two geeky jokes;

[TheEarl]

Schroedinger to his wife: "You just couldn't resist could you? Well you can explain to the kids."



Just wondering, is that where the phrase 'curiosity killed the cat' came from?

I've just startled the wife with laughing at that one.

The Earl

 

[sadangel]

Realizes once again. I understand words. Not math.

Guess I'm in the wrong thread!! I'm NOT a GEEK! *grins wickedly at all*

 

[banes27]

I prefer nerd. Is anyone else like that? Actually, anyone want to define the two? Geek vs Nerd

 

[oggbashan]

A geek is what a nerd calls himself.

Og

 

[NoJo]

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The first documented appearance of the word "nerd" is as the name of a creature in Dr. Seuss's book If I Ran the Zoo (1950), in which the narrator Gerald McGrew claims that he would collect "a Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker too" for his imaginary zoo. The slang meaning of the term dates back to 1951, when Newsweek magazine reported on its popular use in Detroit, Michigan. By the early 1960s, usage of the term had spread throughout the United States and even as far as Scotland. It was originally a synonym for "square" or "drip;" at some point, the word took on connotations of bookishness and social ineptitude.


The word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as "a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, gaming, etc." Formerly, the term referred to a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken, bat, snake or bugs. The 1976 edition of the American Heritage Dictionary included only the definition regarding geek shows.

 

[shenellebabe]

geek based on physical appearance
nerd the intelligent one http://b08y1110sotu149.imageshacknow.info/img/2196/a08t1111ywub/cool.gif

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Chemistry geek joke?

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa9/dr_mabeuse/Merc_Bzgif.gif

 

[banes27]

Chemistry geek joke?

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa9/dr_mabeuse/Merc_Bzgif.gif

NICE! The Benzene's a bit off but meh

 

[john-the-author]

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One example of it showing up in the 70s was in the Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys song, "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore," wherein the protagonist at one point says "Has it occurred to you, you nerd...."