Anyone up for some fun? Write a funny ending or two to the phrase, "You know you're a classical guitar nerd when ..." I'll start off with a few.
You start referring to your time in a high school garage band as chamber music experience.
You think of Napoleon Coste and Dionisio Aguado as well-known composers.
Hold on a minute, just what are you trying to say ...
David Krupka Let's ask this group of teenagers which one they prefer.
Eric Phillips Actually, we'd probably get a similar response from more than a few guitarists ...
David Krupka Truth!
Eric Phillips I don't get it
Brian We classical guitarists might know them well, but they are not exactly household names outside of our little classical guitar bubble.
You refuse to go bowling with friends because you might break a nail.
Eric Phillips Sounds eminently sensible to me, even for those who don't use nails. Those absurdly heavy bowling balls, hurtling without warning out of the return mechanism, are a bloody menace!
Eric Phillips in this case you can use a glove, it gives style!
... when your 'what-to-do-in-case-of-a-fire' plan involves getting your favourite instrument out of the house, and nothing else.
David Krupka Well, maybe two instruments. I need my lute. The dog can die.
Eric Phillips True, it should be possible to carry at least two, maybe even a third if there's a case strap available. It's a pity about the dog, of course, but one has to be sensible - in an emergency, there's no room for sentimentality ...
When you tuck you guitar into bed and kiss it good night.
Michelle Roper You haven’t crossed the line until you start reading it bedtime stories. (Like the one where Segovia met Hermann Hauser.)
Eric you have made my Sunday. "Touche"
When you're heard saying, "Jimi Hendrix? Who's Jimi Hendrix?"
Carl Jossem I heard he has an amazing tremolo.
You are better than a manicurist at filing and shaping nails
Blaise Laflamme I’d like to make an appointment with you for next week to have my nails done.
Eric Phillips your nails are already long enough?
Blaise Laflamme Not really, but maybe by next week
Eric Phillips It's a good idea to make the most of these years of nail filing as a side job!
Your Nerd picture needs a pocket protector for his tuning fork.