The Adventures of Faz and Arlene

Saturday, March 05, 2005

The Top 11 Ways Geeks Can Hide Their Geekiness

11. Shelving the Star Wars and Star Trek videos in the back behind the Steven Seagal films.

10. Calculating their blood alcohol level at the bar while alone in the bathroom.

9. Pouring caffeinated water into Evian bottle before taking it to work.

8. Keeping the AOL icon on desktop.

7. Pretending to use pencil and paper to calculate the tip after a meal instead of just doing it in your head.

6. Putting on Star Fleet uniform at convention hall, not on the bus on the way to the hall.

5. Keeping the programming books under the mattress, next to Playboy and Penthouse.

4. Pretending Liv Tyler poster is for her performance in the video for Crazy, not for her role as Arwen in The Lord of the Rings.

3. Rearranging CD collection so it's not in alphabetical order before friends come over.

2. Cleaning the office.

1. Only answering the phone with "Engineering this is LaForge" after checking caller id to make sure it's one of your friends from the Linux Users Group.