@SpecialFlowers said:

Who are you and what have you done with Znex? Well anyway, the poems were nice while they lasted. Have a lovely evening.

The last time you started a haiku thread it turned into limericks if I remember correctly. This time it just might turn into sonnets.

Also who are you and what have you done to Special Lemons ?

@SpecialFlowers said:

So, say the show DOES keep going on and on as some predict (and want). With a few more babies and a few time hops over summer breaks, we could have a new crop of young nerds.

1.Will the next generation of nerds be interested in the same things that their daddies were? Will they love Star Trek? Star Wars? Comic books? What is new and cutting age on the nerd horizon?

2.Would capitalizing on a new generation of nerds (on the show AND in the audience) be a good idea?

Nerd is the “new gay”. Now it's just another, taken-for-granted group—like any other/every other taken-for-granted group.

Gone is the "nerd mystique"...it will not be returning with future generations.

@CalabrianQueen said:

I think it's more likely thei kids end up being the polar opposite of the parents. Jocks with no interest in science.

That is certainly a possibility, and could be funny as long as none of them act like Speckerman!

I do think it could be enjoyable to watch the elder nerds pass along their nerd knowledge to a new generation, though. But I wonder, do the nerds of today enjoy the same things as the nerds of times gone by? For example, do they play the same games? Do they watch the same shows? I don't really know, but that is my curiosity. For example, do the teens of today still play Dungeons and Dragons? Do teens of today still watch Star Trek? Is there even such thing as a "nerd" anymore?

@znexyish said:

The last time you started a haiku thread it turned into limericks if I remember correctly. This time it just might turn into sonnets.

Also who are you and what have you done to Special Lemons ?

Are you asking if I kidnapped myself?

Limerick:
There was once a swell poster name Znex
Who was cooler than French fries and Kleenex
He stuck in his thumb
And pulled out a plumb
And said Lemons I'm not going to write you a haiku-ex.

Very Official-Sounding Haiku:
In the sunlit glade
Znex crouches with tiger
Not writing haiku

Hi/Hai-Marilyn Mc-Coo/Ku

@SpecialFlowers said:

@znexyish said:

The last time you started a haiku thread it turned into limericks if I remember correctly. This time it just might turn into sonnets.

Also who are you and what have you done to Special Lemons ?

Are you asking if I kidnapped myself?

Limerick:
There was once a swell poster name Znex
Who was cooler than French fries and Kleenex
He stuck in his thumb
And pulled out a plumb
And said Lemons I'm not going to write you a haiku-ex.

Very Official-Sounding Haiku:
In the sunlit glade
Znex crouches with tiger
Not writing haiku

Hi/Hai-Marilyn Mc-Coo/Ku

No haiku for you !

A Seinfeld reference which you might miss since you probably didn't watch the show.

Also everyone likes these so called nerd things nowadays. No nerd for you !

@znexyish said:

No haiku for you ! 5, very good!

A Seinfeld reference which you might miss since you probably didn't watch the show. 20 syllables? Znex? Really?

Also everyone likes these so called nerd things nowadays. No nerd for you ! 18 syllables. For shame.

No, no Znex. That's not the right number of syllables. Well the first line was right, but then the last two lines were too long.

I'm off to listen to Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand's "You Don't Write Me Haikus, Anymore...".

@SpecialFlowers said:

@znexyish said:

No haiku for you ! 5, very good!

A Seinfeld reference which you might miss since you probably didn't watch the show. 20 syllables? Znex? Really?

Also everyone likes these so called nerd things nowadays. No nerd for you ! 18 syllables. For shame.

No, no Znex. That's not the right number of syllables. Well the first line was right, but then the last two lines were too long.

I'm off to listen to Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand's "You Don't Write Me Haikus, Anymore...".

How many lines then ? Is it 5-7-5 or 7-5-7 How about I write you a poem consisting of lines with syllables in prime numbers ? The kind of poem that Sheldon would approve of. A true nerd poem.

Lemons (2)

A Poem (3)

Prime numbers each line (5)

Not a Haiku. A Prime-Ku (7)

@znexyish said:

How many lines then ? Is it 5-7-5 or 7-5-7 How about I write you a poem consisting of lines with syllables in prime numbers ? The kind of poem that Sheldon would approve of. A true nerd poem.

Lemons (2)

A Poem (3)

Prime numbers each line (5)

Not a Haiku. A Prime-Ku (7)

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I love my Prime-Ku
Written by you

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

Gone is the "nerd mystique"...it will not be returning with future generations.

I tend to agree with this particular statement. Did "The Big Bang Theory" play a role in this?

@SpecialFlowers said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

Gone is the "nerd mystique"...it will not be returning with future generations.

I tend to agree with this particular statement. Did "The Big Bang Theory" play a role in this?

No--not really.

While some want to it as a major contributor to the mainstreaming of nerdom, think that it (same as other shows and movies also sharing credit) just benefited from being in the right place at the right time.

Think all of this is pretty much reflected glory.

@FormerlyKnownAs said: No--not really.

While some want to it as a major contributor to the mainstreaming of nerdom, think that it (same as other shows and movies also sharing credit) just benefited from being in the right place at the right time.

Think all of this is pretty much reflected glory.

I personally think that TBBT did play some role, even if only very partial and small in the mainstreaming of nerdom. The thing is, by (possibly) helping this process along they may have shot themselves in the foot a bit. Something that is mainstream is no longer as funny as when it was different and to be gawked at. I think more than ever the writers have quite a challenge to keep the show funny. Not that they CAN'T...they're just going to have to be clever!

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

Gone is the "nerd mystique"...it will not be returning with future generations.

Nerd Mystique sounds like a perfume. Wonder what it might smell like?

@znexyish said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

Gone is the "nerd mystique"...it will not be returning with future generations.

Nerd Mystique sounds like a perfume. Wonder what it might smell like?

It smells like 1975, of course.

Nerd Mystink

@znexyish said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

Gone is the "nerd mystique"...it will not be returning with future generations.

Nerd Mystique sounds like a perfume. Wonder what it might smell like?

@znexyish said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

Gone is the "nerd mystique"...it will not be returning with future generations.

Nerd Mystique sounds like a perfume. Wonder what it might smell like?

Probably smells the way those pre-Penny suits in Leonard's closet looked.