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50,000 Monkeys at 50,000 Typewriters Can't Be Wrong

this one goes to eleven

Posted on 5 January, 2005 By Wil

The always hilarious BBspot hits it out of the park again. Today, they give us The Top Eleven Geek Break Up Lines.
My personal favorite is number eleven:

(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? R
(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? R
(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? F
Relationship failed.

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Comments (22)

  1. Chris says:
    5 January, 2005 at 10:25 am

    And now… Spinal Tarp!!!!

  2. Evin says:
    5 January, 2005 at 10:40 am

    I am number 8!
    But I think this applies to me more…
    “The computer was here before you. Seniority takes presidence when you start yelling at me for playing HL2, Sims2, or Liesure Suit Larry. The computer will be here after you leave too.”
    -Evin

  3. Harry Pulley says:
    5 January, 2005 at 11:04 am

    How about post-breakup lines from geeks? When my girlfriend broke up with me in university (taking comp. & info sci.) I told my classmates that I felt like a core. Most understood what I meant.
    Harry

  4. jsrdrnr says:
    5 January, 2005 at 1:14 pm

    That is too good…thanks!!! Me and my geek really get along … simply cause we understand!!!

  5. Glyn says:
    5 January, 2005 at 2:04 pm

    Now that is pretty funny actually… Could almost have had a “Dispel Evil” spell in there somewhere for the RPG geek in all of us 😛

  6. anc says:
    5 January, 2005 at 2:40 pm

    the wife gave me This Is Spinal Tap for christmas. the extra scenes that didn’t make it to the movie have some good funny stuff.

  7. dweiums says:
    5 January, 2005 at 2:44 pm

    whatever happened to “I think I’d rather view a comet that shows more tail?”

  8. Nina says:
    5 January, 2005 at 2:44 pm

    My favorite is “All your emotional baggage are not belong to us”, but that wasn’t on the list. 🙁

  9. PhoenixDown says:
    5 January, 2005 at 3:06 pm

    I enjoyed “So long, and thanks for all the fish” The Hitchhikers Guide has an answer for everything.

  10. edwoodca says:
    5 January, 2005 at 4:19 pm

    yeah, PhoenixDown… “42”!
    LOVE Douglas Adams’ FIVE book Trilogy!
    For xmas I got “The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide” with all five books and a short story, and got a SIXTH book, “Salmon of Doubt” compiled from unfinished work pulled from four of his computers posthumously.

  11. EmmaPeel007 says:
    5 January, 2005 at 5:29 pm

    Don’t forget Towel Day on May 25th…

  12. iheartmygeek says:
    5 January, 2005 at 7:22 pm

    The list is friggin’ hilarious. I IMed my hubby at work to share the link, and we’re still laughing about it. He didn’t get #1, though, and had to ask. When I explained, he asked me, “How do you know about that?” I explained, “My sister was obsessed with Douglas Adams in high school….and Wil Wheaton.” Hubby’s reply? “Your sister’s a damned weirdo.” Hahaha.

  13. fred says:
    5 January, 2005 at 8:20 pm

    12) Greedo shot first you stupid @#*$#!.

  14. Matt says:
    5 January, 2005 at 10:40 pm

    The best I’ve ever heard was from a friend of mine.. not necessarily a breakup line, but a great excuse for blowing off whatever it is they want you to do… “I love you, honey, but, I also love Star Trek.. and, in all fairness, Star Trek came first.”

  15. Rockchild says:
    6 January, 2005 at 3:46 am

    One of the worse break lines was what my friend Alice told me what her boy friend told her.
    “I’m sorry, but every time you make that Beaver face, I don’t know if I should give you a branch, or shoot you!”

  16. anc says:
    6 January, 2005 at 6:04 am

    13) Greedo DID NOT shoot first dammit!

  17. Dan says:
    6 January, 2005 at 6:08 am

    umm…what does it mean if I’ve actually used “So long and thanks for all the fish?”

  18. Jennifer says:
    6 January, 2005 at 7:17 am

    I, too, just used the “So long, and thanks for all the fish” line this weekend with a co-worker of mine. Assumed that as a fellow artsy-fartsy, Bjork-lovin’, South-Park-quotin’ geek he would get it but all I got was a blank stare and the chance to introduce someone new to the strange world of Douglas Adams. (Thanks to “edwoodca” for the heads-up on new book! Had no idea!)

  19. Aurorealis says:
    6 January, 2005 at 2:06 pm

    That made me cry a little… Poor geeks. 😉

  20. sherry says:
    7 January, 2005 at 6:43 pm

    (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? R
    (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? R
    (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail? F
    Relationship failed.
    i love it. story of my marriage in a beautiful little geeky nutshell.

  21. Katie B says:
    8 January, 2005 at 9:39 pm

    My sides ache from laughing.

  22. edwoodca says:
    8 January, 2005 at 10:57 pm

    Yer most welcome, Jennifer!
    and Towel Day, Ms. Emmapeel007… please do tell me more of how I can partake in celebrating that day! Do I simple wear a towel of any size in public and try to avoid being arrested for exposure? Or do I carry around a funky towel with nutrients soaked into one corner???

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