How geek'ish are you?

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Prognatus Send message Joined: 6 Jul 99 Posts: 1600 Credit: 391,546 RAC: 0	Message 265143 - Posted: 19 Mar 2006, 18:38:58 UTC - in response to Message 265135. how about the iliad? is that geekish? Funny! :D No, that's greek-ish. ;) ID: 265143 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 265167 - Posted: 19 Mar 2006, 19:01:03 UTC - in response to Message 265135. how about the iliad? is that geekish? Kind of, but not really IMO. The Iliad together with The Odyssey was compulsory reading in highschool, where I live, as classical studies were a part in both the math and the language lines. So besides Homer, we read Herodotus, and several of the Greek tradegies by Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles, and we also looked at a lot of Greek temples in the different styles, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. We also read some of the Roman classics such as Virgil and Ovid. Ulysses were not a part of the curriculum in litterature, so yes, reading Ulysses from start to end is geek'ish, but not the Iliad. Reading Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy is also geek'ish IMO. I've read Anna Karenina several times, but never War and Peace. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 265167 ·

AndrejaKo Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jan 05 Posts: 27 Credit: 318,159 RAC: 0	Message 265359 - Posted: 20 Mar 2006, 0:45:19 UTC - in response to Message 265167. Just 37,47535% :( would be higher if I was form us and if I was older. Great test! ID: 265359 ·

MDomansky Send message Joined: 22 Oct 99 Posts: 75 Credit: 11,271 RAC: 0	Message 265777 - Posted: 20 Mar 2006, 19:39:15 UTC Beware geeks bearing GIF's ..... *The expansion of the universe is driven by a need to get away from it all ...* ID: 265777 ·

3quarks Send message Joined: 19 Jun 03 Posts: 95 Credit: 354,773 RAC: 0	Message 265853 - Posted: 20 Mar 2006, 21:48:49 UTC - in response to Message 265167. Ulysses were not a part of the curriculum in litterature, so yes, reading Ulysses from start to end is geek'ish, but not the Iliad. Geek must mean different things in different places, here (UK) a "geek" is a techno nerd, into computers, techy gadgets etc., a "swot" or "bof" would read Ulysses, or books on algebra, from end to end, and an "anorak" would do train spotting, or collect car number plates etc.. Me? I'm a anorak wearing, geek bof. ID: 265853 ·

Pepo Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Aug 99 Posts: 308 Credit: 418,019 RAC: 0	Message 265938 - Posted: 21 Mar 2006, 0:24:58 UTC 23.86588% - (only a poor) Geek. (Maybe if I made my own slovak translation, this could be considered geeky, in addition to sure better geek score (in my own test :)) Peter ID: 265938 ·

Sparky Send message Joined: 10 Dec 04 Posts: 66 Credit: 414,984 RAC: 0	Message 267384 - Posted: 23 Mar 2006, 19:50:24 UTC The user of the day is etphonehome. The only reason I bring this up is, notice the stylish fanny pack. Sparky ID: 267384 ·

Prognatus Send message Joined: 6 Jul 99 Posts: 1600 Credit: 391,546 RAC: 0	Message 267389 - Posted: 23 Mar 2006, 19:56:14 UTC - in response to Message 267384. The only reason I bring this up is, notice the stylish fanny pack. Well, he says he's been building custom homes for 20 years. Maybe this is a picture from that time and the belt is where he keeps his hammer and nails? It's a little hard to see when the picture is so small. ID: 267389 ·

Captain Avatar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0	Message 267394 - Posted: 23 Mar 2006, 20:01:54 UTC - in response to Message 267384. The user of the day is etphonehome. The only reason I bring this up is, notice the stylish fanny pack. Sparky Looks Like CR's Nut sack! ID: 267394 ·

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