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Signs That You May be a M/R/D/E Addict
With thanks to Mysti'Katran for making me waste an hour thinking
this up.
- You try to toast marbles in your waffle iron
- You think of the number 1 when you see an angelfish in an
aquarium (or 2, a beetle, or 3, a frog)
- The CBS logo makes you see yellow
- You feel compelled to touch
the title page of a hardback book if it has a picture
- When people ask your age, you say "Earth" or "D'ni"
- You have a bumper sticker that says Yahvo tahgahnehn ah'zoo
- You name your cat Gehn, Saavedro, or Atrus (R-chan, you there?)
- You check your hometown's street map on a regular basis to make
sure it hasn't changed
- You write in color-changing ink
- You poke everything you see when you visit an unfamiliar house
(never know, that potted plant might do something)
- You try to line up the viewfinder markings in your camera with
something out in the landscape
- .You write the period at the beginning instead of the end of a
sentence
- You write your ATM card's PIN number on the back of your
checkbook in D'ni (guilty)
- You sign Christmas cards with .Shorah
- You think Hebrew must have evolved from D'ni
- You find yourself turning all the orchids around in a florist shop
- You suspect some of the evergreens in your woods are steam-
powered
- You think the Missing Link is that green page Atrus gets so agitated
about.
- When you fill in your "job title" on forms you start with the word "Guild" or "tehl"
- You think the rock band Squeeze consists of small, white, hairy
creatures that make annoying noises (oh, wait, but that's TRUE, isn't
it?)
- Opera and silly putty commercials remind you of Gehn
- You slice oranges and grapefruits into eight pieces and then have
fun trying to gauge their relative weights
- You study the patterns on curtains in case they might reveal the mysteries of the universe
- You think Thunder Mountain Railroad in Disneyland leads to a bookmaking factory
- In giving directions you regularly tell people to go "plink" or
"bonk".
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