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Nerds! How Rude!

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  • Thanks for enrolling me in the club!
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  • lynsayjane
    lynsayjane Posts: 3,547 Forumite
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    You're too late babe! Kevicho has reserved it! See nerd no. 021! :(

    And I know you're not evil! I've seen your pic! ;)

    You can be nerd no.143? :confused:

    it's not fair he gets two numbers!!!!! and i bet i'm much more evil than he is! the most evil of us look sweet anyway...i'm just too drunked to think of an example! muhahahaha

    i'm gonna go sulk now :(
  • southernscouser
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    We're nearly up to 150! :j

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  • scuba147
    scuba147 Posts: 181 Forumite
    can i ask how i become a DFW nerd?
    DFW nerd 144
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  • hbl_2
    hbl_2 Posts: 391 Forumite
    Nerds! So offensive... I had a shower this morning for a start.

    I think that Martin meant to say GEEKS. Geeks get things done using the best available resources and techniques. Geeks also spend a lot of time learning about what they want to to do so they can do it well.

    I'm a money geek now. I never used to be, which is why I now need to learn as much as I can and apply it in the best way possible.

    It's certainly not a negative term. Lance Armstrong is a cycling geek. Tiger Woods a golf geek. Steve Jobs a tech geek. Donald Trump a business geek. You can't argue with that kind of success.

    Geek is cool. Nerd implies lack of hygiene and social skills.
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  • Pandora_2
    Pandora_2 Posts: 280 Forumite
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    ooh i always wondered how you became an official nerd!! please please please can i be one too?? would cheer me up loads ;)
    :ADFW Nerd 145
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  • nellis10
    nellis10 Posts: 1,350 Forumite
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    ooooo Thanks for letting me join the club!! Do we get a membership pack in the post???? :rotfl:
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  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    hbl wrote:
    Nerds! So offensive... I had a shower this morning for a start.

    I think that Martin meant to say GEEKS. Geeks get things done using the best available resources and techniques. Geeks also spend a lot of time learning about what they want to to do so they can do it well.

    I'm a money geek now. I never used to be, which is why I now need to learn as much as I can and apply it in the best way possible.

    It's certainly not a negative term. Lance Armstrong is a cycling geek. Tiger Woods a golf geek. Steve Jobs a tech geek. Donald Trump a business geek. You can't argue with that kind of success.

    Geek is cool. Nerd implies lack of hygiene and social skills.

    Noooo !!! :eek:

    I'm proud and happy to be a DFW nerd. :D

    A geek implies we should all have acne, and wear anoraks whilst carrying a bag containing our trainspotting gear. :rotfl:

    I'd rather stay a nerd if it's ok with everyone :T
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
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  • hbl_2
    hbl_2 Posts: 391 Forumite
    spud30 wrote:
    Noooo !!! :eek:

    I'm proud and happy to be a DFW nerd. :D

    A geek implies we should all have acne, and wear anoraks whilst carrying a bag containing our trainspotting gear. :rotfl:

    I'd rather stay a nerd if it's ok with everyone :T

    No, that's backwards. Nerd is such a dirty word (think Revenge of the Nerds...) Replace the word 'nerd' for the word 'geek' in your sentance above and it's correct.

    Geek represents people who get things done. Simple.

    Here, dont believe me? Here's the respective Wikis for geek and nerd.

    Definition of geek, and I quote, "A geek (IPA: [giːk]) is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination."

    Hardly sounds antisocial now, does it?

    Obviously this geek/nerd debate requires a paradigm shift.

    There's no picture of Urkel on the geek entry...
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    Savings: £5,100
    - Target by end of 2008 £5,000+
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    1/7/06: -£32,698 -- Net Worth 25/8/08: -£13,350.
  • Hmmm. Nerds are cool with me .. I'm proud to be in the DFW army...Naturally Excellent Rocking Debt Savers:j

    Nerds Rock:D
    You - only you- will have stars that can laugh :rotfl:

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    DFW Nerd 137:j
    Proud to be dealing with my debt
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