I'm not a geek, I'm just a guy
I actually used that line today, ...Only when you try to have a meaningful conversation with someone from abroad do you realise how much of our language is made up of Seinfeld-like pop-cultural references. Or maybe it's just me, ...anyway. If you live in the northern part of the US, you've been hit with a bitter snowstorm this week. Here in the midwest, we still got snow on the ground. When I described this to a cute, educated woman from overseas I met online, I described my city as "currently frozen like the planet Hoth."
I know Star Wars is an international movie, but she had no idea what I was talking about. She probably thought I was talking about a frozen moon somewhere in our solar system. When I explained where the reference came from I felt the need to explain that I'm not some geeky Star Wars nut, just a normal guy. Hense the title.
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