YOU
MIGHT BE A COMPUTER GEEK IF...
* At Christmas, it goes without saying that
you will be the one to find the burned out bulb in the string of Christmas lights.
* Choosing to buy flowers for your
girlfriend or to spend the money to upgrade your RAM is a moral dilemma.
* Everyone else on the Alaskan Cruise is on
deck gazing at the scenery and you are still on a personal tour of the engine room.
* In college, you thought Spring Break was
metal fatigue failure.
* The salespeople at the local computer
store can't answer any of your questions.
* You are at an air show and know how fast
the skydivers are falling.
* You bought your wife a new CD ROM drive
for her birthday.
* You can quote scenes from any Monty
Python movie.
* You can type 70 words per minute but
can't read your own handwriting.
* You comment to your wife that her
straight hair is nice and parallel.
* You go on the rides at Disneyland and sit
backwards in the chairs to see how they do the special effects.
* You have saved every power cord from all
your broken appliances.
* You have more friends on the Internet
than in real life.
* You know what http:// stands for.You look
forward to Christmas only to put together the kids' toys.
* You see a good design and still have to
change it.
* You spent more on your calculator than
you did on your wedding ring.
* You still own a slide rule and you know
how to use it.
* You think that when people around you
yawn, it's because they didn't get enough sleep, or they're just equalizing air pressure
on both sides of their eardrums.
* You window shop at Radio Shack.
* You're both in the back-seat of your car,
she's looking wistfully at the moon, and you're trying to locate a geosynchronous
satellite.
* Your laptop computer costs more than your
car.
* Your wife hasn't the foggiest idea of
what you do at work.
* You've already calculated how much you
make per second.
* You've tried to repair a $5 radio.
 
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