The Nerdies 2009

Jan 7, 2009 Author: Shebee | Filed under: Uncategorized

What fun I’ve had, truly. This first week back at work for most of us would have been dull, eventless and yawn inducing but I have been kept in stitches and on my toes with nom-nom’s pouring in through my twitter account, emails, blog and even dreams. Last night I totally dreamt that Saul smashed Marcel over the head to jump up onto a stage and steal the (non existant) Nerdies09 Trophy!

I’d like to firstly thank the sponsors for being so forthcoming with the prizes on offer. Each Nerdy Boy and Girl will receive the following when they win:

A limited edition Moral Fibre T-shirt full of goodness, flair & attitude.
One .co.za domain plus THREE MONTHS free hosting from The Creative Foundation by Byron Rode.
A luxury Body Thrills hamper homemade especially by ExMi for each individual.
Free Dinner at Capello Sandton from Garsen Subramoney to the value of R300.

The Nerdies have sparked controversy, jealousy, laughter, ego wars and even half nudies. It’s been a rollercoaster ride of competitiveness in this circle jerking world of ours, and I hate to admit it but I couldn’t have actually topped myself if I tried when it comes to bringing out these online nerdies egos. Its been amusing to no end.

I have a few Nom-nom’s that win my WTF! award, its nothing really aside from the prestigeous notion that you made me literally laugh out loud:

Steve and his “non gay” nom-nom of Don, because Don apparently has style and a brilliant sense of humour. I’ll second that, the dude does stand up comedy for gawds sake.
Yusuf for repeatedly trying to nominate me and denying that it was for bribery purposes.
Stew because he sincerely wanted to nominate bacon and then got rather miffed that no one else seconded his nom-nom.
Blade for confidently nominating himself (you’ll be happy to know you weren’t alone, others nom-nommed you too honey). And finally,
ExMi because she totally transformed into a pimp, came out of the real-face closet and and changed her online profile pic to something porno that her mommy would cry if seen. I owe you a blog post of love for taking me up on my challenge, chickie, I realise this.

The Nom-noms are in and we’re ready to show you the Nomnominees that you need to vote for, but first a list of those who were punted, but didn’t make the cut of between a minimum of 2 or 5 nominations or more. Sorry for you lot, I told you to tell your mates. You never listen to me! And the nominees are:

(in no particular order and some sans a link due to either me not having it or my fingers being totally lazy)

Girl Nerdies:

Joyanne (2), Annaling (2), Talita(2), Single Syllable(2), Gabrielle(2), Kerry-Anne(2), Kitty(2), Tertia(3), Sam Wilson (2), Megg Wilson(2) [hey, are you two related?], Roxilla(3), Max Kaizen(2), Saaleha, Jo Duxbury, Bailey Schneider, Candy Tothill, KaB, Dolce, Jade Allen, Shana Kassiem, Vannessa Clark, Sarah Blake.

Close Runners Up:

Dude Nerdies:

Denny(2), Barry Roodt(3), Jayx(2), Biggest Mullet(3), StevenMcD(3), Brandon Golding(3), Wogan May(3), Shaun Oakes(3), Byron Rode(3), Enzo(3), Stii, Nic Harry, Vincent Maher, Matthew Buckland, Jason Elk, Jeremy Nell, Geek Rebel, Sexy G, XSYN, CraigN, DChetty, Allan Kent, Charl Norman, Jayx, Dave Duarte, Killer.

Close Runners Up:

And lastly, the Top Ten Nerdies needing your votes:

VOTING CLOSES AT noon (12:00PM) ON FRIDAY 9TH JANUARY!

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93 Responses for "The Nerdies 2009"

ExMi January 7th, 2009 at 7:33 pm 1

lol. my mother has seen that picture.
Lord Wiggly January 7th, 2009 at 8:03 pm 2

Is that Snow chick for real? Haz I been out of the blogloop for so long?

She deserves 50 extra votes for wearing that pimp blue zorro mask, wrd2brd!!!
Shebee January 7th, 2009 at 8:19 pm 3

WIGGLY D!! MY GOD. I nearly pee’d in my panties you homo! Fuck I miss you so much. You don’t call, you don’t write, you don’t send smoke signals… I almost had given up on our love, babyshoes

Yeah, it is for real, she dressed up as a TwitterBot for a fancy dress thingie. Its awesome
the snow chick January 7th, 2009 at 9:01 pm 4

LOL! i’m so chuffed i made the cut! especially in my super chop little miss twitter suit! what a dork!
Don January 7th, 2009 at 9:16 pm 5

That is honestly some funny funny shit there. I think we definitely need to do the evening gown and swimwear editions to fully appreciate the overall wonderment of all the Nerdies.

Here’s my swimwear contribution: http://donpackett.posterous.com/following-a-previous-conversat

Ok not so much ’swimwear’ exactly, but half-nekkid is half-nekkid!
simonB January 7th, 2009 at 9:26 pm 6

lol – hehe thanx for the votes..

btw @shebeegee – Here’s a better pic you can use for my image above, the other pic makes me look fat… hehehe lol lol
simonB January 7th, 2009 at 9:27 pm 7

oops forgot the link: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/3177743716_ff58620e32.jpg?v=0
justBcoz January 7th, 2009 at 10:12 pm 8

@Don wahahahaha!!! I LOVE that pic =))) Classic LOL …
SimonB » Blog Archive » The Nerdies 2009 - simonB makes the Top 10 - and goes behind the scenes January 8th, 2009 at 12:25 am 9

[...] So if you think I deserve the top spot head over to the poll and cast your vote. [...]
Chris M January 8th, 2009 at 2:35 am 10

Only saw this now, interesting. I guess I should be stoked to not be elected, if it were Geeks 2009, I’d be bummed
My Claim To Fame - A Nerdie Nom-Nom | Mike Stopforth January 8th, 2009 at 6:29 am 11

[...] quote directly from her blog: The Nerdies have sparked controversy, jealousy, laughter, ego wars and even half nudies. It’s [...]
Syllable January 8th, 2009 at 7:49 am 12

Erm… my votes went to people other than those I voted for… huh??
joe January 8th, 2009 at 8:16 am 13

yeah, poll seems broken, my votes also went to the wrong options
shebee January 8th, 2009 at 8:25 am 14

dudes, you’re not talking about the figures in brackets are you? Because those just show how many nominations each person had. I just want to make sure its not that before i break knee caps.
6000 January 8th, 2009 at 9:13 am 15

Oh woe is me. I failed to make any list. Even the girlie one.
I’m not sure what this means.

Anyway, I’d like to thank my mother, my agent, the guy who mugged me in 2005, Graeme Smith, the entire Ajax Cape Town squad, Mara Louw and “Bob”, the Hamas militant who was sheltering in that UN school yesterday.

Cheers, guys.
Dolce January 8th, 2009 at 9:22 am 16

you miss ONE DAY on twitter and your opportunity to drum up votes is GAWN! *sob*
Cluckhoff January 8th, 2009 at 9:24 am 17

Wha ha ha ha! Still being on holiday and all I’ve only half been following the #nerdies09. What a lag! 11 points SheBee for your awesomeness (out of 10 that’s not bad ).
Joy-Mari January 8th, 2009 at 11:34 am 18

Yayness, I haz voted!
shebee January 8th, 2009 at 12:39 pm 19

Just so you dudes know, the poll is slow on here and will show the previous votes results before you came along. On the inside of these walls, its all accurate i promise!
Chris M January 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm 20

After you vote, the person you select’s name goes into bold text decoration, correct? If that’s the case, then the ones I selected did not get bolded, but rather other ones..
Lord Wiggly January 8th, 2009 at 1:57 pm 21

Yeah I thought the poll was bust too but the bold person shown is the leader, right Gates?

SheBee, why is your sexy geekdom not up there in the Top 10? Seems like its been rigged yo!

I think the public should be able to buy paraphernalia from the Top 10 Nerdies….I start the bidding at 10ZAR for Snow Goose’s light blue mask of awesomeness.
ExMi January 8th, 2009 at 2:00 pm 22

oooh. i’ll get in on the bidding action.

i’ll bid on byron’s pants, please.
ExMi January 8th, 2009 at 2:01 pm 23

i’ll start my bid at one hundred and fifty ZA ront.
Byron January 8th, 2009 at 2:02 pm 24

ExMi, the pink ones?
ExMi January 8th, 2009 at 2:07 pm 25

yeah. gimme.

although i’ve jsut been told by the Grand Auction Master my bid is too high.

i lower my bid to twenty ZA ront.
vincent January 8th, 2009 at 2:08 pm 26

Saulk’s macbook for R50!!!
ExMi January 8th, 2009 at 2:09 pm 27

vincent’s shirt for twelve ront!
Byron January 8th, 2009 at 2:14 pm 28

hmmm… 20 South African Ront…
I bid 25 ZA Ront on ExMi’s tie and shirt from her initial twit pic
ExMi January 8th, 2009 at 2:19 pm 29

is that all you got, byron?
mmmartin` January 8th, 2009 at 2:40 pm 30

ExMi, what else were you wearing? Give me stats, and I will show you the money.
ExMi January 8th, 2009 at 2:51 pm 31

right now?

a dressing gown and my glasses.
mmmartin` January 8th, 2009 at 2:54 pm 32

lol @ExMi! I said *were*, but sure, whatever, rock n roll.
ExMi January 8th, 2009 at 3:09 pm 33

oh right.

as for *were*:

a school tie and a white button up shirt.
Miss P January 8th, 2009 at 3:11 pm 34

I’ll bid R20 for the fuzz on Mike’s head ….
mmmartin` January 8th, 2009 at 3:16 pm 35

@Exmi alright I’ll up Byron’s initial bid from R25 to R35 then =)
Mike January 8th, 2009 at 3:17 pm 36

@Miss P – now exactly how, when you win this little thing, are you going to claim my fuzz? Regardless of which head we’re talking about.

The fuzz does have it’s benefits, so I might counter-bid. Can I counter-bid my own fuzz?
Miss P January 8th, 2009 at 3:30 pm 37

@Mike – I can think of several actually, pfffft and which fuzz are we counter-bidding on, exactly?
Miss P January 8th, 2009 at 3:32 pm 38

@Mike: I only ask since you raised that particularly interesting conundrum, being a lady I would hate to presume … [hee hee]
shebee January 8th, 2009 at 3:35 pm 39

I bid twenty bucks on mike’s sweaty cricket practice shirt! And yes, you can bid on your own product, to keep it.
shebee January 8th, 2009 at 3:40 pm 40

miss p, i raise your bid for mike’s fuzz to thirty!
Heidi January 8th, 2009 at 3:41 pm 41

Ooh ooh! I bid 20 ZA ront on my hand painted, one of a kind Twitter shirt!!

Just had an idea… If I win the Nerdies, I’ll wear my ridiculous Little Miss Twitter outfit to the next 27Dinner!
Miss P January 8th, 2009 at 3:43 pm 42

@shebeegee: I’ll see and raise you on dat Shebeen. 25 ront
You can tell I am bored … « [Parenthesis] January 8th, 2009 at 3:44 pm 43

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shebee January 8th, 2009 at 3:46 pm 44

HEIDI, i raise you to thirty for your twitter chop top! Miss p, i raise you to forty for mike’s fuzz!
Miss P January 8th, 2009 at 3:52 pm 45

see ya, raise ya, 45 ront, and 10 cents. The 10 cents being on account of the fact that Ihave not yet established how I’dlay myhands on said fuzz should the bid be successful …
Nerdies09 | Byron Rode January 8th, 2009 at 3:52 pm 46

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Byron January 8th, 2009 at 3:57 pm 47

I up the bid on ExMi’s tie and shirt to R45 Its mine!!!!
simonB January 8th, 2009 at 3:59 pm 48

Oh yippi an auction: mmm what can I bid on??
I’ll pay myself R200 to see the look on my own face if I win the #Nerdies09
simonB January 8th, 2009 at 4:02 pm 49

I must say, 37 votes – 2nd position for a guy who probably has the worst profile pic on this list isnt bad – thanx to everyone who voted for #simonB and brought a smile to my face. This whole #nerdies09 thingy was fun, lets do it again next year
shebee January 8th, 2009 at 4:04 pm 50

simon, why you giving up now? You’ve got til noon tomorrow honey!
Talita January 8th, 2009 at 4:10 pm 51

I leave the web for a few weeks and what happens? Sheebs starts a bloody riot! WTF but cudos none the less, for a ‘blocked’ babe you do good!
A Nonny Mouse January 8th, 2009 at 4:11 pm 52

Seriously peeps, that Cathy Luckhoff are seriously HAWT!
shebee January 8th, 2009 at 4:11 pm 53

i’m using my mobile phone too! Samsung FTW!
shebee January 8th, 2009 at 4:21 pm 54

right okes. shit just got real, yo. Bid on http://twitpic.com/10qjc and the money goes to charity. I also propose that all bidding war proceeds go to the bastard kids in homes, what you say? Lol, don’t hate me, you know i mean it well.
shebee January 8th, 2009 at 4:23 pm 55

I make jeremy nell proud http://jeremynell.com
simonB January 8th, 2009 at 4:24 pm 56

@shebeegee I am not giving up

Didnt you see I even blogged it on my personal and business blog – the fring blog, hehe
http://blog.fring.com/southafrica/index.php/2009/01/08/fring-blogger-in-top-position-at-nerdies09/

Btw – looks like everyone is bidding on something so why don’t I make something available from my side. I have an old and sweaty limited edition one of its kind fring Tshirt, this is the first fring tshirt ever be worn in South Africa? The winning bidder will receive the unwashed stinky Tshirt and I will even throw in a bonus a new sexy limit edition USB 1Gig fring flash drive.

I wonder what pps are willing to bid for this amazing stuff..

lol
shebee January 8th, 2009 at 4:27 pm 57

woo! Simon why don’t you donate the flash drive as a prize rather and let us keep the bidding for personal items? i bet twenty bucks on the fring shirt, bitches, its mine!!!
Heidi January 8th, 2009 at 4:31 pm 58

shebee, i see your bid on my twitter shirt and raise you R40 plus the undies i was wearing over my pants in the pic… which i will also wear to 27dinner if i win the Nerdies.
mmmartin` January 8th, 2009 at 4:37 pm 59

If this is for charity I’ll bid R100 for @ExMi’s shirt and tie… bring it @Byron (heehee).
Byron January 8th, 2009 at 4:40 pm 60

Since I like to give. I will up my bid to R200 for @ExMi’s shirt and tie.
simonB January 8th, 2009 at 4:45 pm 61

Thanx for the bid @shebeegee.

I was actually thinking of doing a charity event.
So lets seperate the bids.
1 for the tshirt and
1. for the flashdrive.

The catch is that every bid must be paid into the pot, so even if you loose the bid, you need to hand over the cash, that way the jackpot gets bigger and bigger and some lucky charity will benefit in the end. I will still need to sit down and pick a charity.

What you think of that idea?
I will flickr the prizes soon and link to them from here..
mmmartin` January 8th, 2009 at 4:50 pm 62

@Byron well played mate *handshake*. I’m willing to donate me bid of R100 to charity, also.
simonB January 8th, 2009 at 4:55 pm 63

Ok start your bidding on simonB the fring masters stuff today.

Item 1. My old and stinky fring tshirt: http://flickr.com/photos/terra-cam/3179105577/

Item 2. A limited edition 1Gig fring flash drive: http://flickr.com/photos/terra-cam/3179940328/

Read the terms before bidding.
Byron January 8th, 2009 at 4:55 pm 64

Whoop Whoop.
Thanks Martin. That would be fantastic
Lord Wiggly January 8th, 2009 at 4:59 pm 65

100 bucks to strip Heidi out of her SuperGoose SnowGirl outfit, first t-shirt, then doondies and save the mask for last!
Miss P January 8th, 2009 at 5:26 pm 66

Ok ok, so if this is for charity, I’ll raise my bid on Mike’s fuzz to 50 ront. Can I suggest a charity I know of in Cape Town, home for kids, husband and wife team who have taken in 40 wee kiddies and get jack in terms of funding, have been involved with them for a while, they’re poor as dirt mice, but them kids are rich as kings for being with Virginia and Oliver …. just a thought? In fact, on that note, I’ll make it a 100 ront bid …
Twittering at Counting Beans January 8th, 2009 at 5:28 pm 67

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simonB January 8th, 2009 at 5:43 pm 68

SimonB is putting his stuff on Auction for charity. So if you wanna help follow these links:

Item 1. My old and stinky fring tshirt: http://flickr.com/photos/terra-cam/3179105577/

Item 2. A limited edition 1Gig fring flash drive: http://flickr.com/photos/terra-cam/3179940328/

Read the terms before bidding.
Laura January 8th, 2009 at 6:06 pm 69

I will pay 50 bucks for an Andre shirt!
Shebee January 8th, 2009 at 6:16 pm 70

Miss P that charity sounds awesome, I think we’ll go with that
Miss P January 8th, 2009 at 6:32 pm 71

Yayyyyyyy!
Shebee January 8th, 2009 at 6:33 pm 72

Hehe, hello cow_grrrl’s mommy
An update on Mike’s fuzz … « The Ultra, the Fabulous, the only, Miss P! January 8th, 2009 at 6:34 pm 73

[...] Shebeen has challenged the sexy man in question to shave said fuzz off and donate it to the winner of this here bid. [...]
Miss P January 8th, 2009 at 6:50 pm 74

Good news Sheebeen! Spoke to yon charity I mentioned, they are NPO registered, so all these donations are also tax deductible.
Mike, I fear yon hair is a distant memory …
Heidi January 8th, 2009 at 6:58 pm 75

Sjoe, I take an hours break and things have gotten c-c-razy!

Cool, I’m in! Bid on my SuperGeek Twitter undies (only worn once, over my pants) in the Charity Auction here: http://twitpic.com/10s8z

I started it at 50 ZA ront.
Heidi January 8th, 2009 at 6:59 pm 76

@LordWiggly Woah! Like your style! I dont make a good “nudie” though…..
shebee January 8th, 2009 at 8:35 pm 77

the auctions have been extended until 5pm tomorrow. Nerdies are over at noon. Pls spread the word
ExMi January 8th, 2009 at 8:57 pm 78

racking my brains for something else to auction off.

any suggestions?
ExMi January 8th, 2009 at 9:11 pm 79

right. i’m going to bid on saulk’s facial hair.

twenty ront.

any other bidders?
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simonB January 8th, 2009 at 10:47 pm 81

Looks like only shebeegee is bidding on the fring gear on auction. Lucky girl is gona win both the items, if bidding is this slow. lol

We (shebeegee and me) have decided that any money raised during the auction of my fring gear will got to the couple @Miss P mentioned earlier in this post.

So keep those bids coming people, lets make January a good month for these little kiddies aswell

@miss P says: ” Spoke to yon charity I mentioned, they are NPO registered, so all these donations are also tax deductible.”

Start bidding now – bidding closes at 5pm on Friday

Item 1. My old and stinky fring tshirt: http://flickr.com/photos/terra-cam/3179105577/

Item 2. A limited edition 1Gig fring flash drive: http://flickr.com/photos/terra-cam/3179940328/
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André January 9th, 2009 at 12:30 am 83

Let it be known that I *have* to have The Goose’s panta-loons. I am led to believe they’ve only been worn once. Outside.
No matter. I’ll deal.
R150 is the bid.
Cluckhoff January 9th, 2009 at 7:56 am 84

If I win, I’ll dedicate my award to world peace…
Miss P January 9th, 2009 at 8:54 am 85

@Simonb: Bugger, the IT Nazi’s have blocked yon Flickr on the work network. Anywhere else where I can eyeball the goods, or do I just bid on trust?
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Miss P January 9th, 2009 at 11:27 am 87

@SimonB, I see your bid on yon fring items, and raise it to R60. That’s R120 in da pot from me towards the kids.
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Lots of bids here – http://twitpic.com/10qjc
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