# Help me score a geek date! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895 "2005-06-26T05:59:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/61 "2005-07-01T04:59:36Z")
Yeah, that’s what I suspected. I emailed him back with a proposition for this Sunday. “Geek Dates: Skipping Church For Worthy Causes Since 2005!” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/62 "2005-07-01T12:14:29Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > The geek girl is also not immune to this phenomenon. She then goes home and writes about it. > > At least, that’s what I hear happens. So, **Harimad-sol** , how _you_… aw, crap ☹ _:: runs away and hides before **Harimad-sol** points and laughs at him ::_ ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/63 "2005-07-03T06:00:37Z")
He-ey, date’s set! Starbucks, tomorrow at three. I’m taking the bus. Now I have to figure out what to wear. THE HORROR! ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/64 "2005-07-03T07:11:19Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > He-ey, date’s set! Starbucks, tomorrow at three. I’m taking the bus. > > Now I have to figure out what to wear. THE HORROR! Who cares? Seriously. Don’t stress about it. As long as you look basically nice, there’s no conceivable way it matters. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/65 "2005-07-03T12:46:39Z")
Jeans and a T-shirt. Unless it’s hot, then short and a T-shirt. Or maybe a jeans skirt… Yeah. Jeans skirt and a T-shirt. Have fun! Report back ASAP! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/66 "2005-07-03T22:30:10Z")
Am I allowed to pull up a lawn chair if it’s because I want somewhere to sit for when **Tracy Lord** reports back? :: makes woo-woo noises :: ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/67 "2005-07-04T12:26:36Z")
**pulls up lawn chair** Here – I brought cherries to snack on while we wait. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/68 "2005-07-04T12:47:54Z")
_bites nails_ She hasn’t updated. Why hasn’t she updated? Did it go bad? Or did it go really good? It’s definitely past Sunday in the US…why hasn’t she updated? _lays off the coffee for a bit_ ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/69 "2005-07-05T01:17:20Z")
\*\*Malacandra, \*\* I would never point and laugh at you. Never ever. As long as you’re willing to help up a girl when she trips and falls down at your gallantry. (I’m not only geeky, I’m klutzy.) \*\*Tracy, \*\* I’m back from two and a half days with no internet access, and also eager to hear how everything went. ::tries not to nibble her fingernails:: ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/70 "2005-07-05T01:23:25Z")
The date was Sunday and this is Monday night. I think that club got taken out. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/71 "2005-07-05T12:04:51Z")
:: fidgets in his lawn chair :: **Harimad-sol** , you’re a honey. And I could never resist a fallen woman. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/72 "2005-07-05T21:19:53Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > :: fidgets in his lawn chair :: > > **Harimad-sol** , you’re a honey. And I could never resist a fallen woman. 😛 ::falls at your feet:: So, um, do you come here often? ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/73 "2005-07-06T00:33:39Z")
_staggers back to computer, pinning hair back up and rebuttoning shirt_ Wha’d I miss? Nah, seriously, though, it was a very _nice_ date. I mean, very pleasant. He was witty, I was witty, we debated pirates vs. ninjas and tried to figure out what the classification of a platypus was. I think we’ll probably do another one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/74 "2005-07-06T01:05:10Z")
[QUOTE=Tracy Lord] > [@Tracy Lord](#): > > we debated pirates vs. ninjas and tried to figure out what the classification of a platypus was. I think we’ll probably do another one. 🙂 Platypus…classified as mammal…order Monotremata…one of three extant species in the entire order. What? I scored a geek _marriage_. The pirate vs ninja debate rages daily, here. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/75 "2005-07-06T01:07:30Z")
Good on ya, **Tracy.** Lure him here! A geek marriage is one of my goals. But you kinda have to have the geek dates first! ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/76 "2005-07-06T01:07:33Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > …we debated pirates vs. ninjas… Obviously, the answer is pirate kittens and ninja computer geeks. Duh! ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/77 "2005-07-06T01:44:17Z")
> [@BlueKangaroo](#): > > Obviously, the answer is pirate kittens and ninja computer geeks. > Duh! But what if it’s a pirate robot and vampire ninja? And congrats, **Tracy**. GDLJ is a very, very lucky guy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/78 "2005-07-06T02:10:21Z")
Bah. A robot might make a good pirate in terms of focus, but where’s the wenching? Vampire ninjas are simply too horrifying to contemplate. **Tracy** and GDLJ, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/79 "2005-07-06T02:41:42Z")
So what position do you take? About the pirates, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895/80 "2005-07-06T02:58:02Z")
> [@TheOnlySaneOne](#): > > But what if it’s a pirate robot and vampire ninja? The zombie monkeys would obliterate them. Duh! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-score-a-geek-date/309895.md?page=5)