Carpenter here in Tucson, Be glad to come over and fix your broken junk for a moderate fee, there Geeksters.
Posted by bill at July 30, 2011 1:40 PMSorry Bill, but I started laughing when I thought about someone actually touching your junk....that needed fixing.
Posted by Jewel at July 30, 2011 3:22 PMBe glad to come over and fix your broken junk for a moderate fee, there Geeksters.
Interesting. When I was younger, a geek was a dude at the carnival. Then a term of derision. As a young man it came into vogue to denote a fellow who was obsessed with something, anything.
These were guys - and some girls - who would delve into the 'why' of something, and that drive to understand could be translated into competence at .... building a bird house.
Geeks are good at logic, ordering, finding out 'why' something is broken. By definition they're good at stuff like fixing things around the house.
So when did Geeks become Geeksters and helpless mopes?
Posted by Brian Dunbar at July 30, 2011 4:15 PMBrian: "Geek" (n): "Any American passionately interested in anything besides sports, sex, money or TV."
Posted by Skorpion at July 30, 2011 8:20 PM