Ways to tell you have been online too long...

[Cindy!]

Tech Support calls "YOU" for help

-Some1 at work tells u a joke and u say "LOL"

-U watch TV with the closed captioning turned on

-U have called out some1's SN (screen name) while making love to your

significant other

-U keep begging ur friends to get an account so "we can hang out"

-Three words: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

-You've even gotten on an airplane just to meet peeps face-to-face

-U have a vanity car tag with ur SN on it

-U have to get a 2nd phone line just so u can call Pizza Hut

-U no longer type with proper capitalization, punctuation, or complete

sentences

-U have met over 100 AOLers

-U begin to say "heh heh heh " instead of laughing (OH YEAH...big

time!!)

-When some1 says "What did you say?" you reply "Scroll up!"

-U find yourself sneaking away to the computer in the middle of the night when ur spouse is asleep.

-U turn down the lights and close the blinds so people won't know ur online

again

-U know more about AOL friends' daily routines than u do ur own spouses

-U find yourself lying to others about ur time online & when they complain that ur phone was busy u claim it was off the hook.

-U have an identity crisis if some1 is using a screen name close to ur own

-U would rather tell people that ur bloodshot eyes are from partying too much than the truth (online all night)

-U change ur SN so much that u have to look at ur own profile to see who u r

-U type messages to people while u are on the phone with them at the

same time

-U won't work at a job that doesn't have a modem involved

-Your dog leaves u

-U name ur pets after people u talk to

-U smile sideways.... :-) (When writing letters anyways)

-U sign on & immediately get 10 IMs from people who have u on their buddy list

-U look at an annoying person off-line & wish u had ur ignore button handy

-U bring a bag lunch & a cooler to the computer

-U have withdawals if u r away from the computer for more than a few

hours

-U use AOL lingo in everyday life (if u still have 1 hehehe)

-U have to take speed reading course to keep up with the scrolling

-Your buddy list has over 100 people on it

-U wake up in the morning and the first thing u do is get online before u have your first cup of coffee.

-U have to inject no-doze into ur butt to keep it awake

-U have your computer set so it goes directly into AOL's welcome

screen

-U don't know where the time has gone

-U end sentences with 3 (or more) periods while writing letters by hand

-U get up at 2am to go to the bathroom but turn on ur computer instead

-U don't even notice anymore when some1 has a typo

-U stop typing whole words and use things like brb, dunno, lemme.

-Your voicemail/answering machine message is "BRB, leave ur SN & i

will TTYL"

-U type faster than u think

-U actually enjoy the fact that u r addicted.

-U can actually read & follow all the names of the cast that scrolls

up your TV screen at the end of a movie.

-U dream in "text".

-Being called a Newbie is a "MAJOR" insult

-There is absolutely no interesting chat in any room & you're really

bored.

-U don't want to leave in case u miss something

-U double click ur TV remote

-U can now type over 70wpm.

-U are on the phone a minute & need to do something else & say "BRB"

or "BBL"

-U go into withdrawals during dinner.

-U spend at least 30 minutes making sure u say goodbye to every1 in a

room.

-U stop speaking in full sentences.

-U have gone into an unstaffed Tech Support room and ended up giving

tech support to other AOLers.

-U set your kitchen on fire while cooking dinner because u wanted to

check your mail and while there u "just wanted to see who was online"