No matter how cool, macho or frat boy-ish they appear, I am only beginning to learn that underneath all that, straight boys all have a built-in knowledge of all things Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Lara Croft and more that I am still discovering. I got my first inkling of this when years ago, Greg and his beer-guzzling guy pals and girlfriend (now fiance, thank you very much) passed out in front of a TV after spending all morning at homecoming partying with college girls, playing beer pong and hitting the liquor luge. A Star Wars movie was played, and I was shocked to see everyone stir from their drunken haze and bounce exact lines, quotes and even sound effects off of one another while still nearly dead to the world.
Over the years, Greg’s inner geek is revealing itself bit by bit. I wonder if precious real estate is being wasted up there and if perhaps what planet a Tawn Tawn** comes from is occupying the space where “please soak the dishes” should be.
But support for this man-geek theory did not come from just Greg and his friends. Just this past season on Lost, Josh Holloway (aka Sawyer), my man-god of choice and the one of the manliest and coolest of men on TV said, “I can’t believe you fell for the old wookie-prisoner gag.” What? How do men go about concealing this aspect for so long?
**Footnote: One day, I referred to it as “that animal that Luke rides on in some Star Wars movie,” to which a disgusted Greg rolled his eyes, sighed and replied, “it’s a TAWN TAWN.”
Oh, you have earned my undying gratitude for putting Sawyer on your blog… even if you do call him a geek!
And yeah, you’re right. It may not always be Star Wars, perhaps it’s baseball or the Simpsons or Civil War generals, but it’s always something.
Do not encourage her Stef, this was a shameless post just to get a picture of Sawyer up on the blog. What’s next a post about how Greg, Duke and Sam remind her of the Three Musketeers just so she can post an image of a young Chris O’Donnell?
Hey, the Three Musketeers would have been Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen and Oliver Platt. Chris O’Donnell was trying to join them. I’ll let you guys fight over who wants to be Oliver Platt.
Hey- if she wants to post a picture of some hot guy (Chris O’Donnell) on her blog, there’s nothing wrong with that! You keep on posting those hot picks, Selena (of Chris O’Donnell)… do it! (Chris O’Donnell : )
p.s. it’s okay, I’m a geek too… don’t try to talk about Star Trek with me- it’s just embarrassing :\
Oh, I see a future strategy here.
A post about how all men have the potential to be jerks? (Sawyer pic) One about how all jerks have a secret heart of gold? (Sawyer pic) One about how everyone needs a good nickname? (Sawyer again) And finally, one about US corrections policy and the need for, ahem, effective rehabilitation of former convicts? (Yep, Sawyer!)
I quickly scanned the post and saw the term “TAWN-TAWN” After reading the post, I realized you were not going to reference me, but in fact a star wars animal. I would like to, however, post an alternate definition of the term “TAWN-TAWN”
TAWN-TAWN, v. to drink excessively, usually to the point where one is unable to function like a normal human. usage: She must have been so tawn-tawned to hit a frat boy, bite people’s knees, and commit mass acts of genocide!
First off, i don’t think tawn-tawn is the correct spelling. It is actually tauntaun. Please reference: Star wars link
Now i second the tawn-tawn idea, b/c, well, it just works. We have unique first hand experiences from this, and can tell that it fits!
Thank you Jason, I noticed the misspelling too, but figured some guy would be good enough to correct her.
She also never answered the question she posed as to what planet tauntauns are from? Guys, I know you know, but let’s hold off and see if there is a girl who can answer this one?
I like tawn-tawn, I’ll try to use it in a sentence. “Selena was obviously tawn-tawned when she home from happy hour at 1 AM on Friday.”
Tauntauns home = Hoth
A thank you goes to Jason and his star wars link!
I greatly annoyed a friend of mine by repeatedly referring to Taunton, MA (pronounced Tawn-tin, I believe) as Tawn-tawn no matter how many times she corrected me.
I want to drive through Taunton, MA just so I can say “And I thought it smelled bad… on the outside.”
um. I have so much to say about this thread that I almost dry-heaved. but I won’t because five plus people will lose all respect for me. Let me say however, that the same so-called “precious real estate” in mens’ minds that is being taken up by nerdiness is being taken up in womens’ minds by worry, self-doubt, food, does he really love me, and outfit choices for tomorrow.
I much prefer to wonder in which head-tentacle Twi’leks keep their brain.
Being a girl and a geek, this was very amusing.
And, Erich. Both brain tails (or lekku) of a Twi’lek contain part of their brain.
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