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Abomination
There are many nerdy things in the world, from programming to anime to fanfiction to dressing up like large furry animals and having sex. There is one thing though that tops everything else in terms of sheer nerdiness. That one thing is (drum roll please....)
Monty Python.
If I could go back in time and stop any one thing from happening, I would stop Monty Python and the Holy Grail from being made. Thanks to this movie, it is impossible to be a nerdy computer science major without being subjected to hordes of people quoting the movie in bad British accents.
There is one particular skit that rises above all else, that as soon as a line of it is uttered by a co-worker you should run in the opposite direction as fast as you can before someone else chimes in, and that is the knights who say ni.
Nothing else screams "I am a complete tool" and transforms CS majors into giggling schoolgirls like saying "Ni! Ni!" and then doing that dumb line about the shrubbery. This is more offensive than wearing those t-shirts that say "bow before me, for I am root" or this one featuring our favorite spokespenguin. No one can just say "ni", they have to screech it like a 10-year-old girl at a Clay Aiken concert, and then from all corners of the room other folks will chime in random (usually incorrect) quotes, each trying to outdo the other in terms of how bad their accent can be.
And the thing is, the skit isn't even funny. Our world would not be any less full or magnificent if this movie were never made, and I hereby insist that some rich inventor (possibly Dean Kamen) devote billions of dollars in research funds towards time travel with the specific goal of making everyone's office a "ni" free zone. Productivity would triple, and soon we'd be a nation of flying cars and housecleaning robots like we were supposed to be ten years ago. It's the only thing holding our culture back from being an Atlantis-like utopia with no poverty, hunger, or FOX reality shows.
Comments
Interesting choice, Chris. I think I'd stop the Holocaust...
Posted by: Nathan at March 5, 2004 8:34 PM
Before I use my timetravel device to erase every trace of MP and the HG, you must answer me these questions three....
If you don't like "Ni! Ni!' How about some lovely Spam, hmmm?
Posted by: rkc at March 6, 2004 7:46 AM
Posted by: Anonymous at March 6, 2004 8:34 AM
Dr. Cytron, are you trying to start an argument? I'm sorry, this isn't arguments, this is abuse. You want room 12.
(stupid git.)
Posted by: light at March 6, 2004 6:53 PM
Posted by: rkc at March 7, 2004 9:06 AM
Chris, you really should do something about that sand in your vagina...
Posted by: clint at March 9, 2004 11:48 PM
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