If a non-flashaholic person just walked into CPF...

[logicnerd411]

right now, what one word, would they be thinking?

I leave the CPF night-posters with that.

 

[logical]

buncha whack-jobs!!!!

 

[Rothrandir]

weirdos

you sure you wanna leave this with the night posters...? doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

 

[Tree]

Is that a word?

 

[Gone Jeepin]

They would think that the nice men in the twinkie truck better come and pick us up...

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

Unless they came here a: with a specific reason ie: web search or b: were just as obsessed about something as we are about lights.....

They would certainly say we are freaks!

 

[Tomas]

Originally posted by Gone Jeepin:
They would think that the nice men in the twinkie truck better come and pick us up...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Damn! Is he coming back again? Guess I'd better get some more batteries ...

How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb?

Two: One to hold the giraffe, and one to fill the bathtub with colorful machine tools.

 

[guncollector]

GEEK

 

[LEDagent]

I've actually have been laughed at for carrying too many flashlights. When i showed them the website, they didn't want to be my friend anymore....just kidding.

Seriously, my brother still doesn't understand why i'm on this site 24/7. He says we are a bunch of wierdos and nerds. Oh well....just wait until there's a blackout or major disaster, and you need light.

 

[Wits' End]

Tomas like your sig line

If they walk in to the Cafe they'll see a bunch of inteligent well spoken people, anyplace else I have to agree with Geek

I count myself honored to be a part of this group. Does that make me a double geek?

 

[Charles Bradshaw]

To the unsuspecting, we would be a bunch of certified nutcases. However, we get to work with the latest lighting technology for flashlights. Some manufacturers actually listen to us and make changes to fix a problem or otherwise improve a product.

Once they start lookin around CPF, the sheer volume of information hits them.

 

[flashfan]

I didn't join CPF for quite awhile because I thought y'all were a bunch of nerds and geeks with technical knowledge way above my head. I was right about the technical knowledge part being beyond me, but I haven't decided yet about the nerds and geeks part...

 

[Brotherscrim]

My guess is they would read some of the posts and think to themselves:

"heh, figures!"

I don't think many would find us as card-carrying nutcases with all the other madness going on around the web. That said, I thought I would share a little (True!) story with y'all.

Last week, I went to the comic book store. Now, I haven't been in there in months - my funds lacking due to severe flashaholism. So I go in there, and my favorite guy is working the counter: His name is Lon, and he looks A LOT like The Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons.

This is our conversation:

"Hey Lon"

"heey, Scrimmy. Long time no see" (as he's getting my comics out of my "pull")

"Yeah, I haven't been around much because I picked up a new hobby that's been eating away at my funds of late"

"Oh yeah? What hobby is that?"

"Um...Buying LED flashlights, actually"

*silence*

That's right, the bloody comic book guy thinks I'm a bit off!

--Scrimmy

 

[Tree]

 

[Zeppert]

!!! Help somebody turn on the light !!!

 

[logicnerd411]

POSTAL

As in "They've gone postal"

 

[Xrunner]

Insane. They would think we are all insane. At least until something needs to be lit up, then they would be glad there are people like us in the world.

-Mike

 

[The_LED_Museum]

Looks like i got here just in time!!

 

[Flashlightboy]

Craig,

Glad to have you back. We (all of us) have a lot of catching up to do.

 

[grift]

Originally posted by guncollector:
GEEK

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">geek sums us up quite well.