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1. All you want for X-mas is Mistoffelees(or any of the other CATS) in a bow. 2. Your pet goldfish suddenly looks very appitizing. 3. Your mother asked you to take the dog for a walk and you hiss at her. 4. You refuse to answer your teachers at school unless they address you as 'Oh Cat'. 5. Your a member of MD and post on the message board every day. 6. You get deathly ill if you don't see CATS at least once a day. 7. You can pick out all the strange things that happen in the background during the movie. 8. You have a cat name and use it reguarlly. 9. You spend more time on all fours then you do walking upright. 10. You can mimic all the cute faces JB makes during the movie.
11. You can sing and dance your way through the entire show. 12. You know all the cats by name and can list their histories. 13. Your computor has CATS wallpaper, CATS screansaver, CATS icon, CATS sounds... 14. You commonly find yourself saying "What? We're not obsessed. We're focused." 15. You commonly say "You mean you didn't know the liscence plate of the car had T.S. Elliot's initials?" 16. Your favorite beanie baby? Zip the Cat (who looks susprisiously like Mr. Mistoffelees). 17. Your cat's name? Mistoffelees. 18. Your dog's name? Mistoffelees. 19. Your first born....?
20.You get a sudden cravng for spandex you never had before. 21. I like pie. No, I mean it. I REALLY like pie. 22. You dont even bother watching the movie anymore...you know the whole thing by heart anyway. 23. You don't care if there's not a movie sound track? You've already made your own. 24. You wish your a "Meowy Christmas"? 25. Two Words:: MMmmm....Catnip. 26. You sit down while the movie is playing and sew a beaded jacket for Mistoffelees (your new founded friend who used to be Zip the beanie baby cat). 27. You rename any cats you have now...Mistoffelees, Rum Tum Tugger, Mungojerrie... (or any other names form the show). 28. You're friends know the words to every song, (and they've never seen it) because you just will not stop singing it. 29. You sharpen your finger nails to a point and call them claws.
30. You refuse to brush your hair because you want to look like Macavity. 31. Everyone on your shopping list is getting CATS gifts for Christmas. 32. You go out a buy a yak so that you can use it's hair to make wigs. 33. You already have tickets to see the tour when it comes to your town 11 months from now. 34. You have the Winter Garden Theatre on your car phones speed dile so that if you happen to be in New York you can call and get tickets. 36. Your daily make-up routine involves wiskers. 37. Your favoite pair of jeans are the black ones with the shiny tail sewn on. 38. Your boyfriend wonders why you purr ever time he hugs you. 39. You suddenly have the urge to climb trees.
40. You wake up from a deep sleep singing "Memory, all alone in the Moonlight!" 41. Your boyfriend is telling you all about his day and you are engaged in the "rapt contemplation, of the thought of your name." 42. Your make-up has suddenly gone from natural to stripes and far out eye-liner! 43. You sit wondering whether or not you fit any of the following types of cat....(note: see the last section of Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats) 44. You get a sudden craving for warm milk in a dish on the floor. 45. Your dogs growl at you everytime you walk through the door. 46. You wake up in the morning with a wild hair-do and decide..."Hey, that's great....I think I'll be Rum Tum Tugger today!" 47. Your parents suddenly start to worry when they find you curled up on the stairs, the steps, or on the front mat! 48. You have developed a great way to control the mice and cockroaches by teacing them sewing and knitting! 49. When you stretch in the morning, you realize that you look a lot like Etcetera and Victoria.
50. And...your wardrobe now consists of yak fur, yarn, and spandex (Who ever said they weren't in style?). 51. Suddenly you have nothing to talk about to your friends except CATS. 52. You have searched high and low for every CATS site, saved it to your Bookmarks, and have yet to visit through every one. 53. You suddenly have an interest in writing poems about all of the CATS. 54. You try to translate the words of CATS to Japanese! (Or any other language) 55. You spy on your pet cat(s) and try to see if they talk about the yearly "Jellicle Ball" and if they are going to attend. 56. You *think* you heard them talking and decide after you let them out, you'll dress as a CAT and follow them in hopes of seeing 'The Junkyard'. 57. Whenever your Friends come over, you're near the end of CATS, and you rewind it to the beginning so they can see it, Despite they've already been forced to watch it 271 times and counting. 58. You (provided you like Spice Girls) change your Spice World poster to "CAT WORLD." 59. Again, you alter Spice Girls and shout, "CAT Power!"
60. You suddenly have a horrid fear of water. 61. You know the entire musical (both words and actions) by heart. 62. You listen to the soundtract and can pick out everything that a given CAT is doing. 63. You dress up and pretend to be in the musical. 64. You think that Leonardo DiCaprio is a dog compared to Jacob Brent. 65. You draw pictures of Mr. Mistoffelees and all his CAT friends. 66. You get together with friends just so you all can watch CATS, talk about CATS, sing the CATS songs... 67. You know what a Jellicle cat is and can distinguish between the different types. 68. You join/start a fan club. 69. You have the movie, DVD, book, and soundtrack. As well as scores of pictures, clothes, hats, pins, mugs...
70. You have to listen to the soundtrack more than two times a day or you get deathly ill. 71. You have a copy of every version of 'Memory' ever recorded (there are over a hunded). 72. You don't bother to wait for Halloween to dress up like a CAT. 73. Your room is wallpapered with CATS images. 74. Your room looks like The Junkyard. 75. All your spare change goes into your 'Send Me To See CATS on B'way' fund. 76.The license plate on your car says "TSE 1". 77. You have a bumper sticker on your car that says "Now and Forever!" 78. You have a kittie cat that surprisingly looks like Mistoffelees suction cupped to the inside of your back windshield! 79. You insist on wearing a unitard all the time Whenever you hear glass breaking you jerk your head up and you yell, "Macavity!"
80. You have 'dancing cat' contact lenses made. 81.You blame Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer for everything. 82. If you can't find a knife or a fork, you know it's not merely misplaced. 83. You attempt to play golf with a giant spoon. 84. You call up your favorite radio station and request the songs from CATS. 85. Jacob Brent has a restraining order on you. 86. You want Mr. Mistoffolees to preform magic at your son's birthday party. 87. Your house is on fire and you can either save your CATS collection or your little brother... (Sorry bro)! 88. Your friend sets you up with the most popular guy in school. When you meet, you push him away and scream, "No! No! My heart belongs with Mistoffelees!"
89. You have a "dancing cat" tatoo.
90. You have a Mistoffelees or Munkustrap tatoo. 91. You have a tatoo of the full CATS cast (B'way, London AND Tour). 92. You legally change your name to Jellylorum and 'Adopt a Grandpa' named Gus. 93. You spend hours contemplating Mr. Mistoffelees' first name. (Quaxo?) 94. You call up NASA to see if there really is a Jellicle Moon. 95. You get mad when someone asks "whats a Jellicle cat?" 96. You always carry around a can of fish paste, just in case a black cat wants to use some. 97. Whenever someone asks you for directions you say "You ought to ask the Magical Mr. Mistoffelees!" 98. You have enough cats that you can train them to act out the show. 99. Your cats start to think that your a cat too.
100. You can play "Memory" using the buttons on your touch tone telephone. 101. You can name every cat in every production, any parts they have and their coloration/breed off the top of your head. 102. You can sing the entire show in 8 different languages. 103. You can spot every diffriences in each version of CATS. 104. You refer to all dogs as "Pollicles". 105. You throw a fit when your parents tell you it's not healthy to sit and watch CATS over and over again. 106. Insted of being grounded your parents take away your CATS cd, video, pictures... 107. You refer to the bathroom as the litter box. 108. You ask people in a bad mood if they have had their distemper shots. 109. Your ears actually twitch when you hear odd sounds at night.
110. You find yourself watching lint float in the air. 111. You take amusment in attempting to grab a string out of peoples hands if it happens to be dangling. 112. While out on a date with a new guy you expect him to lift you over your head like Plato does to Victoria 113. You make a hat out of an old shoe or slipper, put shoe boxes on your feet, and bark at anyone who gets in your way. 114. "You can't go to the post office or read the mail with out thinking of Skimbleshanks. 115. You travel everywhere by train. 116. You go swimming with your friends and your make-up starts to run. Insted of getting upset your happy because you look like Grizabella. 117. You are constently writing CATS FanFics. 118. You find yourself re-inacting the battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles for Civil War Class. You get black contact lenses beecause "Jellicle cats have bright black eyes." 119. You wonder if Skimbleshanks is a Jellicle cat because he has glass-green eyes.
120. You go to your hair salon and show the stylist a picture of Rumpelteazer and state "I wanna look like this!" 121. Who says white face paint is only for mimes? 122. All your old Barbie dolls are dressed in spandex and have short, spikey hair. 123. Your pet cats mistake you as one of there own. 124. You constently offer to babysit your two year old cousin so you can 'play kitty' with her. 125. In your self portrit for Art class you have pointly ears and a tail. 126. Your Favorite foods? Jelly and Asparagus... 127. Your friends no longer laugh at your jokes.(Why did the Jellicle cross the Junkyard? To get to the Heaviside Layer!) 128. Your best friend just asked you when she gets to meet your new boyfriend...What was his name? Jake or Jacob or something? 129. You can use terpsichorean in a sentance.
130. You've made an amazing production of the show.. In your bedroom using only a few beanie babies and a sock. 131. Andrew Lloyd Webber is your best friend... and you've never met the man. 132. You've searched through a bazzillion CATS sites today to find a pic to put on the front of your science notebook, and ended up signing up for two message boards reading three fanfics and checking your mail six times. 133. Everyone knows that Carbucketty is a 'knockabout cat', but you know what a 'knockabout cat' is. 134. You hold 'Jellicle Balls' for your cats. 135. A Trekkie calls you obsessive. 136. Any man in tails reminds you of Bustopher Jones. 137. You plan on who you'll be in cats, even though you can't sing or dance. 138. You claim your pet feline is Macavity in disguise whenever things come up lost. 139. While watching the movie you remark the dancer's are more attractive as Cats then in real life.
140. You dance around the house for days in an imitation of your favorite Cat. 141. When you die your planning on going to the Heavyside Layer. 142. In your outgoing messege on your answering machine: You have the Jellicle Song playing and you say "Sorry I can't get to your purr... Leave a Jellicle messege... And I will hiss at you later". 143. You get get a KITTENS coloring book and color all the pictures to look like the cast of CATS. 144. You are constently greated by people saying "What's up pussycat?" 145. You can see in the dark. 146. You can sing all the songs... backwards... in French... 147. You're convinced that you are going to marry Mr. Mistoffelees (the cat not the actor playing him). 148. Something scares you and you call for Munkustrap insted of the police. 149. The first thing you do when you get your Litrature book for school is look for T.S. Eliot poems.
150. For your Sociology project you have to compair two groups in a similar environment. Your choice: Pollicle Dogs vs. Jellicle Cats. 151. You're voteing for senior class graduation stuff. Your votes: Class Colors= black and shiny black, Class Song= "Bustopher Jones", Class Motto= "Jellicles can and Jellicles do.", Commencement Speaker= Andrew Lloyd Webber. 152. You end conversations with "Tootle Pip!" 153. The only book you've read in the last six months is Old Possum's Bok of Practicle Cats . 154. The first thing you look for in the opposite sex is "moonlit eyes'. 155. You call your siblings "litter mates". 156. You join the circus so you can be a clown (like Mungo and Rumpy) and fly on the trapeeze. 157. Your dietary needs consist of fish, catnip, milk... 158. In your new music class, you constantly check the index of the music books to see if there are words to any of the CATS songs. 159. You watch CATS and hapen to be looking away from the tv screen. By listening to the music you know just when to look back at the screan so you don't miss Mistoffelees makeing a cute face.
160. You call chokers "collers". 161. You refuse to wear any clothes that are not tight and high necked. 162.You skip prayers at night and instead sing a rousing version of "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats." (Hey- It has some religious allusions!) 163. Your little brothers first word is "terpsichorean". 164. You tell your teaches that Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer stole your homework. 165. You are pained when you find out that there a people in the world who don`t love CATS as much as you do. 166. You are talking with a friend and bring up the subject of 'Jellicle Cats' Then get mad when he/she says "What`s a Jellicle Cat?" (Egad!) 167. Your art teacher gives you detention because you won't stop singing "Jellicle cats are black and white". 168. You've spent $1,000 trying to Rogain yourself into Macavity. (This doesn't work BTW. There are just some places hair will not grow!) 169. You drag a trash can into your bedroom and start sleeping in it.
170. Your bathroom mirror is a life size picture of the cat you want to look like. 171. Your cat does the Jellicle Ball dance with you. 172. Your cat does it by itself, without complaining. 173. You know that you are a cat who Misto accidently turned into a human. 174. You go into a trance about your name and can only be roused out of it by your cat name - your birth name has no effect. 175. You legally change your name to Jemima (or Munkustrap, Bombalurina, Asparagus, etc.) 176. You insist on having your dinner while crouching on the floor. 177. Anything remotely connected to anything remotely connected to anything in CATS immediately reminds you of the whole play/movie. 178. You succeed in teaching a tonedeaf person how to sing the entire script without going out of tune. 179. You attempt to make the 'spot-switching' that is only possible on film.
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This list was origionally made with the help of my wonderfull kitten friends at Mistoffelees Domaine . The rest was added by the cats who visit my Domicile . Keep up the great work!
If you have any ideas to add to this list tell me by Mailing the Kitty . Also, thanks to The Cat Guy for the midi.
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