Comments on: Girl with a perl earring http://boingboing.net/2008/11/17/girl-with-a-perl-ear.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bartoncasey http://boingboing.net/2008/11/17/girl-with-a-perl-ear.html#comment-332565 bartoncasey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-332565 If I'm a geek for getting the joke, what is implied by the fact that this image is most notable to me as one of the original demo images used to show off the Amiga? If I’m a geek for getting the joke, what is implied by the fact that this image is most notable to me as one of the original demo images used to show off the Amiga?

]]> By: mjd http://boingboing.net/2008/11/17/girl-with-a-perl-ear.html#comment-334871 mjd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-334871 Using the entire cover is spelling the joke out. <em>Real</em> nerds would get it if it was just the camel. Using the entire cover is spelling the joke out. Real nerds would get it if it was just the camel.

]]> By: Foolster41 http://boingboing.net/2008/11/17/girl-with-a-perl-ear.html#comment-333386 Foolster41 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-333386 *groans* that is terrible, and yet hilarious at the same time. *groans* that is terrible, and yet hilarious at the same time.

]]> By: David Carroll http://boingboing.net/2008/11/17/girl-with-a-perl-ear.html#comment-332441 David Carroll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-332441 Hey! I am proud to be a nerdy geek. Now I don't go to the meetings any more, and I only played D&D once in high school (and didn't inhale). I do watch "The Big Bang Theory" and I get all of the jokes, and read all of Chuck's vanity cards. This is my favorite reproduction of our favorite earing model: <a href="http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gSCaw3CmboRJy6HA24E_WBtU_tKA" rel="nofollow">Physicist reproduces microscopic Vermeer painting on glass slide with a laser</a> Hey! I am proud to be a nerdy geek. Now I don’t go to the meetings any more, and I only played D&D once in high school (and didn’t inhale).

I do watch “The Big Bang Theory” and I get all of the jokes, and read all of Chuck’s vanity cards.

This is my favorite reproduction of our favorite earing model:

Physicist reproduces microscopic Vermeer painting on glass slide with a laser

]]> By: eti http://boingboing.net/2008/11/17/girl-with-a-perl-ear.html#comment-332699 eti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-332699 I've seen the original and I code in perl. I’ve seen the original and I code in perl.

]]> By: jackie31337 http://boingboing.net/2008/11/17/girl-with-a-perl-ear.html#comment-332494 jackie31337 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-332494 It takes a special kind of geek to get this one. I sent the link to my boyfriend, and belatedly realized he probably won't recognize the painting. It takes a special kind of geek to get this one. I sent the link to my boyfriend, and belatedly realized he probably won’t recognize the painting.

]]> By: Cochituate http://boingboing.net/2008/11/17/girl-with-a-perl-ear.html#comment-334061 Cochituate Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-334061 ...but it doesn't even look like Scarlett Johansson- I saw that movie. …but it doesn’t even look like Scarlett Johansson- I saw that movie.

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