# Proof that I'm a nerd...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 14, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-im-a-nerd/612774 "2012-02-14T00:36:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-im-a-nerd/612774/1 "2012-02-14T00:36:16Z")

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I just saw the daily drawing for the Ohio lottery numbers. The proof that I’m a nerd is that, when the daily number drawn was “404”, I said, without a moment’s hesitation…

“Prize Not Found.”

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-im-a-nerd/612774/2 "2012-02-14T15:58:23Z")

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Good thing it wasn’t 403. That would just be cruel.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-im-a-nerd/612774/3 "2012-02-14T15:59:19Z")

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Hah! And it’s accurate for our usual lottery results, too.

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**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-im-a-nerd/612774/4 "2012-02-14T20:49:52Z")

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I told this story to my kid before I dropped her off to school. She was in hysterics.

It’s going to be the new computer club meme by lunchtime.

Room 404, learning not found.

Page 404, answer not found

Bus 404, street not found

She had a million of 'em