Are you a Nerd?
If you answer yes to six or more of these questions you can consider yourself a fully certified nerd.

When watching a movie does at least one device on your body disturb everyone around you by beeping or buzzing?

Do you think of the gadgets in your office as "friends," but you forget to send your father a birthday card?

Do you disdain people who use low baud rates?

When you go into a computer store, do you eavesdrop on a salesperson talking with customers -- then butt in to correct him and spend the next twenty minutes answering the customers' questions?

Do you know Bill Gates' e-mail address, but have to look up your own social security number?

When your wife asks you to pick up some minipads for her at the store and you return with a rest for your mouse?

Do you think jokes about being unable to program a VCR are stupid?

When on vacation, do you read computer manuals and are you turning the pages faster than everyone else who is reading John Grisham novels?

Does Al Gore strikes you as an "intriguing" fellow?

Do you own a set of itty-bitty screw-drivers and actually know where they are?

Can you name 6 Star Trek episodes?

Do you use a CAD package to design your son's Pine Wood Derby car?

Does your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies?

Do you have "Dilbert" comics displayed anywhere in your work area?

Are you are convinced you can build a phazer out of your garage door opener and your camera's flash attachment?

Is the cover to your personal computer off more than 50% of the time?

Have you have modified your can-opener to be microprocessor driven?

Do you know the direction the water swirls when you flush?

Have you ever burned down the gymnasium with your Science Fair project?

Do you wear Glasses? Are the frames broken? Is there tape or a bandage holding them together?

Do you own one or more white short-sleeve dress shirts?

Do you truly believe aliens are living among us?

If your I.Q. number is higher than your weight?

If the microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work do you rush up to the front to fix it?

Do people groan at the party when you pick out the music?

Does your lap-top computer costs more than your car?


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