You know you are an obsessed ER fan when….

1. You can instantly name any episode when given the tiniest detail
2. You take on mannerisms of the characters, e.g. hold your head at an angle, talk in an English accent
3. You won’t stand anyone else but you saying anything bad about it
4. Your tape of Love’s Labour Lost is actually developing static lines as a result of overuse
5. You tape every single episode and catalogue your tapes
6. You surf Ebay, looking for ER items
7. You set up an ER web page or club
8. You understand the medical terminology and can explain it to everyone else
9. You download the ER Emergency Code game and win it first time
10. You own the soundtrack, and often break into renditions of “Healing Hands”
11. You barricade yourself in and cut all lines of communication on Thursday nights
12. You imagine how you could get yourself into an episode of ER
13. You actually ENJOY trips to hospital
14. You deliberately stub your toe to go to the ER, intent on finding a Doug Ross look-a-like
15. You find the Doug Ross look-a-like and pretend to be younger so you can be treated by him
16. You spend your lessons doodling ER scenes and writing out quotes from the last episode instead of writing a critical review of the theatre production you had to go and see
17. You follow up everything you say with “godammit!” or “stat!”
18. You use examples from ER when discussing health psychology in a lecture
19. You not only stay up to watch for ER adverts, but you tape them as well
20. You have an ER outfit that you wear every Thursday
21. You really, really want a pair of scrubs
22. You watch all awards ceremonies just in case an ER cast member happens to either get an award or present one
23. You answer the phone “This is County, go ahead”
24. You own a Macarena monkey
25. You spend your spare time trying to do wheelies in your granny’s wheelchair
26. You have a big band-aid sticker on your bedroom door
27. You cry at the mention of Union Station
28. You are the only person on the dance floor at your cousin’s wedding when the band plays “Tequila”
29. You become convinced that Carter is a good doctor
30. You watch any old B film if you see a cast member’s name in the credits
31. You tape any old B film of you see a cast member’s name in the credits
32. You can recall parts of the script of an episode in vivid detail
33. You consider being a doctor or nurse
34. You notice how much the names move around on the staff lockers
35. You diagnose your own injuries before your doctor
36. Your doctor doesn’t need to explain to you what an MRI is
37. You go and sit on the roof of your workplace and stare at the sky aimlessly, hoping someone else will come up and talk to you
38. You own every book on ER
39. You steal a child’s toy stethoscope and parade around with it around your neck
40. You watch other hospital dramas and shout at the TV, telling them they are doing it wrong
41. You can’t remember when ER didn’t exist
42. Sometimes you miss Doug Ross so much that you cry
43. Sometimes you miss Susan Lewis so much that you cry
44. You cry thinking about Carol’s imminent departure
45. You refer to the first series of ER as “the good old days…”
46. You consider writing your own ER book
47. You write a list like this
48. You have actually done the stuff in the list, not just made it up
49. You read the list
50. You read the list and can think of something to add to it

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