Print this webpage or keep track on a piece of paper (or excel, whatever).
Enter a 1 on the line marked "Points" for each question you can answer with a yes. Then add any bonus points on the line marked "Bonus". Add all of the Points and Bonus points to get your WAN (White and Nerdy) score. Feel free to use this number in parenthesis at the end of any coorespondence (especially with the Enginerdy Show or its audience or in the comments section). Example :" Hey, ya'lls show is great. Sincerly, Bill (71)"
Points Bonus
______ _____ Ever called white
______ _____ Ever called nerdy
______ _____ First in your class (bonus of 5 if first in class at MIT)
______ _____ Play D&D (bonus of 5 if champion of D&D)
______ _____ Know who M.C. Escher is
______ _____ Looked up who M.C. Escher is after reading in in the above question
______ _____ Prefer Earl Grey tea to alcohol
______ _____ Can name a sci-fi character whose favorite beverage is Earl Grey tea
______ _____ Own a Toyota Prius
______ _____ Have stationary (non-spinner) rims on your car
______ _____ Have action figures (bonus of 2 per mint condition figure in original package)
______ _____ Have Steven Hawking book in your library
______ _____ Have read a Steven Hawking book
______ _____ Still use Myspace
______ _____ Have a ‘pimped out’ (customized) myspace page
______ _____ Still get people to interact on myspace
______ _____ Can name 5 decimals of pi (bonus of 2 per each additional 10 digits)
______ _____ Wear braces
______ _____ Order sandwiches with mayonnaise
______ _____ Have played minesweeper for at least an hour at a time
(5 pts for winning hardest difficulty)
______ _____ Use the keyboard to run commands in programs (shortcut keys)
______ _____ Have run at least 100 apps
______ _____ Know Pascal
______ _____ Wear a shower cap
______ _____ Have used electronics devices while in the shower
______ _____ Know vector calculus (bonus of 5 if you find it fun)
______ _____ Own a soldering gun
______ _____ Can sing the Happy Days theme song (bonus of 5 if it is your favorite theme song)
______ _____ Have beat someone at ping pong
______ _____ Have aced any trivia quiz
______ _____ Have written JavaScript
______ _____ Have spoken Klingon aloud
______ _____ Own a Klingon Dictionary
______ _____ Have ridden a Segway (bonus 20 if you own one)
______ _____ Would own a Segway if affordable
______ _____ Have ever worn a helmet, elbow pads and knee pads with a track suit
______ _____ Have used any object to pretend you have a functional lightsaber
______ _____ Can name the guy dancing in the “White and Nerdy” Weird Al video
______ _____ Have given a power strip as a gift
______ _____ Have browsed in a comic book store
______ _____ Collect comics (Bonus of 5 if they are X-men comics)
______ _____ Have a pocket protector (bonus of 5 if you have used one)
______ _____ Have an ergonomic keyboard
______ _____ Have shopped online for writable media
______ _____ Have edited Wikipedia
______ _____ Can recite a line from “Holy Grail” (1 point per line you can recite right now)
______ _____ Know what ROTFLOL means
______ _____ Have written someone’s webpage (bonus of 5 if you got paid)
______ _____ Have written code for a friend
______ _____ Know HTML
______ _____ Have written HTML for a friend
______ _____ Have a homepage for a pet
______ _____ Own a fanny pack (bonus of 5 if you have worn it in public)
______ _____ Have shopped at the GAP
______ _____ Been to a sale at the GAP
______ _____ Enjoy popping bubble wrap (bonus of 5 if you have “gotten freaky” with it)
______ _____ Have played Badminton
______ _____ Have worn a sweater tied around you neck
______ _____ Consider yourself nerdy
______ _____ Your skin tone can be compared to sour cream
______ _____ Were in AV club
______ _____ Were in glee club
______ _____ Were on a chess team
______ _____ Have answered the question “Kirk or Picard?”
______ _____ Have asked the question “Kirk or Picard?”
______ _____ Have a poster/likeness/picture of a sci-fi character on your wall
______ _____ Have been to a renaissance fair (bonus of 1 per occurance)
______ _____ Have dresses up to go to a renaissance fair
______ _____ Wear patterned pajamas
______ _____ Have your name on your underwear
______ _____ Have experienced a ‘wedgie’
______ _____ Button the top botton a shirt without a tie on
______ _____ Have been laughed at
______ _____ Have had eyes rolled at
______ _____ Have seen the Star Wars Holiday Special
______ _____ Own a copy of the Star Wars Holiday Special
______ _____ Own a bowling outfit
______ _____ Consider the people you are bowling with nerdy
______ _____ Have ever done the Vulcan salute
Total Points ______
Total Bonus ______
WAN score ______
(place this proudly after you signature, or other name introductions (ie "Hi, my name is Bill (71)")
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