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Come and fess up to the ways in which you are really square/bit of a nerd

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baubleybobbityhat · 09/01/2012 20:42

I love a nice big jigsaw, me. Preferably something like a thatched cottage surrounded by flowers.

I am too embarrassed to do them at home because my 80 year old mother and inlaws who are in their 70s share my enthusiasm and I just think if any of my uber-cool London creative/media-type mates came calling and saw a bugger like that on my dining table they would think I was a very sad case and immediately drop me.

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TalcAndTurnips · 09/01/2012 21:02

And the jigsaw MUST be a photo, not a painting.

My idea of jiggy hell is this range by Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Shite

I'd need a bucket under the table to complete one of those bastards.

mrsjay · 09/01/2012 21:01

I openly watch countryfile Grin i also read books about primates and primate behaviour yet im not a scientist , thats gotta count as nerdy Grin

I love starwars and harry potter get excited over xmen films ,

peggotty · 09/01/2012 21:00

I've got really into astrophysics recently and bore people with it when I'm pissed.

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Salmotrutta · 09/01/2012 20:58

I wear vests in the winter - does that count?

And I have never owned an iPod, done Facebook or bought leggings.

JayVazzle · 09/01/2012 20:58

I have 101 power ballads CD in my car and bloody love it, I secretly watch Countryfile and love watching old 80s cartoons.

mrsjay · 09/01/2012 20:56

I have a harry potter tee shirt and i wear it is that nerdy ??

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 09/01/2012 20:54

Annie = perfect for a 10 year old and not at all nerdy (though maybe nerdy for a Goth ipod!). I often peel vege to the, 'Songs From The Musicals' CDs - my favourite is, 'Spring, Spring, Spring' from, 'Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.'

I often find myself on a Friday or Saturday evening making resources for work because I've got myself all excitied about Shakespeare, or Wilfred Owen or some-such. That must be nerdy, right?

I am an absolute music nerd and will talk about 80s indie bands/lyrics until the cows come home - IF I can find another nerd to talk to, anyway!

I also like to arrange the tin of Caran D'ache pencils by colour, going from lightest to darkest...

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mrsjay · 09/01/2012 20:53

tasteslikepanda you sound a bit like my eldest she a bit indie looking but has show tunes blaringGrin

TalcAndTurnips · 09/01/2012 20:53

bibbity - I love a good jigsaw; my jig of choice would be a nice Devon scene with some cottages, boats on the shore, trees and not too much fecking sky.

And if there IS sky, some bloody clouds please - preferably with some shite hawks wheeling about and maybe some telegraph lines or a plane.

MudAndGlitter · 09/01/2012 20:51

Annie is a great film!
I read cookbooks for fun but don't usually cook any of it. I want to be Martha Stewart and am currently knitting DD a scarf. At 22 my life may be over Grin

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baubleybobbityhat · 09/01/2012 20:49

Oh crikey Panda! One of our neighbours was having a sort out at the weekend and brought round the dvd of Annie for my 10 year old dd. Have never seen the film myself ... is it nerd-tastic?

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TastesLikePanda · 09/01/2012 20:46

I'm mostly dressed like a goth - head to toe black, trainers, streaks in my hair etc - and I always have my ipod plugged in if i'm walking anywhere or at the gym... but I'm just as likely to be listening to a musical soundtrack instead of some cool metal band.
Not even cool, edgy musicals - on saturday I was rocking out to the sosundtrack of Annie... all together now - 'The sun'll come out TOMORROW!'

pepperrabbit · 09/01/2012 20:45

I got a jigsaw out of the library the other day Blush that must be doubly nerdy. I just couldn't resist - it had been so long since I had a big enough space to do one!
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