Colecting toy soldiers

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vincegamer

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Originally posted by uberdark
a geek is someone who is into all things geek. for example if i say thx-1189 a \"geek\" would understand this reference.
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Must...resist...inernal...geek...
Can\'t...hold...out....

Ahh!
It\'s THX 1138, not 1189!

*sob*
 
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uberdark

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*all part of my master plan* ;)

*thinks internally* --> gotta bring back my street creds..... think john.... think!!!


yeah and i have a transformers tattoo!!
*thinks internally again* --> doh! i\'ve already said that a bunch.

yeah and i like the spice girls.

oh god i am just suckin now. :|~
 
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finn17

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Originally posted by Ritual
Originally posted by matty1001
I didn\'t go to hers tonight so i could play an online Call of Duty campaign. Im going to get my arse kicked lol
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You\'d better sort out your priorities, mate! ;)
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I present with many symptoms of geekiness, possible even nerdility, but \'gurls still rool\' in my book:D:flip::bouncy:

Preferably ones who paint/collect minis and are really into computer games though;)
 
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vincegamer

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I remember a time in high school when one friend got mad at our friend Jay. Jay had ruined our gaming event because he said he wasn\'t coming because he had a date (Jay wasn\'t GM that day). Jay was unreliable, inconsiderate. . . . etc.

The remainder of us stared at the guy.
A date? as in a girl? Of course he\'s excused you doof! Girls always trump D&D.
 
wiccanpony

wiccanpony

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Originally posted by uberdark
Originally posted by JakeSh
I liked it. I want to buy his book now.

It also made me want to try to fill an entire room up with lead (painted or unpainted), even though it takes me forever to finish one mini.

By the way, real minis are lead. None of this \"safe\" pewter stuff, and certainly no plastic!!

:|~
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PHAW!!!

i make mine out of chemically altered uranium 235 and chemical x. now those miniatures WILL put hair on your chest.... ummm... and i guess eyes too. :rolleyes:
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:( I don\'t want hair on my chest :(
 
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No Such Agency

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Hobby has become a dirty word these days. In the 1960s, I would often hear friends of my granny\'s remark approvingly that so-and-so\'s daughter\'s husband had got himself a nice little hobby. A hobby was considered a step up from what men normally did when left to their own devices - getting drunk, betting on greyhounds and chasing hairdressers. Not any more. Nowadays, hobby is a word people tiptoe around like a social disease. They have euphemisms for it - \"displacement activity\", \"leisure pursuit\". Once I heard a woman discussing her husband\'s \"niche interest\" and it took quite a long time before I realised that she meant his passion for radio-controlled stockcars.
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Hobby is a dirty word because being constructive and caring about anything other than purchasing new possessions and consuming passive entertainment has been branded as \"different\". And you do not want to be DIFFERENT. You certainly don\'t want to do anything too creative, especially as a man. Women (well, dowdy matrons, not young cool chicks) may do crafts , but men are expected, in some bizarre throwback, to amuse ourselves with sports, cars, and drinking. God forbid we create anything or express ourselves in anything but prepackaged ways.
 
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Ritual

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@NSA
I think we are allowed to build houses and make brick walls in the garden and such things without being seen as DIFFERENT. :]
 
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dauber22

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Ahhhh, drinking sports cars! One of my favorite pass times :D And yes, Ritual, building houses and walls is allowed, but that\'s not a \"hobby\", that\'s constructing - a useful skill! It\'s okay to wall the garden; just don\'t get caught arranging the flowers.
 
wiccanpony

wiccanpony

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:eek: Dauber is right.....ya\'ll stay out of my flower beds but you can go out back and stomp the trash down in the cans. ;):D
 
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darthfoley

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Originally posted by No Such Agency
Hobby is a dirty word because being constructive and caring about anything other than purchasing new possessions and consuming passive entertainment has been branded as \"different\". And you do not want to be DIFFERENT. You certainly don\'t want to do anything too creative, especially as a man. Women (well, dowdy matrons, not young cool chicks) may do crafts , but men are expected, in some bizarre throwback, to amuse ourselves with sports, cars, and drinking. God forbid we create anything or express ourselves in anything but prepackaged ways.
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Somebody give this man a hug. ;)
 
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darthfoley

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Originally posted by supervike
It seems to me that a history buff having a Napolieonic Battalion in miniature doesn\'t seem as weird as someone
having an army filled with wizards, elves, fairies, etc.
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Fairies huh? Don\'t ask, don\'t tell! ;)
 
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finn17

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I think what is important here is the question of \'broadness\'.

If you have \'narrow\' interests you will be, by definition, a less interesting person. The \'Jock\' who only has one interest is as much a jerk as the traditionally viewed \'geek\'.
 
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Trevor

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I\'m sure I\'ve said this before recently, but what I see as the important differentiation is the ability to realise when you are taking something too seriously and that others probably don\'t find it as fascinating as you do. I consider nerd and geek interchangeable, but the application of the \'cool\' prefix indicates that you have at least some grip on reality.

I used to roleplay heaps, yet you know what one of the most boring things is? Someone telling you about their character. Anything beyond \"I have a level 16 human warrior in D&D\" is too much information. Talking about games is just as bad. Red Dwarf hit it on the head with Rimmer talking about Risk...

\"then I rolled a 4 and a 6 and Kazakstan was mine\"
 
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Godlikebuthumble

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Yep, that\'s it. Gaming really is more of a \"you oughtta been there\" thing... I sometimes pop a vein when a friend tells me in detail of the last game of 40K... including opponent\'s army list, tactics and dice luck... :no:
 
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finn17

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Originally posted by Trevor
Talking about games is just as bad. Red Dwarf hit it on the head with Rimmer talking about Risk...

\"then I rolled a 4 and a 6 and Kazakstan was mine\"
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Oh yes! A classic....:D
 
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