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Title: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Luddite on 24 May 2012, 01:45:04 PM
Gentlemen, 25th May 2012 is...

- Star Wars Day (the 35th Anniversary)
- Towel Day
- Geek Pride Day
- Wear the Lilac Day


So a VERY busy day in the geek calendar. 
I trust you will all be doing something suitably geeky to celebrate?

I for one will be stretching the celebrations out over the coming weekend…

:-B :-bd :-B
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Ben Waterhouse on 24 May 2012, 02:06:44 PM
I am envisioning some verry strange costumes...
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: GordonY on 24 May 2012, 03:40:46 PM
Lilac Stormtroopers?????????????
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 24 May 2012, 03:47:40 PM
Got to be better than my day today! My day was taken up with tests for year 7. but the highlight was the tour of the maternity unit with my wife!  two weeks and counting! :D
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Leon on 24 May 2012, 04:47:28 PM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 24 May 2012, 03:47:40 PM
...but the highlight was the tour of the maternity unit with my wife!  two weeks and counting! :D

:-bd <:-P
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 25 May 2012, 06:11:45 AM
I am taking my towel to work today and teaching at least two lessons of Hitch Hikers inspired maths today!
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: FierceKitty on 25 May 2012, 06:39:55 AM
Quote from: GordonY on 24 May 2012, 03:40:46 PM
Lilac Stormtroopers?????????????
And pink panzers.
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Techno on 25 May 2012, 07:15:35 AM
Sellers was great in those wasn't he ?....
Oh...sorry....Panzers ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: republic of tolworth on 25 May 2012, 07:30:48 AM
I'm getting ready to go off to do ww2 reenactment as French, so plenty of geeky prep going on. I will have to do something starwarsy today as the OH is a starwars nut! She has even taken the day off work  =)
And a manic Prattchet fan. Something to do with 'wear lilac if you were there' day or something like that.
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Hertsblue on 25 May 2012, 08:03:40 AM
I shall be thumbing a lift to Alpha Centauri. Just hope I don't get the Vogons again!  :'(
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Luddite on 25 May 2012, 01:56:18 PM
Tonight i shall, with my very geeky wife, be watching the original cut of Star Wars IV: A New Hope.  Han shot first.

This weekend (Sat & Sun) i shall be participating in a 2-day Field of Glory Tournament at my club with some old friends coming up from the south.

Tomorrow night, after i've checked out the state of socio-political play in the EU as expressed through the Nationalist voting on Eurovision, i shall be watching Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (again, original cut), probably followed by an episode or two of the Hitchhikers TV Series.  Beer and peanuts will be consumed as a muscle relaxant.

And Sunday night i suspect shall conclude with Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi.  I shall ogle the gold bikini and cheer when the Ewok dies.

My geek, this weekend, is firmly on.


Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 25 May 2012, 02:44:50 PM
Make sure you play a couple of rounds of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_Paper_Scissors_Lizard_Spock_en.svg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_Paper_Scissors_Lizard_Spock_en.svg)
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Sandinista on 25 May 2012, 03:49:28 PM
Music for the day...

Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Hertsblue on 26 May 2012, 11:10:34 AM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 25 May 2012, 02:44:50 PM
Make sure you play a couple of rounds of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_Paper_Scissors_Lizard_Spock_en.svg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_Paper_Scissors_Lizard_Spock_en.svg)

What was never explained as far as I can recall was what the gestures for "lizard" and "Spock" actually were.  :-\
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 26 May 2012, 01:14:38 PM
It's in the wiki article:
Lizard is a sock puppet hand, Spock is a Vulcan hand greeting.
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: nikharwood on 26 May 2012, 05:58:54 PM
Quote from: Luddite on 24 May 2012, 01:45:04 PM
Gentlemen, 25th May 2012 is...

- Star Wars Day (the 35th Anniversary)
- Towel Day
- Geek Pride Day
- Wear the Lilac Day



(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x1Yv8WFfKQ0/T7ztWiOHVoI/AAAAAAAAJJk/gFExaaHNPCk/s650/A+%284006%29.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Vbah5q3doHw/T8BpNRMPexI/AAAAAAAAD1U/6NthAHFieXA/s500/542869_422103324477351_367116489976035_1364874_40675644_n.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Des7vpYwe0Y/T8AkzI9dIOI/AAAAAAAAGZ8/cYI8k8CWGkA/s399/geek.jpg)

(http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens10298661_1309532467wear-the-lilac-pratchett.)
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Hertsblue on 28 May 2012, 08:41:51 AM
What is the twenty-fifth month, incidentally?  :P
Title: Re: 25th May 2012 - an auspicious day indeed
Post by: Luddite on 28 May 2012, 12:22:45 PM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 28 May 2012, 08:41:51 AM
What is the twenty-fifth month, incidentally?  :P

;D

Aye good point.   Personally i couldn't hazard a guess.  Maybe it cycles round, so it'd be 'Januarythree'?