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Okay. I can get behind that. Eccentric Brits are some of the best animals on the planet.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

Eccentric Brits are wonderful. Nobody does Eccentric like Brits. Most Americans don't know where to stop — we either cross the line into "fucking loony" territory at 90 MPH, or come to a screeching halt while we're still in "slightly odd" country.

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

Edward Gorey did pretty good though. But he seemed like a Brit.

I thought he was a Brit. I suppose that New Englanders are the most likely to actually achieve eccentricity.

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

And Texans. A Texan can give a Brit a good run for their money when it comes to eccentric.

Nobody in the States is really sure what a Texan is going on about. Put them up next to an eccentric Brit, and we begin to lose site of what 'centric' might be.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

Most of us here in Texas are a little in the dark about each other. Especially those of us who are naturalized Texans. (I married a local.)

But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.

Marrying a native Texan is not necessarily a mistake. Some of them can emulate civilized humans quite well.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

And the Edith Beales. Although they may have been genuinely nuts.

edited 26th Nov '10 8:10:39 PM by blackcat

What about folks from Eastern Washington that live in the valley's east of the desert? My wife is sort of a troper more of lurker then anything. We already know I am bonkers her family is the Eccentric side of the equation.

Who watches the watchmen?

Dude, if you punctuate like that, your Lady is not the eccentric one.

Just sayin'.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

She's my interpreter. And she can't understand some Texas weirdness.

But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.

The Ediths were Texan in a way that only Texans would understand.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

I was going to tell stories about my own Da, but he was nuts. Well and truly, as well as being eccentric so he doesn't count.

Worth noting that the Nerdling is being raised as a New Englander, and would thus be a potential match for your Eccentric Brit in Training- mind you, she would be competing for his affections with Rachael Ray

edited 26th Nov '10 9:45:58 PM by Mamanerd

"An empty stomach is not a good political advisor" - Albert Einstein Anime list

I'm just worried that my little ones (who aren't even in the making yet) are gonna be little sports fanatics—will I really have to be a soccer mom??

Doodles

Don't worry till they are in the making.

Who watches the watchmen?

Don't worry; anything can be nerdified, anything. "Hey, that wide receiver feinted left and caught the ball! He must have +5 dexterity- oh, he got smushed by the troll. Er, lineman." The little gleams in your eye could potentially multiclass in jock/nerd; they could be ambassadors between the two parties.

(The Nerdling's current favorite sport is competitive yogurt-eating. I can see the corporate sponsorship money rolling in now...

"An empty stomach is not a good political advisor" - Albert Einstein Anime list

Yeah, I'm married too. And I have a youngun'.

The wife isn't a troper, and probably wouldn't be one, because she is too busy with becoming a registered nurse and all. She's the yin to my yang (or vice-versa? I never remember...). I'm an disorganized, artistic, introverted aesthete/musician who happens to be working in the stuffy boring world of finance, and she's an organized, logical, extrovert who was born a nurse. I'm winning her over to the geek side, though... She's becoming a marked fan of adult animation, video games, music that never appeared on the Top40 lists and movies that aren't mass-appeal shill. We do share some similarities, though, most notably — snarkcasm. We definitely come across to our friends as Vitirolic Best Buds, but we love each other fiercly.

Our little girl is a whole 16 months old and I'm trying to save her from her mother's nega-nerd ways, what with her sports and popular sensibilities. She's learning quickly that electronics are awesome and guitars are badass, though, the downside is that I can't keep her away from my laptop and I occasionally will pick up my acoustic to find that there is a small child's toy rattling around inside the body. Oh well.

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Granted...Portlanders often do cross over into "fucking loony" territory...

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There are a few cities in America that actually share a city motto — "Keep our city weird." I'm pretty sure I remember seeing that when I was in Portland. It is certainly a strange locale. The other I can think of is Louisville, KY, near where I live — although they are doing a far worse job at it than Portland is.

edited 30th Dec '10 12:22:25 PM by AJesterOnly

"We Keep Portland Weird" Shows up from time to time in store windows, bumper stickers, and even bill-boards. Needles to say  ^*

, people take it rather seriously.

edited 30th Dec '10 12:32:37 PM by Justice4243

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Well, I'm moving back to Nashville, TN, and I think their motto is more like, "Keep our city hipster-douche pretentious".

Yeah, we have that, too. :/

Though occasionally someone does manage to break into full-on weird territory.

I've seen at least three vehicles with their own theme. I think one is from some sort of business as it's covered with wood-carved graveyard themed stuff. There's a pirate car that actually has the license plate "Arrrrr", and I saw some sort of Bus that looked like it driven through a desert in Hell...

Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.Proverbs21:15 FimFiction account.

Madison, Wisconsin didn't use "Keep Madison weird", but a lot of locals referred to it as "70 square miles completely surrounded by Reality."

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

I am glad for my wife. She keeps me a bit more sane then I otherwise would be. We have settled comfortably into that behavior pattern recognition thing where it borders on precognitive abilities

Who watches the watchmen?