When R U Addicted to the Internet????? - Miscellaneous - http://maxpages.com/myemptyspace/When_r_u_addicted_to

Tech Support calls you for help.

You keep begging your friends to get an account so "we can hang out."

You want to meet someone new and your first impulse is to turn on your computer.

You've ever gotten onto an airplane just to meet some folks face to face.

You have to get a second phone line just so you can call Domino's.

You have ever joined "Si habla Espanol" (the Spanish chat room) "just to work on my Spanish."

You go into labor and you stop to type a special e-mail letting everyone know you are going to be away. For just a little while.

You have a vanity car tag with your screen name on it.

You no longer type with proper punctuation; Capitalization - or complete sentences... like the ones that run On and On and you never know when they are going to End or not but you don't really care anyway because you're online and nobody uses that stuff anyway

You begin to say "heh heh heh" instead of laughing.

Someone at the office says, "What did you say?" and you reply, "Scroll up!"

You find yourself sneaking away to the computer in the middle of the night when your spouse is alseep.

You turn down the lights and close the blinds so people won't know you are online again.

You know more about your AOL friends daily routines than you do your own spouse's.

You find yourself lying to others about your time online, and when they complain that your phone was busy you claim it was off the hook. Or that the dog ate it.

You have an identity crisis if someone else is using a screen name similar to yours.

You would rather tell people your bloodshot eyes are from partying too much instead of being online all night.

You change screen names so much that you have to get your profile to see who you are.

You're broke, your modem burns out, and then you go out on the streets to sell your belongings so you can get a new one.

You marry your cyberboyfriend and you both sit at your own computers and chat to each other from across the room.

Your dog leaves you.

You have to ask what time it is.

You have to ask what day it is.

You bring a bag lunch to the computer.

You have withdrawals if you are away from the computer for more than a few hours.

You use online lingo in real life (applies only to those who still have a real life).

You take a speed reading course to keep up with the scrolling.

You wake up in the morning and get online before you have your first cup of coffee.

You have your computer set up so that it goes online at startup.

You end sentences with three (or more) periods while writing letters in longhand.

You get up at 2:00 am to go the bathroom but go turn on your computer "to check for mail."

You spell things out loud instead of actually saying the word.

You want your computer to be buried with you when you die... or vice versa.

You dream in text.

You double click your TV remote.

You check your e-mail and forget you have real mail.

You stop speaking in full sentences.

You have to be pried from your computer with the Jaws Of Life.

The Jaws Of Life don't do the trick.

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