who collects comic books and plays D&D and a mother who thinks that reading about the Plantagenet dynasty is exciting, she had no choice in the matter.

[tiamat]

We're MUCH better looking than that, though.

[SunnySide]

"I get phone calls from all sorts of good looking women - so I can fix their computers because their boyfriends did something stupid to them. "

"Just don't let your butt crack show when bending over"
'Dan Ackroyds refrigerator repairman character from Saturday Night LIve

[tiamat]

I told my daughter essentially the same thing for similar reasons.

;-)

[JasonC]

Actually it is true. But the ladies all expect the geek to invent a better mousetrap and buy them a million dollar home in the suburbs before they are 30.

[tiamat]

Those are the wrong sort of ladies.

[tiamat]

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[orionblamblam]

> My daughter came home from school a few months ago and announced rather sheepishly that she is a geek. I told her not to blame herself.

You should have told her to be *proud* of herself. Geekiness is not a cause for blame or shame.

[orionblamblam]

> But the ladies all expect the geek to invent a better mousetrap and buy them a million dollar home in the suburbs before they are 30.

Those are NOT nerd-girls.

[brooklin]

"NCAA division III lacrosse team..."


Yuppie geek ;-)

[Jimmy Valentine]

That is a great picture of "Dutch", "Gipper", "The Big Boss Man"; Mr. Ronald Wilson Reagan!

A man's man.

regards,

[Mr_Moonlight]

That summer, the outhouse was stolen.

Someone actually stole the outhouse ??? [grin]

[patton]

Yes, actually. It was stolen.

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

I know. I was joking with her and she understands my sense of humor. I also told her to embrace her inner geek as I have.

[orionblamblam]

Ah. A good woman!

A good *geeky* woman!

If only there were some around here... :(

[RightOnline]

LMAO................

[SunnySide]

"The ladies expect the geek to invent a better mousetrap and buy them a million dollar home in the suburbs before they are 30"


Napoleon Dynamite says, Gosh, you act like there's something wrong with that.

[weegee]

If it came from Claire's it's automatically cool. Now, understanding all that, I went to Claire's today. They had a selection of t-shirts, keychains and posters which said, Nerd, Dork, or Geek. So, I guess it is ok for little girls to be any of the above.

They are being ironic. Geeks, dorks, and nerds are still uncool but the cool kids will wear fake glasses and "nerd" logo merchandise as long as it came from a genuine cool store.

[weegee]

What did Bill Gates ever write? He hires geeks to do the work. Some have gotten rich on their stock.

[Boomer Geezer]

.... My 11 year old wrote a cute little song entitled Life of a Geek if anyone is interested, I can try to find it.

Yup, please do. If you do not wish to post it publicly you can always FReepmail it to me, er ... ah ... my wife is interested in it, you see. Ah ... I was reading the thread to her, and ... well ... It's not for me, you understand ... (ahem ... harrump) ::rolleyes::