A different language

by Rebecca on October 26, 2007 · 2 comments

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Sarah came over tonight to pick up her dog, who we’d been watching while Sarah was on a business trip. We invited her for dinner, and we had a lovely time.

But near the end of her visit, the strangest thing happened. They started speaking Geekinese. It started with her looking at Ed’s collection of R2-D2s and went from there. They talked about this strange creature called a Tribble. I thought that must be a cousin of Tigger, but apparently it’s from “Star Trek.” I was completely lost.

I continue to be lost. Ed just asked me if I was blogging. I said yes, and he confirmed that I had spelled R2-D2 correctly. Then he told me, “I need to get a bender.” I thought he was indicating an as-of-yet unseen desire to get drunk. Then he told me that Bender is a robot from the t.v. show “Futurama.”

I am so confused.

What I see when I look at this photo: lots of R2-D2s, a C3PO, and bunch of other things.

What Ed sees when he looks at this photo: “I see my robot collection.” More specifically, he sees R2-D2s, C3PO, Robby the Robot, Robot B9, and the TARDIS (whatever that is).

It’s amazing with this critical difference in our interests that we ever got married. ;)

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Sarah 10.27.07 at 11:43 am

I wouldn’t call the TARDIS a robot. It’s Doctor Who’s ship. However, it does have an intelligence or maybe soul would be a better way to describe it.

You completely left out the part of the discussion about Worf and the Klingons of Kirk’s era. That was too funny.

2 Sarah 10.27.07 at 11:45 am

Tell Ed he needs to get a K-9.

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