Alexandra et al.,

Ah - you have encountered the 'geek'. I am quite familiar with these
odd creatures because the world I inhabit is populated with them i.e.,
academia. Not to suggest that all academics are geeks or vice versa,
but there is a preponderance in and around academic institutions. Easy
to recognize by the vacuous looks as you pass them on the streets -
busy with some significant internal dialogue, they do not notice you or
the external world for that matter. They come in a few variations - the
classic geek, nerd-geek and the nerd (geekiness as a recessive trait).
The latter two tend to exhibit a higher degree of awareness.

I can absolutely guarantee that if your fuzzbutts had moving parts or
operated through a remote device, Jeff would have noticed. Indeed would
have been intrigued - until he figured out how they worked, then it
would be on to the next challenge....

Tressie A. Dutchyn, MA ID PhD student,
Dalhousie University Research Associate

Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network for Social & Behavioral
Issues in Hepatitis C & HIV/AIDS
Department of Community Health & Epidemiology
Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine

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