The Nerd Scouts

I came up with this brilliant idea while having lunch at work with R. He was trying to convince me he was not quite as big a nerd as those guys who wait in line for 4 days to get tickets to the new Star Trek.

So Nerd Scouts works the same way Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts works. One has to earn badges and work his or her way up to the top. I have yet to come up with the hierarchy for this whole thing, mostly because I was never in Boy Scouts and was only in Girl Scouts for a year, with a literally God-crazy scout leader, so I don't quite understand how it all works.

I do know that the Nerds shall have sashes and troops and badges. In fact, Al earned his first badge the other day with this comment:

"I had the couch optimized for the proper distance from the television."

This badge shall be christened The AV Club. Congratulations, Al.

Check back for further info. Feel free to suggest badges and the projects required to earn one.

Comments

Spudster said…
So that's why you were so anxious to write that down. ;)

I think I'm gonna need a lot of fabric for my sash....
May 13, 2007 at 9:51 PM
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