Boobs or Nintendo?
My next-cube-neighbor at work pointed me to a quite entertaining little video. Go watch it. I suggest headphones, if you’re at work. Unless you’re so cool you have an office. In which case, can… can I steal your office? Especially, if it has a window! I miss the day star!
Tripod sings “Make You Happy Tonight”
Are you done watching it? Good, because I’m going to talk about it now. Oh, you were lying? Now, go back and watch it first. I understand.
I went to a tech school. I went to a tech school and my class had the highest percentage of female students ever, at a whopping 24%. A common joke (don’t forget that this was a tech school) was that the guys outnumbered the gals pi-to-one. Start your snorty or snarky laughter now (be you a geek or not).
I’m not sure who invented the quiz, but it really is a simple one. This was all the rage my entire time in school. See, WPI isn’t exactly filled with eligible bachelors. It is filled with male human beings (okay that even might be a stretch some days). There needs to be a quick and simple way to determine if a boy’s existence is worth noting, hence the one question quiz:
“Boobs or Nintendo?”
There is only one right answer. There are hundreds of wrong answers. Here are some awesome wrong answers (note to boys – don’t use any of these if you ever want to have a girlfriend):
- “Which game?”
- “GameCube or N64?”
- “Can I have both?”
- “Um…” or any kind of delay in answering.
- “That [fill in with some video game character] has some nice boobs.”
The right answer, of course, is “Boobs.” Variations include:
- “Boobs, what else?”
- “Boooooobs…” (this one might not get you too far with the ladies either, but at least it’s not wrong).
- “… What did you say after ‘boobs?’ I stopped listening after ‘boobs.’”
So, girls, if you find a guy who you suspect might be too geeky, try this quiz out on him. If he passes, you can feel safe to pursue further conversation and flirtation. If he fails, run. Luckily, geeks tend to either run slowly or fall down a lot, so you should be able to escape.
And boys, if you can’t pass this on your first try, you may as well make yourself comfortable in your momma’s basement. Just make sure you don’t forget your Nintendo!
Boobs or Nintendo was my doing, sad to say. My first BF at WPI (and this was AEONS ago; it was before we became friends) had a… thing. about paying attention to me. Like… I could be naked and bouncing up and down in front of him and he’d be all “urg, gotta beat this level in Donkey Kong Country”
So when I finally wised up and broke it off, that became my default criteria.
And I still have a deep-seated hatred for anything related to Donkey Kong.
Did you watch that video? Two lines seem to apply:
“Before we get down to love,
I just gotta finish this level.”
“Well, I’ll be with you in a minute
sweet baby darling honey
I love how you dance for me.
Could you move a little to the left for me
I can’t see the TV.”
I’m sorry you had to suffer!
Boobs…always boobs…must remember that….
Bah! Believe it or not there are boobs that can be a total-turn off. I’ve met several girls that I’d rather play nintendo than play with. Usually it’s because they’re so obviously freakin’ plastic why bother calling them boobs.