You Know You've Been Watching Too Much Stargate
When...
1) You hear the name Dr. Jackson and are surprised
when he doesn't look anything like Daniel.
2) You wonder where Naquadah would fall on the
periodic table.
3) You name your pets after characters from the show.
4) You wander up ramps knowing there must be a
Stargate at the end of it.
5) You take an astronomy course just to make sure that
all the science in the show is correct.
6) When hearing about black holes, you think of a
doughnut and an apple.
7) You actually ponder about getting a tattoo like
Teal'c's.
8) You stroll through the anthropology department
looking for a Danny Clone.
9) Look at anyone dressed in Air Force blues and see
if they are Sam or Jack.
10) Say "Ya think?", "Good morning Campers", or
"Sweet" in most conversations.
11) Start writing fan fic constantly in the Stargate
universe.
12) Join a mailing list about one of the characters or
RPG.
13) Laugh when seeing a Jaffa cake.
14) Watch 'Third Watch' only to laugh at the producers
name (chulack).
15) Have a collection of Stargate VCR tapes.
16) Redecorate your apartment, etc. with an Egyptian
theme.
17) Start learning glyphs.
18) Actually memorize planet designations.
19) Start calling your friends Sam, Jack, Daniel,
George, or Janet although their names are not that.
20) Stare at the night sky hoping to see a Tollan
signaling device go off.
21) Be a bit more wary when seeing 'great balls of
light' in the sky.
22) Start thinking that napkin hats (Shar're) actually
look really good.
23) Own a Danny floppy hat.
24) Stare at a toilet flushing since it reminds you of
a wormhole horizon.
25) Go wandering in the forest hoping to see a
Stargate and/or SG-1.
26) Buy a huge black watch and pretend it is a GDO.
27) Get paranoid about empty corners.. Could there be
a Re'tu?
28) Refer to episodes by their initials- and have
people understand you.
29) You go to a convention and talk Stargatese.
30) Refer to any of the actor's by their character.
ex. Jack's actor, Sam's actor..
31) You're enjoying a lunch time read and somebody
outside yells "Jack, will you please stop chasing
Daniel up that tree".... which causes you to choke.
32)-you watch the Eurovision Song Contest [that in
itself is a sign that you have a serious problem] and
the country which were dressed up as American Indians
immediately reminds you of 'Spirits' and in a half
drunken state you try to explain the plot of the
episode to everyone.
33)- ...or you watch Tonight at the Paladium and/or
Stars in Their Eyes and realize *that's* what they did
with the second gate.....
34). You get a phone call at work from a Dr. Jackson
to tell you Jack O'Neill
has died and you want to scream down the phone 'NOOO,
how? Who?'.
35) - You can't listen to "Grease Lightnin'"
because...well, YOU know why...
36) - Your diet consists of choco-walnut cookies and
coffee.
37) - For Halloween, you wrap yourself in a bedsheet
and draw an "X" on
your stomach. Hey Presto! You're Sha're!
38) - You watched "The Mummy" About 80 times, even
though you thought it
really sucked.
39) - Or you watched the Mummy about 80 times even
though it sucked because
you were imaging Daniel as the lead character
40). When your friend says she's going to put Daniel
to bed you spit your
beer all over the table and fall off your chair before
you remember her
two-year-son is called Daniel.
41). You give your best friend the nickname
Spacemonkey.
42). Or you watched the Mummy & thought Hmmmm, I
wonder if those scarabs are related to the bugs in
Nemesis.
43)- You erect a hula hoop in your garden and call it
"The Chappa'ai"
44)- You spouse/mother/sibling comments on the symbols
drawn on said hula hoop
45)- You call your home clothes "Civvies"
46)- You call your pet mice "Sha're" and
"Teal'c"...
47)- You say everything tastes like chicken, even when
you're a vegetarian.
48) You use words like "ASAP" "AWOL" and
"Stand down"
in every day conversation, although totally out of
context.
49)- Before you leave the house, you insist on
"Dialing out"
50) You hear strange noises that sound like a stargate
coming out of the wardrobe, a la "Legacy"
51) When you're sick, you claim it's nothing "some
chicken soup and a good sarcophagus " won't cure.
52) You don't need glasses, but you wear them anyway.
53) You stay up all night deciphering artifacts....
54)...despite the fact they're rocks...
55)...you got them from your back garden....
56)...and they have nothing written on them.
57) You play with a Major Matt Mason doll, (NOT A G.I
JOE!!!!), even though
you're 23 and should know better.
58) You cut up an onion and the rings come apart like
the Goa'uld transporter thingies.
59) You see an advert in a travel agents for a flight
to Goa and think
immediately of... well I bet you are all thinking it
too:)
60) You start to daydream every time a van drives past
from a local cleaning firm as it has 'Daniel' written
on it in big letters.
61)- ... or you watch Top of the Pops and you realize
that they stole both
the Stargates...
62) You briefly glance at The English Patient as you
walk through the living room and muse on how much
Ralph Fiennes resembles Sokar.
63) You set a catalogue in the mail from a 'specialty
clothing' company with a model (in very interesting
skimpy outfits cause clothes just doesn't quite
describe what the
models are wearing if you get my meaning!) Anyway the
model is standing on a
ramp and the first thing you notice is the large ring
in the background that looks amazingly like the
Stargate! It even has a bunch of pictographs around it
and one is the eye of
Ra!
64). you drive all through your country to see an
exhibition (Egypt 2000
B.C.) and the first thing you say is "Abydos!" and no
one understands why you're so thrilled!
65) Or you know they open a new Egyptian museum in
your city, and although you
know there isn't something very valuable there you're
willing to go just in case... you found something
goa'uldish which they don't recognize...
66) You're watching 3 Faces of Eve in psychology, and
think every time she
changes personalities, "She's not mentally ill! She's
a Goa'uld!"
67) When you're watching the New James Bond Movie on
video, and you happen to
glance up during the opening credits, and see 'Iris
Code' listed among
them
68) You see a Subaru Legacy and say to on one in
particular, "That has got to be
one of my favorite episodes!" Then your hubby looks at
you as if you are a nut
case and says, "What are you talking about?"
You point to the car in front of you and say "Legacy
of course!"
69) When you're at work, you read Tok'ra instead of
Tokay
70) You're in the middle of an aerobics class and the
instructor
says "jack" and you say "where?" more loudly than
you
anticipated and
everyone looks at you so you get the fit of giggles
for the rest of
the class.
71). You can't look at the angstrom sign anymore
without thinking, "Where are the other six symbols?"
72). You name your cat Schroenger.
73). You contemplate having your head shaved since
Teal'c can pull it off.. why can't you?
74) Hear anything about Cheyenne Mountain and wonder
if the secret about the Stargate is out..
75) You build your own Goa'uld hand device and insist
upon showing it off to your friends.
76). even if they don't know a thing about Stargate.
77).. and insist that the only reason it doesn't work
is because you haven't found a Tok'ra symbiote yet.
78) Look at a currycomb and wonder why it looks so
much like the Goa'uld healing device.
79) Insist upon having a UV light installed in your
room.
80). to make sure the reason your computer is crashing
is not from alien beings trying to communicate with
you.
81) You hear the 'Funeral of Unas' and think 'no one
told me we killed off another one'!
82) You think of a smiley face when confronted with
ketchup, mustard, and a clean plate.
83) You have debates about which of Daniel's haircuts
looks better. (first season!!)
84) 'Spacemonkey' doesn't seem like an odd nickname.
85) Hannah is an exclamation- not a name.
86) You have a collection of Stargate badges.
87) You plan vacations to Vancouver, B.C.
88) Your computer wallpaper is Stargate related.
89) ...along with your screen saver.
90) ...and you have Stargate sound clips loaded on
your computer.
91) .... in place of the Windows dings and chimes.
92) You have taken a Stargate trivia test.
93) . and scored 100.
94) ... and thought that you should create your own!
95) Contemplated if you should put an apostrophe in
your name.
96) Find yourself starting every sentence, "With all
due respect."
97) Count how many different descriptions you can
think of for the Event Horizon.
98) Start laughing when you hear that someone lives on
Asgard Avenue.
99) You sneeze so much that people start calling you
Daniel.
100) You watched a movie just because one of the
characters was named Colonel Sam Jackson. (All they
need was Teal'c as a middle name)
101) Whenever you hear someone say, "It tastes like
chicken," you wonder if they're eating macaroni and
cheese.
102) You just hate clichés.
103) You start calling your boss "Apophis."
104) You wonder if you've had your real identity
`stamped' over.
105) You want your license plate to read "DTHGLDR"
106) Your reply to every vaguely obvious statement is,
"Ya' think?"
107) Your reply to every request is, "Yeah, sure, you
betcha'."
108) Whenever you see the letters AU you assume they
must stand for `alternate universe.'
109) You think SG-1 really IS a good name for a team.
110) Whenever you see the letters NC-17, you think of
AQ.
111) You realize how humorous it is having a cat named
C.K.
112) The word 'share' came up at the top of the screen
and your first thought was "What does this have to do
with Sha're?"
113) You are sitting in a board meeting reading
documents and the initials of the members are on the
side and you notice two JA & CK next to each other and
shout out "Look that spells JACK"
114) When you hear a certain KFC radio ad that
involves a certain COLONEL talking
To a worried SAM about how her hubby DANIEL will eat
after she goes out for the night ... *humph* Your
first reaction was "EW! Daniel and Sam are practically
family, they can't be married!"
115) Try explaining "General SG-7, Stargate Command"
as the sig. on an email to your boss
116) You have to try and explaining to everyone why
you wear Dog Tags though you are not in the military.
117) You start referring to yourself as Tauri.
118) Actually pondered if you were a JD, DS, or a SJ
shipper.
119) Had a debate with someone about if Janet is
married or not. (and you know who Janet is!)
120) You try and convert your friends to your
addiction.
121) You start laughing when you see a preview for the
movie "Get Carter".
122) You know the english translation of 'Kree'!
123) You have to watch an episode of Stargate a day,
no matter that you've seen all your recorded episodes
a million times.
124) You watch an episode of Stargate when it is on TV
although you own the episode on video.
125) You own more than one version of "Stargate" aka.
Widescreen, special edition, DVD
126) You had to get a black leather jacket.
127) While watching "Matter of Time" you figured out
how much time actually occurred during the whole
episode.
128) You've figured out Sam must live on base- for she
has no apartment/house! (she does have a lab though)
129) You own the books based off of the movie Stargate
and the series.
130) You start liking songs just because they remind
you of a shippy moment in Stargate, not because you
like the artist.
131) When you hear an alarm that sounds exactly like
the gate activation alarm you wait for several armed
people to surround a circle and wait for a wormhole to
appear.
132) When you like the movie "Event Horizon" for all
the wrong reasons (you like because the actor Sam
Neill is in it, besides the fact that a Stargate is on
board).
133) You see a sandwich with 'H/C' on it but can only
think of 'Hurt and Comfort'.
134) When someone knocks on your door you reply that
you need an iris code before you'll let them in.
135) You paint your phone red and ask all callers,
"Son, do you know color this phone is?" in an
authoritative voice.
136) You distrust anyone named Seth.
137) You call your children to dinner by yelling,
"[name of child], KREE!"
138) When you visited the Royal British Columbia
Museum in Victoria, Canada you blurt out when watching
a video they play there, "What is Hammond doing on a
BOAT?!?" and having the people around you stare at
you.
139) You gladly explain to anyone around you who and
what a Danielite is.
140) Trips are planned around Vancouver so you can
find the places where certain episodes were shot.
141) You created more than one webpage devoted to
Stargate.
142) You laughed the whole time you read this list!
143) You have become obsessed with hockey.
144) When you watch "Broken Arrow" your first response
to seeing the actor playing a general is "Oh My God,
what is Tok'ra dad doing there and why isn't his last
name Carter?"
145) You know what the nickname Tok'ra Spice means.
146) You did the Happy Dance when they finally brought
back the Chevron guy for the fourth season.
147) You can easily have an eight hour conversation
about Stargate although you're the only one that
really watches the show.
148) You have coffee in your kitchen although you
don't drink coffee.
149) You start a coffee addiction.
150) Seeing any of the actors from Stargate on TV is
enough for you to stop channel surfing even though the
show is not Stargate related.
151) Start plotting how to make a music video that is
Stargate related.
152) You sit your roommate down in front of the TV and
force him/her to watch hours of Stargate.
153) You plan on attending a Sekh's Party. (say it out
loud, you'll get it)
154) You don't think the wrong thing when saying
Sekh's Party.
155) You think that a fountain that you walk by
everyday starts to look like a Stargate, wormhole
horizon and all.
156) You begin to think of attending archaeology digs.
157) You begin seeing Stargate related things in other
sci-fi shows.
158) You know the address of the production studio.
159) You can recite the names of the producers,
writers, etc.
160) Ordering Stargate DVDs doesn't sound odd to you
although you don't own a DVD player.
161) You start teaching all your friends the meaning
of kree and sho'va.
162) You create new Stargate related lyrics to popular
songs.
163) Your favorite song is now "Mambo Number 5" .. aka
"Mambo Number P3X-595"
164) You try and figure out the star coordinate
system.
165) Naming planets PX7-393 sounds like a good system
to use.
166) You can name all the SG teams and the titles to
each.
167) When you get the same fingerless black gloves
what Jack has.