what dorky things do you do?

[fizzgig]

almost every night i call the update line for the city's official weather station.

i wear a grover hat every day it's cold enough. no, that's not a style of hat, it's the sesame street character.

michael symon is my iron chef husband and he just doesn't know it.

i am full of dorkness.

[Solly Mack]

1. I have a pair of bunny ear flip flops

They have the whole face actually. I have an old cardigan I wear around the house during the winter (while wearing shorts). I use "Hello Kitty" band-aids.

To name a few things.

[fizzgig]

4. i have zombie slippers

and spongebob pajama pants.

awesome on the bandaids.

[Solly Mack]

5. Cool slippers! I have SpongeBob toe socks.

[denbot]

2. I host a beehive in my backyard.

I would say I'm a beekeeper, but I don't really do anything other then provide a Langstroth two box hive for them to live in.

[fizzgig]

6. i don't think that's dorky

i think that's pretty cool

[denbot]

10. Um, I know what a Langstroth hive is..

That has got to be dorky..

[OriginalGeek]

16. as dorky as....

knowing the thing at the shoe store for measuring your feet is called a Brannock device?

And that it not only measures foot length and width but also arch length (but in all the years I've been buying shoes I've never seen a shoe store employee use that arch part - mostly, even if he or she did, it wouldn't matter unless you were getting bespoke shoes made.)



as for OP - I am 50 years old and every year on my birthday I have birthday chalupas. I've been having this as my birthday supper for as long as I can remember. I have chalupas periodically throughout the year because they are easy to make and I love them BUT on my birthday I only make them the way my dad made them for me when I was a very young boy. The whole thing is just a fried, flat corn tortilla, a layer of refried beans, a layer of hamburger, a layer of shredded cheese and lettuce and sour cream.

But, when I was little, refried beans and cheddar cheese were too exotic for me so my dad made them for me with Van Kamp's Pork and Beans - he mashed them up so they would spread and stick to the tortilla - and american cheese. This was back when you could by the packs of American cheese that were not individually wrapped - they were still slices but they were all stuck together and he'd take the brick out of the wrapper and run it through the grater for me because the cheese melted better all shredded up.

[denbot]

17. Pork and Bean American Cheese Challupa's

You win this round Mr. Bond.

[elleng]

3. Sorry, fizz,

can't think of anything. May ask my daughters, but without more, YOU're the dork in THIS relationship!!!

[fizzgig]

7. i'm sure your daughters would come up with something

mom is always a dork

are you visiting yet?

[elleng]

8. Yes, fizz, am visiting now,

drove up this afternoon, so I guess I'll ask!!!

[fizzgig]

12. enjoy your visit!

[elleng]

13. Thanks!

And as I'm in NJ, and at least son in law's been following the Crispie Creme debacle, may ask how he thinks this will affect the guvn'r here.

Just got to computer so haven't been tuned in today, but does DU think this will sink his presidential aspirations? Reading some threads b4 hitting the sack.

[bluesbassman]

9. I bet you look great in the Grover hat fizz! :)

Every once in a while I get a wild hair and mix Corn Chex and Cinnamon Toast Crunch for breakfast. About as dorky as I get.

[fizzgig]

11. my sister gets a lot of looks when we go out

like it's nice of her to be taking me out

[elleng]

14. It IS!

She's VERY nice!!!

[bluesbassman]

15. Hey, as long as she doesn't have you on a tether...

It's all good.

[Scruffy Rumbler]

18. I have a black top hat with a sunflower on it

that I wear. Most recently while chopping ice from the sewer drains in front of my house (dorky as well).

I have been known to dress as a garden gnome while doing yard work and when camping, my gnome can be seen wearing ankle length plaid granny skirts as he gathers wood and does chores.

I have over 500 12" action figures that I use in my art work. They range from vintage GI Joes to Star Wars characters to a Moses that quotes the 10 commandments.

[fizzgig]

24. that hat sounds awesome

and i'd be totally down for plaid granny skirts around the house.

[Scruffy Rumbler]

33. When I was back in Portland, OR, I had NO problem wearing the plaid skirt around the yard or even

going shopping (even the gnome would go out and about town!) However, in backwoods upstate NY... big problems! As a guy up here I keep my plaid on the shirts! lol

As I type this, my partner and I have vowed upon our return to Portland, that we will relieve ourselves from mundane clothing and only go out in fabulous works of dorky!

[libodem]

30. I ways knew I liked you

[Scruffy Rumbler]

32. LOL!

Good to see you!

[mythology]

19. I read comic books, I tinker with computers

including salvaging old computers, I still have Magic the Gathering cards, I listen to podcasts on subjects I know nothing about just to learn about them, I read fantasy novels, I keep a list of the books I have in a spreadsheet because I got tired of buying duplicates, I wear comic book tshirts and I'm teaching myself computer coding for fun.

So yeah, I'm pretty much a nerd.

[fizzgig]

23. i'm quite the nerd as well

i've watched star trek deep space nine, battlestar galactic, fire fly and star trek voyager all in about the last six months and just started dr who. i have all the action figures from the original x-files and sleepy hollow movies and wear star trek, harry potter, goonies, bob ross and fifth element shirts to work.

nothing wrong with being a nerd

[cyberswede]

20. I wear these starting after Thanksgiving until mid-January

[fizzgig]

25. those look nice and cozy

[frogmarch]

21. I wear "mom" jeans

but only because I haven't found great-grandma jeans for sale anywhere.

I have some stylish mid-rise jeans, and they do look nice, but I feel stupid wearing stylish jeans at my age, so I wear them just around the house.

[fizzgig]

26. don't feel stupid about wearing them in public

be stylish and fabulous

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. There's not much I do that isn't dorky.

In fact, my doing something makes it become dorky. I am a vast black hole of dorkitude.

To name a few things: I wear mukluks in the house and crocs outside. I wear mom jeans because I'm more comfortable if my inner tube of flab doesn't lop over my waistband. I do all the crossword puzzles in the newspaper. I still say things like "far out" and "groovy." I belong to an early music vocal ensemble ("early" being before 1700). I have a book about the biology of turtles.

[fizzgig]

27. i say groovy

but i do giggle when mom says far out. i also have a few pairs of mom jeans for the same reason.

i don't see anything dorky about doing the crossword, keeps your brain nimble.

[hibbing]

42. I say some of those...shrug

I say bummer, nifty, and groovy.

Peace

[hermetic]

28. I've started wearing

this hat.



Since I'm 65 I do get some odd looks. But, since I'm 65 I don't really give a hoot what anyone thinks. It's the warmest most comfy hat ever and I love the mittens at the ends. Genius!

[fizzgig]

29. want!

that is a great hat

[Locut0s]

36. There is a stall in a mall here that sells those exclusively...

All different types of animals.

[libodem]

31. I collect old toys, minitures, and dolls

My spare room is a playroom for the grandkids. I have a pink footlocker full of Barbie crap for when they get a little older. I'm a super freak.

I also spend waaaay too much time, reclined on my bed with Ralphie Marie, reading DU and commenting with my finger on this phone.


I love those elf slippers above, BTW.

[Jamaal510]

34. .

-Commenting on online forums, YouTube videos
-Playing Pokemon
-Watching political TV shows daily
-Playing with Hot Wheels cars
-Losing contact with my high school friends, and not having any to be around on weekends and holidays
-Focusing on how many subscribers I have on YouTube
-Listening to non-rap and non-R&B genres
-Being drug-free and alcohol-free
-Using a sleep mask and listening to nature sounds on my iPod when sleeping
-Being shy around women in RL
-Not jumping on the Facebook/Twitter bandwagon

[Locut0s]

35. Which of the Pokemon games have you played?...

There are, what is it 5 generations of them now? And each generation has 2 or more games associated with it. I've only played heart gold which is a remake I believe of red.

[Jamaal510]

38. Pokemon is at Generation 6 now,

and so far I've played both Stadium games, all of R/B/Y, all of G/S/C, both FR/LG, all of R/S/E, Pokemon Colosseum, Diamond, Platinum, both HG/SS, both B/W, both B2/W2, and X. I haven't gotten into the metagame, though, because it seems to just be people using the same 20 or so Pokemon instead of their favorites.
BTW HeartGold and SoulSilver are remakes of the G/S/C games, with all of the Crystal-exclusive features and more. FireRed and LeafGreen are the remakes of R/B/Y

[Locut0s]

43. Ahh right, thanks...

I've been looking at picking up X or Y at some point.

[Incitatus]

37. Repost all my my auctions on WoW

Even though I rarely play anymore. I just make my glyphs and collect gold.

[Locut0s]

40. I stay away from WOW, and mmos in general because...

Because I know I'm the type who could get sucked in and lost forever, lol.

[Locut0s]

39. I think as a man the stereotype doesn't make one stand out as much...

Geeky, dorky, nerdy girls aren't as common. Though I must say I love nerdy girls ! if you say your a guy with certain nerdy traits people don't bat an eyelash.

As for me personally? Hmm...

I'm a computer and electronic gadget nerd. I keep up with the latest developments in hardware and have built my last 4 or 5 computers.

I'm a fairly big sci-if fantasy and comic fan. Though I'm not as extreme as some/many. I have watched every episode of ever Star Trek series at least once, though it's been a long time since I last saw one. Never been to conventions and the like.

I'm a science nerd, I try to keep up with the latest science news and breakthroughs.

I'm a video game geek. Love computer and console gaming. I have a special place in my heart for vintage video game stuff. NES to N64 era especially, and the arcades as well.

[tblue]

41. I wear onesie PJs.

SO WARM and comfy. Target sells them from time to time. A 13 yo girl friend borrowed them to wear on Pajama Day at school.