I wrote these way back when, knowing there's about a million of these already... But so what, right? They're fun. Enjoy! And don't forget to send any ideas you have in! jesta.ariadne [at] gmail [dot] com (dot=. at=@ ...messed for spambots ^^)
'Ere we go... Last boat for sanity leaving right now...
1. You growl and hiss "eeevil!" every time you hear the word "Macavity". (Alternatively, you just say "aawww, Mac he's such a dear!"!)
2. You growl and hiss "eeevil!" every time you hear anything sounding like it such as "cavity." (or... see above)
3. Your family know the names of all the cats and their personalites. They have never seen CATS.
4. You will yell at anyone who says that Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer are mates/siblings, whichever you disagree with...
5. You can argue the above point for hours on end.
6. You become very interested in any boys called George or Victor (or Plato or Munkustrap or Mistoffelees or whoever but you're less likely to meet anyone called that...)
7. You look through in the phone book for anyone called Mistoffelees, just in case...
8. You attempt to study the work of the philosopher Plato with great enthusiasm...
9. Your meal of choice: Argentine joint, potatoes and greens.
10. You ask everyone what their third name is and laugh when they are thick enough to tell you. Very boring names they have... things like Brown and Smith and McGee....
11. You're not wasting time: you're contemplating your name!
12. Your rather large teacher gets very confused because you keep accidentally calling him "Bustopher"...
13. You compare everyone you know to a cats character... or try to (unfortunately, there are not enough nasty characters in CATS to do this properly!)
14. You spend a lot of time on CATS sites.
15. You have a CATS site yourself.
16. You actually update your CATS site.
17. Every day.(?!)
18. You are very surprised to learn that Sophocles did NOT write a play about a cat... (Electra...^^)
19. You write out songs or quotes all time at school - for no reason other than that it keeps you sane during Chemistry lessons
20. Someone asks you why you have "Jellicles can and Jellicles do!" written on your notebook and you reply "The cat himself knows and will never confess!"
21. You draw cats during lessons. Constantly.
22. Or you write fics during lessons. (You're probably getting the impression I don't do much work during lessons...)
23. You have folder full of cats related stuff that you carry with you at all times for security.
24. You recite The Naming of Cats.
25. And NOT in a whisper!
26. You've been known to be start shouting "Go Misto!" etc while staring avidly at a fanfic on your computer screen.
27. Ditto giggling madly at the computer screen.
28. Ditto going "aww! Misto!!!" / "Aw!! Pouncy!!!" / "Aww! MACCY!!!"
29. You are determined to see CATS live even if you have to hitchhike to London and busk to get money for the tickets!
30. You know the meaning and derivation of every name in CATS.
31. When you talk to cats, you always address them correctly.
32. You do indeed talk to cats.
33. You talk to the Jellicle cats too. You and Pouncival are becoming quite good friends
34. You talk to your family about CATS constantly.
35. They listen. (That's on a good day)
36. On a bad day: Your brother will block his ears and start yelling nonsense at the top of his voice as soon as the word "cat" is mentioned
37. Your personal style of grafiti now covers the school. It says: "Macavity wozn't 'ere!"
38. You wish you could meet Mungojerrie
39. Only if you were officially Rumpelteazer tho. Otherwise that would be breaking up the notorious duo!!!!
40. You shamelessly flaunt "Pouncy is the cutest!" / "I'm a proud Macaholic!" / "Misto just rules, OK?" etc etc etc in black marker all over your possessions.
41. You use nick names that would surely irritate the actual characters on a regular basis
42. You have ever written an e-mail along the lines of "CAAAAAAATTSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" That's it.
43. Or "WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY??? MISTO AND VICKI/CASS/JEM/TANT/ME FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!"
44. It's not "e-mail" anyway. It's "e-meow"!!
45. You are reading this list.
46. You recognize the previous sign from thousands of other lists.
47. You've read thousands of other lists
48. You know various "cat smileys" such as =^.^= and >^_^< and >^o^< (OK, so I made that one up, and I'll be the first to admit it does look more like a reindeer.....)
49. Cats fanfic is your absolute substenance
50. You know what terpsichorean means! (yup!)
51. You know how to spell terpsichorean (and I sure hope I'm spelling it right after all that)
52. You know how to spell Mistoffelees. Properly!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ah... embarrassing story attached to this one!)
53. You know a couple spellings for, er the part of that notorious duo that isn't Mungojerrie
54. And can sustain an argument about this for hours...
55. You've heard of Victor, Admetus, Carbucketty, Bill Bailey, Sillabub, Ghengis, Gilbert
56. Just a picture of a certain curious cat sends you into fits of girly giggles! (if you're a girl, that is!)
More signs? E-meow me! jesta.ariadne [at] gmail [dot] com (dot=. at=@ ...messed for spambots ^^)