Showing my inner nerd

Rÿcher · January 7 2009, 02:54 PM

Star Wars fans, ever do this:

enter or exit a store or facility with automatic sliding doors and as you approach, sort of wave your hand in that slick jedi fashion as if using your will to open the doors?

iguana_tonante · January 7 2009, 03:22 PM

I've been known to do this sometimes, but usually to amuse my friends and/or puzzle unsuspecting witnesses.

Mike Farley · January 7 2009, 04:57 PM

I usually scream and roll into a ball muttering "Foul witchcraft" over and over.

Gep Malakai · January 7 2009, 05:16 PM

Yes, I have, actually. Enough that people with me have commented on it.

Of course, I didn't start until after Episode II, when we got to see the proper Jedi hand motion for door-opening. I wouldn't have wanted to get it wrong.

Rÿcher · January 7 2009, 05:19 PM

no one wants to see my inner nerd?

Mr Light · January 7 2009, 06:25 PM

I used to always do the hand-wave, though very subtly. Not so much in the past year or two though.

Davros · January 7 2009, 06:29 PM

Rÿcher wrote:

Star Wars fans, ever do this:

enter or exit a store or facility with automatic sliding doors and as you approach, sort of wave your hand in that slick jedi fashion as if using your will to open the doors?

I was doing this long before anybody ever heard of Jedi Knights.

Smiley · January 7 2009, 06:52 PM

It's more fun to do it Magneto-style, I'd imagine.

davejames · January 7 2009, 06:53 PM

Please, that's nothing. Sometimes when I head off somewhere in my car, I'll do Picard's "Engage" move with my fingers. lol

grabmygoblin · January 7 2009, 06:54 PM

I usually end up almost walking right into it...

Klaus · January 7 2009, 09:15 PM

I've been known to walk into an elevator and say "Bridge" when the doors close...

Chris3123 · January 7 2009, 09:53 PM

Rÿcher wrote:

Star Wars fans, ever do this:

enter or exit a store or facility with automatic sliding doors and as you approach, sort of wave your hand in that slick jedi fashion as if using your will to open the doors?

Yes.

Lindley · January 7 2009, 10:00 PM

I've lost track of the number of times I've stuck a gizmo against my brother's neck and made a hissing sound.

Car charger plugs work best for this....

captcalhoun · January 7 2009, 10:11 PM

yes. and when pulling the back door shut at work, i make a kind of pulling gesture to 'ensure' it swings shut behind me...

UssGlenn · January 8 2009, 12:23 AM

Klaus wrote:

I've been known to walk into an elevator and say "Bridge" when the doors close...

I do this also, "deck 3" for the third floor ect. I always grab the railing first like in TOS.

January 7 2009, 02:54 PM	#1
Rÿcher Fleet Captain Location: That wretched hive of scum and villany	Showing my inner nerd Star Wars fans, ever do this: enter or exit a store or facility with automatic sliding doors and as you approach, sort of wave your hand in that slick jedi fashion as if using your will to open the doors?

January 7 2009, 03:22 PM	#2
iguana_tonante Admiral Location: Italy, EU	Re: Showing my inner nerd I've been known to do this sometimes, but usually to amuse my friends and/or puzzle unsuspecting witnesses. __________________ Scientist. Gentleman. Teacher. Fighter. Lover. Father.

January 7 2009, 04:57 PM	#3
Mike Farley Commodore Location: Lost Vegas	Re: Showing my inner nerd I usually scream and roll into a ball muttering "Foul witchcraft" over and over.

January 7 2009, 05:16 PM	#4
Gep Malakai Vice Admiral	Re: Showing my inner nerd Yes, I have, actually. Enough that people with me have commented on it. Of course, I didn't start until after Episode II, when we got to see the proper Jedi hand motion for door-opening. I wouldn't have wanted to get it wrong. __________________ "From the darkness you must fall, failed and weak, to darkness all." -Kataris

January 7 2009, 05:19 PM	#5
Rÿcher Fleet Captain Location: That wretched hive of scum and villany	Re: Showing my inner nerd no one wants to see my inner nerd?

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January 7 2009, 06:25 PM	#6
Mr Light Admiral Location: Pennsylvania	Re: Showing my inner nerd I used to always do the hand-wave, though very subtly. Not so much in the past year or two though. __________________

January 7 2009, 06:52 PM	#8
Smiley Rear Admiral Location: Chandler, AZ	Re: Showing my inner nerd It's more fun to do it Magneto-style, I'd imagine.

January 7 2009, 06:53 PM	#9
davejames Vice Admiral Location: Sac, Ca	Re: Showing my inner nerd Please, that's nothing. Sometimes when I head off somewhere in my car, I'll do Picard's "Engage" move with my fingers. lol

January 7 2009, 06:54 PM	#10
grabmygoblin Commodore Location: Albany, NY	Re: Showing my inner nerd I usually end up almost walking right into it... __________________ romulan meatloaf again?!

January 7 2009, 09:15 PM	#11
Klaus Rear Admiral Location: Beach condo, Bay of Eldamar	Re: Showing my inner nerd I've been known to walk into an elevator and say "Bridge" when the doors close... __________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain t-shirts! deviantArt

January 7 2009, 10:00 PM	#13
Lindley Moderator with a Soul Location: Fairfax, VA	Re: Showing my inner nerd I've lost track of the number of times I've stuck a gizmo against my brother's neck and made a hissing sound. Car charger plugs work best for this.... __________________ Lead Organizer for EVN: Firefly. "So apparently the really smart zombies have automatic weapons!" -Torg, Sluggy Freelance

January 7 2009, 10:11 PM	#14
captcalhoun Admiral Location: gone	Re: Showing my inner nerd yes. and when pulling the back door shut at work, i make a kind of pulling gesture to 'ensure' it swings shut behind me...