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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 11 Mar 2002.
Nerd Boy, episodes 209-216

Nerd Boy, episodes 209-216

A bit late again... Sorry.

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   No friends to talk to, no
   computer, no TV. No nothing
   with nothing on the side...
                             `OO
                          ___((_
                      ___|    bb|______


             Wait, I know! A
           joke'll cheer me up!
                              `OO
                          ____.||'
                      ___|     bb _____


               So anyway, this guy
               walks into a bar and
                sees this blonde...
                                  `OO
                          ______  .||>
                      ___|      |_ dd _




                     Nah, I've
                     heard it.
                             `OO
                          ___((_
                    jg___|    bb|______

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At the risk of sounding silly, I really like this one. It's funny. It's a last minute thing, but I
like it.
---

             ,,,                                   _
             '..                             OO / `~`  _._
              ||                         ____.))|    .~_`-`.
              |\                        |__|_|d||   /-`.-'_,\


               What the heck                   Computer broke down.
               are you doing?                 I'm coding on paper.
                             `,,,              ,
                              '..            OO        _._
                              .||.       ____.))|    .~_`-`.
                               ||       |__|_|d||   /-`.-'_,\


      Pointless exercise.           I wrote a compiler in the machine
      You won't be able to          language of a chip I designed. I
      check for syntax errors       used it to convert my program to
      or anything. Give it up.      machine language, and I ran that
                             `,,,   through my chip architecture...
                              '..                 `OO  _._
                              .||.       ____  _| //. ~_`-`.
                               ||       |__|_|||| bb/-`.-'_,\


                       "Hello         Beautiful,
                       World"?        isn't it?
                             `,,,     ,
                              '..   OO                 _._
                              .||/ .||.  ____  _|    .~_`-`.
jg                             ||   dd  |__|_||||   /-`.-'_,\

---
This is truly the essence of Nerd Boy. This is just the sort of thing that he does. I've managed to
capture everything that Nerd Boy is in a single strip. Aren't I great? Just a little bit great? Not
even a wee bit? OK, fine! Whatever!
---

 Cold outside.  ____                   Huh.
        ` ,,,  |    |                  ,
 |_       ..'  |    |                OO
 |       (: )  |   o|               .||.
_|_      d  d  |____|                dd


                                        That's weird. You treat your
                ____                  clothes like a stack; you always
               |    |     ,,,          ,    put them on in a certain
 |.            |    |     '..        OO     order and then take them
 ||            |   o|      ||       .||.    off in the reverse order.
_|_dd          |____|      |\        dd


                      That's          Well, yeah. I bet you even do
                ____   weird?         that with your underwear; put
               |    |       `,,,       ,  it on first and take it
 |.            |    |        '..     OO   off last. Well do ya?
 ||            |   o|        .||.   .||.
_|_dd          |____|         ||     dd



                     Well, of         Pfft. Well,
                ____  course!          -I- don't.
               |    |       `,,,             `
 |.            |    |        '..              OO
 ||            |   o|        .||.            ((
_|_dd        jg|____|         ||             b b

---
This is based on a real story, and believe it or not, Nerd Boy's lines are not based on what I said
IRL, Fan Boy's lines are. Nerd Boy's lines were inspired by someone else, someone as nerdy, if not
nerdier, than me... OooOOooOoh... Skeh-ri stoh-ri.
---

Well, I went and saw Lord of
the Rings for the 42nd time                  None.
now. How many times have   `,,,         _    ,
 you seen it, Nerd Boy?     '..        (_|  O
                             ||        [__]_.)_|
                      ______ |\ ______ |   |d| | ____


                         What?!             Well.. Eh. I haven't read
                       BUT WHY?!             the books anyway, so...
                              `,,,      _    ,
                               'oo     (_|  O
                               .||.    [__]_.)_|
                            ___ || ___ |   |d| | _


       WHAT?! It's as if I don't            You got it backwards. It's
        even -know- you anymore!             as if you suddenly got to
                              `,,,      _    ,   know the real me.
                               'oo     (_|  O
                               -||-    [__]_.)_|
                            ___ || ___ |   |d| | _


                    Nah. I liked
                    mine better.              Drama queen.
                              `,,,      _    ,
                               '..     (_|  O
                               -||-    [__]_.)_|
                          jg___ || ___ |   |d| | _

---
And no, I haven't read Lord of the Rings. The first book kind of bored me. It's not the actual
length of it, I've read longer books or series of books, I think it just didn't grip me. I didn't
find it interesting enough. Don't get me wrong though, I did think it was good, just not very
immersive.
---

 Nerd Boy, I think               That's what you said yesterday, and
 a UFO landed right             it was just a cyberbeing from another
 outside our door. `,,,      _    ,  dimension, remember? Anyway,
                    '..     (_|  O        I'll go check...
                     ||     [__]_.)_|
         ___________ |\ ___ |   |d| |_________________________
                                                             __
_______________________________                             /  \
                               \                   Hello.  /  _/
                                \                      `  / o/
_________________________________\                        > /\___
__    _____    _____    _____   |                         |/\   -\
_|    |_|_|    |_|_|    |_|_|   |                            | \ -\
_|    |_|_|    |_|_|    |_|_|   |      HOLY                ___\| -|\
                                |     CRAP!!!             />---'\ ||
__    _____    _____    _____   |___   ,                 /|     ///|>
_|    |_|_|    |_|_|    |_|_|   |   |OO                        /|| |\
_|    |_|_|    |_|_|    |_|_|   |  o|-\\-                      \||
                                |___|_ bb _                     \\\
________________________________|          |___________________ /^|| _
                                                  __
                                                 /  \
                                                /  _/
                                               /o /
                         OK, so you were       > /\__
                        right -this- time.     |/\   \
       _         ,,,           ,                /\| \ \
      (_|        'oo         OO                 /\\\| |
      [__]_  _|  .||.         ))               //\`-' |
    jg|   | | |   ||         d d              /^| \__/

---
How's that for a weird strip? Someone complained that the strips didn't have enough art. More
specifically, the strips could be viewed in variable width font and the joke would still be
apparent. So I started diddling, and it ended up looking like a b'ger alien. Who'da thunk it.
---

                                          __
                                         /  \
                                        /  _/
    So... You're an               Yep. /o /
    alien from outer                 ` > /\__
    space, is that it?                 |/\   \
                   `,,,                 /\| \ \
           OO       '..                 /\\\| |
          .||.      .||.               //\`-' |
      ____ bb ______ || _____________ /^| \__/ ____
                                                   __
                                                  /  \
                                                 /  _/
                  So, um... Did                 /o /
                   you eat any                  | /\__
                  humans lately?                |/\   \
                            `,,,                 /\| \ \
                    OO       '..                 /\\\| |
                   .||.      .||.               //\`-' |
                  _ bb ______ || _____________ /^| \__/ ____
                                                            __
                                                           /  \
         Hey, what kind of                 "It", huh?     /  _/
          question is that?               Well -thanks-. /- /
           Can't you see that                          ` > /\__
           you're insulting it?                          |/\   \
                            `         ,,,                 /\| \ \
                             OO       '..                 /\\\| |
                            .||.      .||.               //\`-' |
    jg______________________ bb ______ || _____________ /^| \__/ ____

---
Well, what would -you- call an alien? Gender-neutral "ve", "vim", "ver"? That might work. Wonder why
Nerd Boy didn't think about that. :\
---

                                              __
                                             /  \
                                            /  _/
So why are you here,     To learn all our  /o /
 Mr. Alien? To save      ancient secrets   | /\__
the universe, maybe?     in a single day?  |/\   \
                 `,,,      ,                /\| \ \
                  '..    OO                 /\\\| |
                  .||.  .||.               //\`-' |
           _______ || __ bb _____________ /^| \__/ ___
                                                      __
                              I kinda had a fight    /  \
                              with my girlfriend    /  _/
                             and she ran off. I'm  /o /
                              looking for her.   ` > /\__
                                                   |/\   \
                          ,,,                       /\| \ \
                          '..    OO                 /\\\| |
                          .||.  .||.               //\`-' |
                   _______ || __ bb _____________ /^| \__/ ___
                                                              __
                                                             /  \
                                                            /  _/
                                                           /o /
                       Ha, good luck                       | /\__
                        with -that-.       Yeah.           |/\   \
                                 `,,,      ,                /\| \ \
                                  '..    OO                 /\\\| |
                                  .||.  .||.               //\`-' |
                         jg_______ || __ bb _____________ /^| \__/ ___

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Just establishing plot stuff. Not very funny. That tends to happen when you have plot. Damn that
plot, always ruining my funny. My funny goes sour when plot passes by. Evil eye and all that. Stupid
plot.
---

                        I don't mean to be    ___
                         rude, but do you    /   \
                         have anything to   /   _/
                         eat around here?  /  o/
                                         ` |> /\_
       Oh. Sorry, I'm not being            |_/`  \
        a very good host, am I?             /\| \ \
                          `OO               /\\\| |
                          .||.             //\`-' |
                   _______ bb ___________ /^| \__/ ___


You're always eating.                It's not for me,   ___ __
That's why you're fat.              it's for the alien.|   |  |
               `~..                   He's starved.  ` |   |  |
                 >>                                   /||  |  |
       _________ |\ _________________________________ b|___|__| __


                                   What a lame excuse. Do   __
                                   ,  you expect me to     |  |
                o,OO            ..~   buy that? Pfft.      |  |
                `v))           .<<.                        |  |
               _ d d __________ || _______________________ |__| __

                                                        ___ __
                                             OK, I'll  |   |  |
                                               help. ` |   |  |
                                                      >||  |  |
                                   jg_______________ /||___|__| __

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I like how the third panel came out. Nerd Boy is really stacked with stuff. Tried to draw the alien
in 3/4 view. I'm not as pleased with that.

-jg

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