Geekiest thing you have said in public

[Optimus Hagrid]

"NO! A GUNTHER CANNOT FACE OFF AGAINST ANOTHER GUNTHER! IT IS AGAINST THE CODE OF GUNTHER!"

Explanation: A long bus journey. I had a Gameboy. I was playing Pokemon Fire Red. I caught a Parasect. I nicknamed it Gunther. I came across a wild Parasect. I yelled the above the line.

I wasn't so bad, as some people laughed. But still, I felt like a proper tosspot.

Your turn

 

[ILPPendant]

It was in Latin class. To give a little context I was playing (at home) a rather involved campaign in Rome: Total War. Anyway...

The teacher had a map of the classical world out and was giving us a little geographical background. When he got to the areas east of Greece I said, completely without thinking, "Ah, I conquered all that already."

What followed was stunned silence and me realising in horror what I'd just said out loud.

Luckily fallout was contained as three quarters of the class knew what I was talking about (you don't get many jocks or bimbos in Latin) but still oh Christ what did I just say in public...

 

[joystickjunki3]

I said "frack" once during class before the new Battlestar came out and I had to explain myself to everyone except for my geeky history teacher.

I think that's it, but I have a lot of geeky moments.

 

[mikecoulter]

I can't remember a specific occasion, but I regularly enjoy confusing people trying to sell me technology. Being a bit of a computer buff, it's easy to just speak outside of what they've been trained, then ask if they agree. Silly yet magical PCWorld.

 

[RedVelvet]

Anything gaming related that I say is considered geeky around here ... Or Movie related. Or TV related. OR anything related really.

 

[A Playful Shark]

"I love hearing people who dont take latin speak latin. It's so funny!"

Well it's true...

 

[Hippobatman]

Yeah, me and my friend tie WoW stuff into real life.

EG: Today in philosophy class our teacher had a lecture about the Lapplander shamans and their ability to change someone through rituals and whatnot. "So he's the one we've got to see to respec. eh?" and similar.

 

[UltimatheChosen]

When I told somebody to paint their wooden model car red for a race. They gave me an odd look, and asked "Why?". I returned the same look, and patiently explained "Red 'uns go fasta!".

This won't make any sense to people who don't know much about Warhammer 40k.

 

[ace_of_something]

When watching a movie especially a fantasy film; I and my colleagues will attempt to figure out what class D&D character the people are based on what they do.
(PS Aragorn is probably a Fighter not a Ranger.)

 

[Jharry5]

I got into a heated discussion about a Marvel vs DC mega-stand off with a friend outside of college as people were leaving. There were a few bewildered looks from the other people as they passed us.

 

[DJ Lord Destructocon]

Well, it was on a public bus and me and this guy were getting into a heated debate when i shouted out "Darth Maul would get his ass handed to him by Darth Vader!"

I regularly avoid that number bus now so the driver won't recognize me.

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

When I told somebody to paint their wooden model car red for a race. They gave me an odd look, and asked "Why?". I returned the same look, and patiently explained "Red 'uns go fasta!".

This won't make any sense to people who don't know much about Warhammer 40k.

Ah, such a beautiful piece of logic :')

 

[Kdude]

Not really me, but my history teacher is a huge movie and music buff, so he randomly inserts references, like instead of the 'Knights of Labor' it was the "Knnnnnnnigits of Labor" .

Which, of course, led to a "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" quote-off

 

[Senor Smoke21]

When watching a movie especially a fantasy film; I and my colleagues will attempt to figure out what class D&D character the people are based on what they do.
(PS Aragorn is probably a Fighter not a Ranger.)

Me and my friends sometimes do that except we use WoW classes.
=]

 

[messy]

When someone asked how good I was at football (soccer) I replied without thinking "I'm pretty leet" also I went laser paint ball(shooting infra-red light at each other instead of paint) for someone's 18th and we spent the whole day shouting out "boom headshot" etc and using as many counterstrike / team fortress lines we could think of. At the laser paintball thing there was even an option for one of us to be a medic, the possibilities were endless

 

[RollForInitiative]

I'm not sure I'd even know if I were talking geek in public these days, because that's how I talk at work all day long. I don't generally talk to non-geeks anyways, or people outside my line of work.

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

I just remembered having 'conversations' with my friend about computers when he's on the other side of the classroom.

As in, "IAN!!!! YA KNOBHEAD!!! I FOUND AN AGP GFX CARD!"

 

[Agayek]

When I told somebody to paint their wooden model car red for a race. They gave me an odd look, and asked "Why?". I returned the same look, and patiently explained "Red 'uns go fasta!".

This won't make any sense to people who don't know much about Warhammer 40k.

Ah, such a beautiful piece of logic :')

And yet so impeccably true. The Orkz is neva wrong.

 

[VonBrewskie]

On a hot summer day I was playing SOCOM with my bedroom window open and my mic on. We were in a clan match and I kept screaming at the top of my lungs: "THE TERRORISTS ARE CAMPING IN THE F****** HOSTAGE BUILDING, YOU IDIOTS!" I noticed a group of Jehovah's Witnesses leaving my yard quickly so I leaned out the window and yelled after them, "Peace of Christ be with you!"