Standard Nerds!

If any of the following are true of you:

a) You are a computer geek,
b) You know and/or love a computer geek,
c) You are a geek of any kind, or
d) You are an aficionado of British comedy,

Then I'd like to recommend something you should find amusing.

The IT Crowd

Roy and Moss are two stereotypical IT guys working in the dismal, cluttered, dungeonlike basement of an otherwise spectacular office building. Jen is, for all practical purposes, technologically illiterate. But she puts on her résumé that she has "a lot of experience with computers". When her boss asks her to talk about her experience*, he decides to make her the new manager of the IT department. While initially antagonistic, Jen and Roy and Moss quickly learn to work with one another and hilarity ensues.

If you want my opinion**, this show is laugh-out-loud funny. So far, there are only 12 episodes available (two seasons of six episodes each), and naturally some of the episodes aren't as strong as others. But overall, this show has made me laugh...a lot.

It should be remembered that "The Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" was written by an American (George Carlin). It appears that one can say at least some of those words on British television with no problems. Foul language is used somewhat sparsely, but it's there. Be warned if that sort of thing is troubling.

For a brief look at The IT Crowd, you can check out this Wikipedia article or this IMDb page. Enjoy.

That is all.

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* It goes something like this:
"Sending e-mails, receiving e-mails...um, deleting e-mails. The computer screen, of course. The keyboard. The...that part that goes on the floor..."
"The hard drive?"
"Yes! That."

** And since you're still reading, I can only assume that you do....