And now for something completely different

[wordinista]

Why I love my husband:

Today, we went to the comic book shop as part of my birthday weekend celebration... thing.  So, there we were, in our local CBS, browsing and flipping through issues and pointing things out to each other, and...  well, okay -- our local CBS is a place I usually frequent during the week, if I'm going to pick something up for Tora over the weekend or whatever.  And it's usually dead, and I usually end up chatting with whoever's behind the counter for a while.  When I go, I consider it to be a very girl-friendly kind of place.  But, also, it's usually pretty dead.  Today when we went, it was kind of packed.  With, you know.  Guys.

Soooo, we go in, and I am completely oblivious to the fact that I am the only female in the entire store, but I'm poking around looking for things, and generally enjoying myself.  Then, with several BtVS issues I'd been missing and The Long Halloween, I went up to the counter to pay.  There was a cluster of about four guys hanging out, talking with the dude behind the counter, mostly talking about RPG stuff.  And... okay, they were pretty standard comic geeks.  And they, like nice guys, moved out of the way so I could give the nice man my money and we left.

The following conversation occurred on the way back to the car:

George:  "Man, you are like nerd Kryptonite."

Me:  "Huh?"

George:  "Did you not see those guys?  You walked up, and they parted like the Red Sea!"

Me:  "I guess that would be the power of boobs, huh?"

George:  "Seriously.  They did not know what to do.  A REAL GIRL.  RIGHT THERE."

Me:  "The Keeper of the Estrogen has infiltrated our sanctuary!!"

George:  "What do we do?!  ROLL THE DICE!  ROLL THE DICE!  THE DICE WILL TELL US!"

Me:  "She seems to be friendly to the manly one.  Perhaps he can reason with her!"

George:  "I thought one of 'em was going to come up to me and say, 'You permit the fairer sex to handle our sacred tomes!  How could you!?'"

Me:  "...I was the only girl in there?"

George:  "I'm pretty sure.  And they scattered when you walked up."

Me:  "That's awesome."

Comments

[rya-kelley.livejournal.com]

Rotflol. "ROLL THE DICE, ROLL THE DICE!"

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

We crack ourselves up. :D

[red-pens.livejournal.com]

That's fabulous!

I'm an entirely different kind of geek (more of a nerd than a geek), but Michael enjoys traditional geeky stuff. The funniest thing in the world is following him into a Warhammer store - especially if I happen to be in a skirt and stripper heels. If you have ovaries and walk into a geek store you may as well be from Mars.

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

I'm a pretty versatile nerd/geek, and it's George's fault completely that I even LOOK at comic books. Normally it's Barnes and Noble or Borders for me, but I was just in a comic book mood today, so that's where we ended up.

According to George, they were all STAAAAARING at me, like "WTF! X CHROMOSOMES! OVARIES! MAN THE BATTLE STATIONS! ROLL THE DICE, ROLL THE DICE!!11!"

...I wasn't wearing a skirt or stripper heels, but I was wearing a really cute "boob shirt." 'Course, it's now labeled in my mind as my "Nerd Kryptonite Shirt."

[red-pens.livejournal.com]

"Nerd Kryptonite Shirt." Awesome.

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

Hey, why not? It's green!

[rui]

hmmm. now i wonder what a saving throw is against tits.

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

Make a saving throw vs. charm?

[rui]

that'd work. will save vs. charisma, -3 for penalty due to environment.

[rui]

...there should have been an 'or' in that last comment. oh well.

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

I almost added a penalty for cup size, but thought better of it.

...Do you suppose a saving throw vs. fear would be more appropriate? It also occurs to me that I can no longer remember which is the most difficult saving throw to make, which is, in some ways, a relief.

...

No. I've got it. A saving throw vs. breast weapon.

and now I'm going to go do penance for that pun.

[rui]

maybe it's a save vs. intimidation? are they afraid of the boobies, or just stunned by their proximity? maybe it's a flat-footed combat roll!

...

i love you. just sayin.

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

Is it true they're up to fourth edition? I've saved so much on RPG books since I stopped playing.

ILU2~ ♥

[rui]

last time i checked d&d was still at 3.5. but that was several years ago, so i could be totally, totally wrong. i haven't actually played since 3.0, so. my gamer cred is minimal.

♥

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

Not just tits. Tits in a CUTE SHIRT. I was having a good day as far as cuteness goes.

[rui]

ooooh, even MORE dangerous. and now i want to demand cute shirt pictures.

[katmaxwell.livejournal.com]

That is amazing. I particularly like:

'You permit the fairer sex to handle our sacred tomes! How could you!?'"

Because I can just picture it in my mind. Perfectly.

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

I feel at this point I should mention there's a Mystery Science Theater episode that starts out with the mad scientists putting comic books very carefully in plastic bags, when there's a knock at the door. When answered, the guests turn out to be two women, at which point the mad scientist who answered the door runs screaming back to the other one: "AAAAAH! THERE ARE GIRLS HERE!"

I just watched this episode the other day, is why I remember.

[katmaxwell.livejournal.com]

...

Yeah, that's basically it.

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

And because there's never too much MST3k promotion, here's the bit with that segment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sW9v4MGMPc

(it starts at 3:20, but there's a cute bit with Tom Servo trying to run a D&D session for Crow and Mike.)

"Rivendell and Mordor are calling!" "Those are places."

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

The really funny part is because it was my birthday present, I was the only one buying comics. Which I imagine looked PRETTY STRANGE to an outsider.

(I feel I ought to mention at this point that the restroom in this particular establishment is papered with comic posters. There's a HUGE poster of Thor on the wall by the commode. And I just have to wonder: Why would any guy want Thor watching him pee?)

[gaisce.livejournal.com]

Because Asgardians do not judge swipe and wipe. Whereas if it were Spider-Man they'd be mentally reciting the lecture of great power, great responsibility, if you don't you'll never be married or it will be retconned by the devil...

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but. Thor.

Thor's kinda. Big.

And. And I bet he's. You know. Big. All over.

Why would you want anyone like that hanging out where you pee?

Also? Captain America was on the back of the door. So they've got Thor watching them pee, and Capt. A checking out their butts?

LATENT HOMOSEXUALITY AMONG COMIC GEEK SUBCULTURE? Y/N

[katmaxwell.livejournal.com]

They figure that since they're geeks, they're judged in every aspect of their life anyway -- why not bring it into the bathroom?

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

"Thy peeing: thou'rt doing it wrong."

LOLTHOR hurts my head.

Also I'm refraining from making a horrible joke about being hung like a racethorse.

[somnambulicious.livejournal.com]

My guess is that the ownership is heteronormative and doesn't want guys jacking off in the bathroom.

But that's just my recent interest in old-school psychology speaking.

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

That wouldn't stop the really dedicated ones. :P

[somnambulicious.livejournal.com]

True. But at least this way, Bill the Cashier can allow himself to believe that's not jizz on the toilet seat while he's cleaning up at the end of the day.

It really is the thought that counts.

Now don't you feel super-comfortable using the commode at your local CBS?

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I didn't feel super comfortable using the commode that one time, but, aha. I was there, and GOT MY PERIOD. So it was kind of an emergency. And considering how girl-phobic they are? This fact amuses me TO NO END.

I GOT GIRL-COOTIES ALL OVER THEIR BATHROOOOOOOM~

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

So what's "The Long Halloween"?

[darkfrog24.livejournal.com]

This might interest you.

And perhaps also this.

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

...It was just like that.

[slvrstarlight.livejournal.com]

First, happy birthday!

Second, as;djfhas;lgfha;sdghr! Oh the power of boobs. And thank you for reminding me new BtVS comics!!!!

*runs to Big Brother comics*

[inusdemoness.livejournal.com]

Best nerd conversation evah! ROLL THE DICE! ROLL THE DICE!

[thatnanda.livejournal.com]

I am such a hopeless nerd that when I walk into a comic store, they don't even notice. ;P Happy Birthday!