Geeky Slipups

Just today actually, I dropped a glass plate and narrowly avoided hundreds of little glass thingies in my foot. The first thing that I siad without thinking, surrounded by people who didn't know anything about D&D was: "Damn, I made my reflex save." Maybe I'm a cipher-nerd.

I try to restrain myself, but I do find myself jabbering in cant sometimes. I also had a heck of a giggle when I first saw the word "Ortho" on a thing of pesticide.

Well, my wife recently bought a used car that works great except that the previous owner put a muffler on it that emits an overwhelming moan while driving. Every time I ride in it I mutter a comment about Pandaemonium. I really do think that riding in that car can simulate "Wind Madness."

I try very hard not to slip into cant at work, though I do slip from time-to-time. Most people would not get it and I work with someone actually named Berk.

One of the funniest things was while I was riding with one of my players and he was talking about his character goals for Planescape, we spied a disabled motorist. He stopped, popped out of the car and said, "You berks need some help?" I watched him wince a little as he realized what he said, and did not mean to.
I smiled a little on the inside...

I ocasionaly greet people with "fthagn", istead of "Hi". :oops:

I've managed to keep the Planescape under wraps (we shall not discuss the weekend my gaming group watched Lock,Stock and Two Smoking Barreles followed by Snatch...)

But Shadowrun has infiltrated my language with 'hoi' and 'fragit'.

I constantly try and explain, the planescape cosmology as a way of thinking about the universe or multiverse as it were without actually giving into the fact its from a RPG. Fortunatally I'm completely Insane so most people just laugh or fail to take much notice. Plus people think I'm too cool to believe I'd like something like D&D(Fools hAHAHAHA!) I always preach the doom guard philosophy whenever I can. I often blame things on the rule of three, and entropy whenever something goes wrong with their lives and somehow involves me. I'll occasionally say to someone that they're addle coved. But for the most part I just like to swear in drow or write in drow and runic, it confuses most people. I also introduce myself as a chaotic neutral without using those two words.

I also remember when I was really tired one day back in high school when I saw something far off I went to right click on it to get a more detailed description of what it was only to realise that I'm very far away, and not anywhere near the computer. Yup never let something like reality get in the way of a good RPG obesessed life style.

Calling someone Chummer or cutter is also funny. Nothing make you look more like a loser when you say a nice steaming cup of soy cafe would be really whiz right now really really loud. I've yet to do that though.

I make reference to "the chant" all the time, although I think that's the only cant that regularly slips into my vocabulary.