Metropol

Everyone's got their own geeky quirks. I'll divulge mine if you divuldge yours...

Mobile Phone
My text message alert is the mp3 of the BBC World news bulletin music from 2001
My ringtone is a dance version of the Doctor Who theme music.
I can't use text speak and have to use full words and sentences, including grammatical markers.

Television
I will often turn over to BBC News 24 just to hear the countdown at the end of the hour.

Magazines
Somehow, I got a subscription to "Tramways and Light Rail", a magazine for the tram industry. I worked on Sheffield's tram system 10 years ago. I still find the magazine interesting, and like looking at the pics of trams around the world.

CDs and DVDs
My CD and DVD collections are arranged in chronological order.

There's a lot more, but I'm trying to remember them. What are those habits or likes of yours you'd prefer to sweep under the carpet?

Mobile:
My wallpaper is a still from the title sequence.
The ringtone is "CTU" from 24, formally a poor midi countdown

TV:
Wow, I'm not the only one! I often consider putting sky, or itv on at the toth, but it always seems wrong and I go back to news 24 few seconds ot weather and trails before the toth.

Other:
I regulary "listen" to my BBC News music, simply because I like it.

Odd:
I brought a Beano the other day for old times sake (used to collect when I was 10)

CD/DVD/Music
My DVD's and CD's are all in Alphabetical order, odly enough starting with "50 Years of BBC News" (The 24 boxsets are elsewhere)

I have the current News 24 countdown on my mp3 player

Mobile:
The text message ringtone is the balamory theme. The main ring is ring ring

TV:
*groan* Yes I do it too *the shame*

CD/DVD/Music
Alphabetical order. I have so far resisted the temptation to remove them from their cases and place them into white paper bags and write their name and EAN13 onto it but i am so tempted at times.

I also have the classic 1993 GMTV theme on my iPod

Ha... poor poor you, master bagging everything. Tsk at your Beano thing.

I've been hanging around this place for too long as i too listen to the news24 countdown too . I blame Jamez .
And there was i thinking that i don't have an ounce of geek in me.

Mobile My mobile screensaver is an animated .gif of the LWT ribbon ident... which I made. It's rather good - even though I say so myself.

TV Likewise, a News 24 countdown fix just before the hour does it for me.

I also know the frequencies for all five ITV transponders on Sky off by heart.

Music I have been known to listen to CDs of radio jingles and TV news themes at full volume in the car.

Other stuff I own a Peter Levy mug.

I think there are a lot of "ordinary" people out there that love listening to BBC News music, I've met a few people that have had a countdown or two on their playlists! There must be something about it. The only thing geeky about me is mocking and having an interest in TV presentation, and that interest isn't as strong as some of the others on TV Forum.

I can't say my CDs or DVDs are arranged in any particular order, some of my data CDs aren't even named. I do think I fall into the geeky category, but I can't really explain how...

Your alarm clock, with the goovey fold down thing is cool, but you showing me it is nerdy.

Bail wrote:Your alarm clock, with the goovey fold down thing is cool, but you showing me it is nerdy.

I don't remember showing you that... please tell me it was just a picture and not a video, if I sent you a video of my alarm clock unfolding, then I'll admit I'm a nerd.

bloody hell, putting all your cd's and dvd's in chronological is quite something!

can't say i really ever do anything like that, the only geeky thing i have is a load of sky epg tunes as mp3's on my hard disk.

Ah hem