You know you're addicted to Veggie Boards when...

[Poesía]

*You use the member names of VB'ers in conversations with your friends and family, as if they were the real names of people. "Apple made an interesting point today about animal rights." "Did you hear about the student in RedStarJedi's class?"

*You don't make dinner without first consulting Kreeli's website.

*You turn your college paper in a day late because you got sucked in to a really interesting thread.

*You take a day off from work just to "catch up" on your VB posting.

*You see things in stores and say to yourself, "Hmm... that looks like a book that Max Power would like" or "We should send a bag of these Veggie 'Chicken' Balls to Lady Faile."

*You start researching plane fares to go visit WonderRandy.

*You're having a lovely dinner with your significant other and you say to him, "I wonder what Soilman really looks like." And he answers, "Me too."

*You start to consume meals in front of your computer and tea mugs and dishes start to pile up.

*You're in the health food store and wish you had a Palm Pilot with Internet access so you can check out the Product Reviews on VB before purchasing something.

*At the end of the day, you think about Avalon and her dad and Funkified and her Sebastian and include them in your prayers. :)

*Your significant other turns to you and says, "STEP AWAY FROM THE VEGGIE BOARDS!"

*You simultaneously curse and praise Michael for creating all this.

[Walter]

Oh my, what has become of me!! It's a sad day when I'm not included in such a list!! My fame, all gone!

Like a Phoenix, I shall soon rise again from these ashes and all shall know my name!

[Poesía]

*You sit in your English class studying Beowulf and, instead of thinking about slaying dragons, you wonder what a half carrot, half beast would look like.

[KC Kid]

KC doesn't even crack the list :cry:

[Thalia]

I use board member's names in conversations, but with people who have no idea what I am talking about. "His name is Soilman?"

Oh, and soilman did put up a picture once. And also one of him as a young child.

One more to the list-
*if you heard your screen name spoken, you would answer to it.

I know I think of my screen name as another real name.

[Poesía]

*You start to have immense feelings of guilt when you start and thread and don't get to mention everyone's name.

*You hope that when you get married and have a family, your partner will have as much love for his family as KC Kid does for his.

[Poesía]

*You sit down with your financial planner and tell them that your #1 goal is to become a "Contributing Member."

[FemmeDemonica]

*The second thing you do after you check your voicemail at work is check the new posts on VB.

[Kreeli]

Originally posted by Thalia
*if you heard your screen name spoken, you would answer to it.

I know I think of my screen name as another real name.

same here!

[Apple]

I'm an addict! I'm guilty of at least three or four of those.

[soilman]

Originally posted by Thalia
"if you heard your screen name spoken, you would answer to it.

I know I think of my screen name as another real name."

Kreeli responds "same here!"

My ex daughter-in-law used to call me soilman, and described my older grandson as "soilman junior." When speaking to my son on the phone, I sometimes hear him tell this same grandson, that "grandpa soilman is on the phone."

[Poesía]

Gasp! Children of the Corn!

[RedStarJedi]

I think I might since my real name sounds a lot like Jedi

[LadyFaile]

*you just went into labour and your first thought is that you MUST go post about it in VB ;)

*when you're talking about something to a loved one they automatically say "where'd you hear that, on veggieboards?"

*every time you're about to visit another town for the first time, you make sure to ask around at VB if there are any good vegetarian restaurants there.

*you have a seperate folder on your computer for all the recipes you've copied and pasted from the recipes forum

[LadyFaile]

i dont believe this....
you know you're addicted when
*you get caught up posting in the 'you know you're addicted to VB when' thread, and totally forget that you have food in the oven!

that's irony for ya

[Kreeli]

Originally posted by LadyFaile
*you just went into labour and your first thought is that you MUST go post about it in VB ;)


:o

[Thalia]

* you are considering naming your child after a screen name on Veggie Boards.

[LadyFaile]

lol sorry kreeli, if i hadn't said it someone else would've ;)

seriously though i almost burned my fries, i'm rather embarassed about that lol. they were crisssssspy

[Skylark]

I DO answer to my VB sn... it's a nickname I've been using for years.

*your goal in posting, instead of posting worthwhile thoughts and ideas, is to simply outstrip another poster on the Top 30 Posters list.

*If you take 24 hours off of posting on VB, you feel guilty and wonder if anyone has missed you.

*You take 24 hours off of VB and when you get back, the entire board is in an uproar, wondering what happened to you.

*When compiling a list of favorite names for your future children, you seriously consider putting "Kreeli", "Avalon", "Poesía", "Thalia", and many others on your list.

*** However, I don't think I could bring myself to honest-to-God name my child "KC Kid" or "FemmeDemonica". Great as nicknames and sns, but not as birth-certificate names.

*Your first thought when planning a four-month long study-abroad trip to Spain is "Will I die there if I can't post on VB regularly?"

*You start talking about something from VB to a family member, and he/she rolls the eyes and says, "Ok, enough VBese."

*You call in sick because another VB member was having a rough day and you want to post encouraging messages.

*When you first made the Top 30, you threw a party bigger than your 21st birthday bash. (or 18th, whatever)

*When you notice another person in the supermarket scrutinizing labels in the characteristic vegetarian way, you think "I wonder if she's ___ from VB. Looks like her." (Even if you've never seen a picture of that VB member.)

*During the long Thanksgiving dinner prayer, your thoughts wander to your current favorite thread and you start mentally formulating your next posting.

*You buy quick, prepackaged foods so that you'll have more time to spend posting on VB. (May it never be!)

*You turn down a game of cards with your family because you have ten more VB posting notifications in your email inbox and you just can't let them sit there.

*You find VB posters' pet phrases popping out of your own mouth at the most inopportune times.

*Your professor asks why you know so much about geometry all of the sudden, and you sheepishly admit that it's because of Soilman's discussion of breasts.

[Max Power]

I'm scared because I already exhibit many of these behaviors. Today, I thought "hrmm... I wonder if I could read VB posts on my cell phone?"and I don't think I've transcribed any class notes since last week...

I was thinking as I read this thread that I hope I'm not already referred to as "the guy that turns everything into a religious debate". That's gotta take at least two weeks.

And for what it's worth, EVERY book (in the reliphilo section at least) is "a book that Max Power would like" ;)

[LadyFaile]

Originally posted by skylark
*Your professor asks why you know so much about geometry all of the sudden, and you sheepishly admit that it's because of Soilman's discussion of breasts.

lmao!

ah, how could i forget...

*you have the highest number of posts even though other regulars have been around longer than you have
:o

[Skylark]

*Your Christmas shopping centers around what you're getting for your giftee in the Secret Santa gift exchange.

*You anticipate your coming Secret Santa gift more than the gifts your family and offline friends might give you.

*You've ever created an "alter-ego" on VB because you didn't want your VB friends to know what you were capable of discussing and/or thinking.

*You wake up in the middle of the night with another idea for what to add to the "You might be addicted to VB if...", whereas once your only nighttime thought was "I gotta pee!"

*You find comfort in this list because it means at least someone is as nutty as you are.

*When asked by a stranger what your interests are, you respond, "VeggieBoards and... VeggieBoards and... and other stuff."

*You are tempted to try a nibble of chicken pot pie (or whatever meat dish), but your self-control is bolstered by the thought "Soilman would never let me live it down!"

*You know the birthdays of VB members better than the birthdays of your own family.

*You've done a Cultural Studies class project on "Why VeggieBoards is its own subculture".

*You've woken up in the middle of the night and thought, "I don't remember how we resolved that conversation," and promptly turn on your computer to search the VB archives for a thread that was last active six months ago.

[Skylark]

Yeah, LF, how is it that you have almost ten times the number of postings I do, but you joined the day after I did? *shrugs*

*You wonder whether someday you'll regret spending so much time on VB.

*You rationalize your behavoir with "But Soilman/LF/Avalon/Kreeli/Teri/KC Kid/etc does it too!"

[Skylark]

LF,
At least, according to the Top 30 list, you joined Nov 21, 2001, and I joined Nov 20, 2001. I honestly don't remember exactly when I joined. I do know that I did. :)

*Your sleep patterns have suffered because you want to stay up posting on VB.

*Your family and friends refer to this as the "VB morning-after" or the "VB hangover".

*When asked to impersonate the Roadrunner, the first sound out of your mouth is "veebee, veebee...".

*You can scarecly remember what life pre-VB was. You wonder if the message boards you were apart of pre-VB exist anymore. Were there any message boards before VB? *gasp* You mean VB isn't eternal?

*You name your children so that they have the initials "VB". (hey Poesía, are you the only VBer whose initials are or are going to be "VB"?)

*You've ever walked into the local hardware store and asked for "veggie boards" with which to build a closet, doghouse, fence, whatever.

[Poesía]

Originally posted by skylark
*You name your children so that they have the initials "VB". (hey Poesía, are you the only VBer whose initials are or are going to be "VB"?)

I'm so psyched! I will have the initials VB!!!! Cool!

skylark, you're postings here are hilarious and I love them!!!