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Here's your checklist for that pesky psychiatrist everyone keeps sending you to. This list is made up mostly of contributions from YOU, the psychotic ones.

Default color for submissions are green, but I am willing to make your submissions special. For the low, low price of a simple request, I can make your submissions in the colors of Scott, Virgil, John, Alan, Gordon, Brains, or Lady P.

And now, without further ado,

You know you watch too much Thunderbirds when...

Your room is no longer white, but comes in shades of Scott, Virgil, John, Gordon, or Alan and thier respective Thunderbird.

You think your boss/teacher is The Hood in disguise and trying to get information out of you.

You're hired by Universal Studios to help Frakes with the movie because of your extensive knowledge on the show.

You celebrate the boys' birthdays with huge parties.

You consider getting a Thunderbirds related tattoo. - TBthree

You actually get a Thunderbirds related tattoo.

You try to find someway to work Thunderbirds into your school work. (ie. when writting a paper about a novel you compare the main character to a Thunderbirds character or a situation to one of the episodes) - TBthree

When picking out an outfit or piece of jewlery, you wonder if it would meet Lady Penelope's standards. - TBthree

You have Thunderbirds dreams. - TBthree

And they aren't rated G.

You think puppets are hot. - TBthree

You try to learn to play "Dangerous Game" or the Thunderbirds theme on the paino so you can feel like Virgil. - TBthree

When you meet someone new, you think to yourself which character they are most like. - TBthree

When one of the characters is your hero. - TBthree

When you sign up for an astronomy class just so you can feel like one of the Tracys. - TBthree

You try to work your schedule around when it's on TV, even when you have most (if not all) of the episodes on DVD. - TB2Fan

You hear people talking about Thunderbirds, your thinking about the Tracys...but, they're thinking US Air Force, car, or musical group! - sotter

When you know all the boy's birthday's by heart. - TB3isbest

When you can describe how it is aerodynamically possible for thunderbird 2 to fly with those backwards wings. - TBthree

When you draw out plans for your own house to match the Tracy's house (wouldn't that be cool!) - TBthree

When you say FAB to your own mother or wife or whoever! - ldsgeek

When you hear a jet fly over, you look up expecting to see a Thunderbird. - TB3isbest

You can sing Dangerous Game from memory. - TB3isbest

When you pay outragous overseas shipping charges for Thunderbirds stuff online. - TBthree

When you wonder what the odds are of you having 5 sons and if you should give it a shot, and what the corresponding girl names would be for "the boys" if you screw up and have a girl. - TBthree

When you have to make a tough decision you think to yourself "What would Jeff Tracy do?" - TBthree

When you name you car "thunderbird ____ (insert the number of your fav one)" and go through a launch procedure before you go anywhere, ending it with a hardy "thunderbirds are go!!!" - TBthree

You buy 5 Ford Thunderbirds and not only have the license plates say Thunderbird 1 - 5 on them, but you also get a decal of the Thunderbird it's named after put on it along with a paint job to match that of the corresponding Thunderbird as close as possible. (i.e. "Thunderbird 2" would be all green with the yellow stripe going around the body, black lines to show the 'pod' and red flares on the side.)

You make this your official check list and attempt to do everything on it.

You know more about Thunderbirds than the man himself, Gerry Anderson.

Your friends, who have never seen the show, know as much as you do about it FROM you.

You get into a locker decorating contest with a fellow Thunderbirds fan at school and try to show them up with the most pictures of your favorite pilot plastered all over the inside of your locker.

You dress as your favorite character, even when it's not Halloween.

You are in the Guiness Book of world records for the most attempts at trying to own at least one of every piece of Thunderbirds merchandise and props that are still out there.

You actually own at least one of everthing Thunderbirds you can buy and are now working on buying the rights to the show itself.

You own the show.

You re-decorate your room to that of your favorite character's until you move out of your parents' house and can buy your own island and build your own villa.

You become an astronaut/aquanaut in the hopes of one day being recruited for International Rescue.

You watch the summer olympics to see if Gordon is swimming.

You watch any type of racing to see if Alan's driving.

You not only own all the VHS and DVDs of the show, but you tape it off the TV as well.

You have the Thunderbirds theme as the ringtone for your cell phone. - TBthree

The door to your room is covered with pictures from Thunderbirds. -TB3isbest

You know most of the operating specs for all 5 Thunderbirds. - TB3isbest

You scare your roommate with your amazing Thunderbird's knowledge. - TB3isbest

The first thing you listen to every day is "Dangerous Game" - TB3isbest

Your pets are named after Thunderbirds characters. - TBthree

You try to make the trees in your yard fold down. - TBthree

You see the flash of a camera, you automatically think it must be the Hood and you snap into action. - TBthree

You have a picture of your favorite character in your wallet. - TBthree

You have a picture of your favorite character on your desk for inspiration. - TBthree

You hear the naem Cliff Richard, you think "don't you mean Cliff Richard Jr.??" - TBthree

You are jealous of a character. - TBthree

You know more about Thunderbirds than the world around you. - TBthree

Your computer is all decked out in Thunderbirds themed stuff. - TBthree

You are trying to build your own Braman - TBthree

You make your own episodes of Thunderbirds with babries, models, and fireworks. Ya gotta blow stuff up! - TBthree

You wonder if the first name "Lady Penelope" would be awkward for a child... your child. - TBthree

You want your work shifts to include a lunch break so you can bring your Thunderbirds lunchbox. - TBthree

Your an adult and have Thunderbirds sheets on your bed. - TBthree

More than half your bookmarked web sites are Thunderbirds sites. TBthree

You don't think TinTin is an odd name. - TBthree

Anytime you hear a count down you don't think "blast off" after 1, but instead yell "Thunderbirds are go!!" at the top of your voice. (even if its during an educational video on space flight during class) - TBthree

Someone tells you that for vacation they are going to the happiest place on earth, you think they mean Tracy island, not Disney Land - TBthree

You see someone with a black eye you giggle and think of Rick O'Shea. - TBthree

You ask someone or soemthing why they are running like the Hood is after them. - ldsgeek

You have a special DVDrom drive in your computer just so you can watch the Thunderbird feature movies (Region 2)DVDs. - Morritec

You figure out how to play music from the Thunderbirds on your band instrument. - TB3isbest

You try to score the Thunderbirds theme and give it to the band director. - TB3isbest

You can't see your wall through the Thunderbirds stuff. - TB3isbest

You meet someone with the same name as one of the boys and immediately ask who they are named after. - TB3isbest

You want a pink Rolls Royce. - TB3isbest

You want one of the new Ford Thunderbirds in an appropriate color. - TB3isbest

You doodle Thunderbirds instead of doing work in class. - TB3isbest

You write Thunderbird fan-fiction. - TB3isbest

You make a list of how you know you watch too much Thunderbirds.
(We're all guilty! Woohoo!) - TB2Fan

You draw Thunderbird-related pictures for a sketchbook you had to do for art class. - TB2Fan

You search for Thunderbirds guitar tabs on the internet so you can play the songs and are disappointed when you can't find any. - TB2Fan

You have Thunderbirds songs on your computer. - TB2fan

Your child won't get into his stroller until he's pretended to be Virgil going through the revolving door. - oldtbfan

Your kids have to hear Thunderbirds are Go before heading down the ramp on the way to school. - oldtbfan

You frequently travel around town as Virgil pushing stroller TB4 accompanied by son TB1 running with arms outstretched. - oldtbfan

You have a green mini-van that says thunderbird 2 on the side. - TBthree

You tell your mom how much her van is like thunderbird 2 (ie. it is big and transports stuff and if you put a bike or something in the back its like when TB2 carries TB4 ) - TBthree

You have a crush on a puppet. - TBthree

You see on ebay a Thunderbirds gameboy game thats just for gameboy color, so you order the game and pay the overseas shipping then run out and get a gameboy color. (even if you have an older gameboy, you still want to see the game in color) - TBthree

You have large pictures of the boys on your living room wall. - TBthree

Thunderbirds pictures out number pictuers of your own family. - TBthree

You dig a little line into the floor around your couch so that it looks like it might go down into the floor like the one for TB3. - TBthree

You build your house so that you can have your garage below it and make a slide system leading down to your car, i mean your "thunderbird" - TBthree

You buy 2 extra sets of the dvd's, one to pass on to the grandkids and another to be burried with. - TBthree

You are at the electronics store and your contemplating getting something new you first wonder if Brains would think it was a wise purchase. - TBthree

You consider changing your career to being an astronaut. - TBthree

You and your "home girls" are out shopping or something and you see a hot guy and all talk about it, you say something like "yeah he was hot, but he was no Alan (substitute with your favorite brother) Tracy" and your friends just stare back at you an wonder how you make it through life. - TBthree

Your mailman thinks you must be someone important becuse you keep getting mail from the UK. - TBthree

You want to be rich so you can have an island. - TBthree

You try to make your own Tracy island by digging a moat around your house and then insist that it is an naturally occuring island and state you address as "One Tracy Island, city, state, zip" - TBthree

You go on a first date the first 2 questions you ask are "Do you like Thunderbirds?" and "If we were to have kids, can I name them anything I want?" - TBthree

You get glasses like Brains. - TBthree

You purposly stutter. - TBthree

You start to smoke cigars like Jeff. - TBthree

You get one of those sticks that you put a cigarette in the end and walk around with it like Lady Penelope, even if the only thing in the end is a rolled up piece of paper. - TBthree

You have a model of TB4 in your fish tank so it looks like an underwater rescue. - TBthree

You wonder if you have an evil half brother that has power over your mind. - TBthree

You blame your actions on the evil half brother. - TBthree

You look at thunderbirds web sites during school or work. - TBthree

You look in the phone book to see if there are any Tracy's with the "correct" first names. - TBthree

The list of Tracy's in the phone book are the only people you date because you are set on having that last name. - TBthree

You try to learn to pick a lock so you can be sneaky like Parker. (yeah i tried but the un-bent paper clip must have been too thick) - TBthree

You tell people that the medal you have from playing AYSO scoccer as a kid is really from the time you won it for the butterfly swim in the olympics. - TBthree

You have dreams about giant alligators. - TBthree

You want one of those nifty swim caps like TinTin (and you especially watch too much if you know what i'm talking about) - TBthree

You know what a Cham Cham does. - TBthree

You know what a Cham Cham is.

You got jealous at all the cool toys the little boy had in "Give or Take a Million" - TB5

When you start seriously contemplating writing fanfiction because only 32 episodes were made. - TB5

You constantly search all sites for anything related to Thunderbirds - TB5

After searching and finding a site with TB items, you frantically calculate to add to your growing shrine/collection. - TB5

When you order Thunderbird items, you have it sent to place of work because you just can't stand the thought of waiting to see it at home once it has been delivered. - TB5

If someone, such as significant other" mentions "Puppet Love" the images that come to mind....! - TB5

You tape the shows from Techtv just so you can have a pop-up version to suppliment the DVDs. - tintinkyrano

You record the sounds of the show onto cassette tape so you can at least listen to the show when you go to Vancouver because TechtvCanada doesn't air them. - tintinkyrano

Your family starts pointing out Ford Thunderbird cars to you on the road so you can say "Thunderbirds Are Go!" - tintinkyrano

Instead of saying "Sure, Dad" when your Dad asks you to do something you say "FAB, Father." - tintinkyrano

At church when the priest says "Let Us Pray" you quietly reply "FAB, Father." - tintinkyrano

You yell "Shut up, Alan" at your siblings. - tintinkyrano

Before you go to sleep you think of the Thunderbirds so you can dream yourself into an episode. - tintinkyrano

You keep your nails polished in red/pink just like Lady Penelope or Tin-tin. - tintinkyrano

You carefully watch yourself flip switches and push buttons thinking you could have been a hand-model. - tintnkyrano

You buy a town on ebay, call it Tracy Island, and rebuild it to look just like Tracy Island, encluding a large moat that surrounds the town so you can really say it's an island.

You draw your favorite brother on all the windows of your house with dry erase markers.

You can describe how your sibling is using characters from the show and other Thunderbirds fans know exactly what you mean.

You and your friends take up one of the characters' names and call each other by it.

Your girlfriend writes to break up with you and tells you not to act like Alan. (Ricochet -> Alan vs. Rick)

You find and play the Thunderbirds Drinking Game.

You actually get drunk on something non-alcoholic playing the game.

You have contests with other Thunderbirds fans to see who has the most stuff.

You win the contest.

You take any chance you get to quote one of the characters.

You've quoted the characters so many times, people start thinking you may be one of them.

Someone asks what happened during a certain episode, you could tell them EVERYTHING, including how many bullets (if any) were shot and by who.

You act out a retelling of an episode.

You act out a retelling of an episode with sock puppets.

You act out a retelling of an episode using your sister's Barbie dolls.

You build a shrine to your favorite character or the show itself.

Your dream man/woman has to have at least 5 characteristics of your favorite character.

You actually do a search and FIND this person.

You spend all night trying to find things to add/submit to this list.

You succeed in finding something.

You spend most of your class time thinking of things to add/submit to this list.

You succeed in finding something.

You write your favorite quotes from the show where ever you have space. (i.e. notebooks, desktops, back of hand, book bag, etc.)

Your friends help you find stuff to write your favorite quotes on.

You look at the stars with a telescope and swear you see Thunderbird 5.

Some how you find out there really is a Hood and that he really is trying to take over the world.

You tell your boss/teachers that the reason you were absent for a week was because of a very important mission.

Your boss/teachers have heard the story so many times that they actually start believing you.

You walk down the hall at school/work and yell "Thunderbirds are go!"

Someone yells back, "FAB!"

You know what I'm talking about.

You listen to songs on the radio and they remind you of one of the boys.

You start an RPG with your friend(s) and play it anytime you are together. (i.e. over the phone, at school, at the mall, etc.)

You compare your girlfriend to Tin-Tin and decide that Tin-Tin would much better, even if she IS a puppet.

Your sudden obsession for the color blue no longer scares anyone.

People have stopped asking why you do some of this stuff.

You have the world's largest Thunderbirds picture collection and still think you don't have enough.

You have every known, and unknown, comic, poster, and picture in the entire world, and wonder when the artists and story writers will come out with more.

You buy Carlton, all the artists, story writers, designers, and anyone else even remotely connected with the series, and have them create more Thunderbirds stuff just for you.

You actually have enough money to do this.

You have at least one framed picture of your favorite character in your room.

You start talking to your Thunderbird posters, and figure that the reason they aren't talking back is because the communication lines are down.

You get withdrawl symptoms during the commercials.

Someone says, "I hate our President!" you reply with, "Don't look at me! I voted for Alan!"

Every calendar in the house has the boys' birthdays on it.

Whenever your parents have a fit because you come home late, you say, "I had an important mission to accomplish."

You've actually done any of these.

You use this list to convince your friends and parents that you aren't the only Thunderbirds fanatic out there.

After a week long trip to England you are stopped at customs because they think you are trying to deprive England's children of all the Thunderbirds merchandise.

You think you're the unmentioned, sixth Tracy brother/sister.

Instead of making a snowman, you attempt to build one of the boys and/or their Thunderbird.

You actually succeed in doing this.

You happen to make it life-size.

Your walls are covered in so many Thunderbirds posters and pictures that you have no room for a new Thunderbirds calendar.

After going through a $30 color ink cartridge in one day, your parents forbid you from printing up any more Thunderbirds pictures.

You think that Virgil may be the key to world peace.

You get frustrated when you get a YKYWTMTBW idea and before you can even type it up, you see it's on the list.

You have a favorite character, but have a dream of a different one, and wake up feeling guilty.

The toy and hobby store just called to tell you that you need to pick up the Thunderbirds merchandise that you ordered immediately because it is blocking the entrance.

After finally working up enough courage to ask the store clerk if they have any Thunderbirds merchandise, you get really steamed when she says she's never even heard of it.

Your friends barely recognize you without your blue cardigan.

Instead of playing cops and robbers, you play Thunderbirds and The Hood.

You would do anything for a fellow Thunderbirds fan.

You think Thunderbirds should have it's own network.

You hang posters and pictures on your ceiling. That way they are the first thing you see in the morning.

You track down closet Thunderbirds fans in your school and try to get them to 'come out.'

You think that watching Thunderbirds is the only thing that keeps you sane.

Your friends and parents say that watching too
much Thunderbirds will drive you insane, but you don't care.

You live at college, far away from your boyfriend, and you write more letters to TV stations, trying to convince them to put Thunderbirds on the air, than you do your own boyfriend.

You converted hundreds of people to Thunderbirds fans at camp, including the counselors.

You can't leave the house in the morning without watching at least one episode.

Thunderbirds makes you feel so good you think it should be classified as a drug by the FDA.

You buy a new, big screen stereo TV and expensive home entertainment center to make sure you catch everything that happens in the episodes.

You start calling your little sister/brother Alan.

You think doctors should start prescribing Thunderbirds as a remedy for whatever ails you... "Watch two episodes and call me in the morning."

You are the only one in your grade to have Thunderbirds models and are very proud of this. The fact you're in college doesn't bother you.

People ask you what you have done since graduating from college, you reply, "I design and build Thunderbirds for International Rescue."

Your new boyfriend walks into your room and says, "Oh great! I'm dating a Thunderbirds fanatic!" and walks out the door...

You run out of ideas to submit, so you ask your friends for some.

They come up with some, and it's mostly stuff you've done.

You start to wonder if this country is being secretly run by The Hood.

You make up feminine versions of the pilots' names for stories, RPGs, or any other thing you might need them for, because you aren't allowed to be that character's girlfriend or wife, so you settle for being his sister or daughter.

Your invisible friends are the Tracy brothers.

You talk to your invisible friends out loud as if they were your real friends.

People have seen and heard you talk to your "friends" so many times, they start to see them.

When your teacher asks you for your homework you tell them that The Hood blew it up.

While in the middle of making-out, you accidently yell out your favorite character's name.

You get extremely excited every time Serrafinaa updates this page.

You have done EVERYTHING on this list, and any time new YKYWTMTBW entries are added, you immediately set off to do them.

You drew life-size pictures of the boys and all you can normally draw are stick figures.

You stick these pictures on your ceiling over your bed so you have something pleasant to look at when you get up.

Some of these pictures aren't rated G.

You name your band instrument after a character.

You think of your favorite brother in blue and blush.

Your friends know who and/or what you are thinking of when this happens.

You drive someone who is trying to write down some more YKYWTMTBW stuff crazy by continuously saying, "You know you watch too much Thunderbirds when..."

You name your stuffed animal(s) after a the boys.

You make up little songs about the boys.

When you go to vote, instead of picking someone who is on the ballot, you write in your favorite character's name.

By some strange happening, the character gets voted into office.

You spend all of your free time trying to think up more things to add to this list.

Your teacher catches you writing YKYWTMTBW stuff down and knows what you are talking about.

Your teacher tries to come up with stuff to submit.

Some of them are things you've done in class.

You call up the government's top scientists to see if they have discovered the whereabouts of Thunderbird 5.

Your parents submit things you've done to this site.

You try to figure out how to look more like one of the Tracy brothers so women will like you better.

You wish you could meet the Tracy brothers in real life so you could beat them to death because your g/f dumped you for them.

You get together with other Thunderbirds fanatics, build a working Thunderbird, then storm all cable companies to get Thunderbirds on air everywhere.

You make birthday, holiday, thank you, or any other type of cards using pictures of the boys.

Too much Thunderbirds? There's no such thing!

You work in a toys store so you can get the newest Thunderbirds toy before it hits the shelves.

You buy large military and construction toy kits just to get that one toy that looks like the pod vehicle you're missing.

You go to the electronics department of a store and turn on Thunderbirds so that you don't miss it while you're shopping.

You buy a handheld TV and pay someone to rewire it so that you can get TechTV and Thunderbirds where ever you are.

You make miniature sets of Tracy Island and your favorite rescues that end up taking up the entire two-car garage.

You buy GI Joes that look like the boys to use your handmade outfits on so that they WILL be the boys.

You build life-sized models of the boys and craft all out of Legos.

You join Mary-Kay Cosmetics just so you can have a pink car to call FAB 1.

You answer the phone with "International Rescue. How may we help you?"

You have so much Thunderbirds stuff you buy a house to store it and rent a storage unit to live in.

You know what each boys' favorite meal is and have it on their birthday.

You buy a yellow Tiger Moth bi-plane, name it Thunderbird 6, and proudly show it off to everyone, even though you don't know anything about flying.

You wonder if Jimmy Neutron is going to be the next Brains.

You wonder if Jimmy Neutron is related to Brains and figure out a family tree that confirms it.

You check your family tree to see if you're related to the Tracys or Lady P.

You think your trailer looks almost like Thunderbird 2 and repaint it to look even more so.

You attempt to get into the same colleges the boys went to.

You get your significant other to wear the International Rescue uniform you made him by hand.

You go to England just to throw a party and hire the Scott and Virgil look-alikes.

You marry one of the look-alikes for that very reason.

You only buy and use Blue Willow China because it's Grandma Tracy's favorite!

You go to www.thunderbirdsonline and into the secret zone to make an id badge and you then laminated it and keep it in your wallet. - TBthree

Your memories of things that happened in real life and things that happened in Thunderbirds start to blend together - TBthree

You know you watch too much Thunderbirds when you creat an alternate reality with them. - TBthree

You write parodies of songs so they revolve around Thunderbirds. - TB2Fan

Your icons on your computer are of thunderbirds characters. - gan20

When your computer starts up..instead of normal window's music...you got the thunderbirds theme songs..and when it boots down its plays the march of the thunderbirds. - gan20

Everytime you make a error on your computer, a character comes up with a sang "F.A.B. Father" different time with a different character, or "Yes, mey lady". - gan20

Your screen saver plays thunderbirds songs which you downloaded on to your computer and displays pictures. - gan20

Your desktop has Thunderbird 1 going across it always. - gan20

You see something terrible happen you wonder if it would have been different if there was an IR orginization. (like sept 11) - ldsgeek

You budget out part of your paycheck for Thunderbirds stuff. - TBthree

You don't mind playing Barbies with you sister/daughter because you know you get to act out Thunderbirds. - TBthree

You visit the Thunderbirds superfans message board at TechTV several times a day. - TBthree

Your AIM screen name is Thunderbirds related. - TBthree

You start feeling emotions towards the puppets (sadness, love, envy, jealousy) - TB3isbest

You watch strange and obscure movies, just to see the Thunderbirds voice actors. - TB3isbest

You see a really handsome guy at the store and wounder if he was anyrealtion to one of the tracy's and hope that his name is scott! even more better scott tracy! - gan20

You change the color of your seatbelt in your car, ahem Thunderbird, to match one of the boys' sashes and sew an IR badge on it. Thunderbirds Are Go! - tintinkyrano

You paste a picture of Tin-tin onto the holiday cookies tin from Grandma, so you can say you have a Tin-tin tin :) - tintinkyrano

You arrange a time share deal with another fan of your favorite Tracy Boy. - TB2isbest

Watching the super bowl you notice that ABC uses "TB" for Tampa Bay where they keep score in the corner of the screen and think "Hey, Thunderbirds!" - TBthree

You hear The Beatles' Yellow Submarine & your thinking about TB 4 & what kind of interesting rescue is Gordon doing. - sotter

Everytime you pass by a closed Aerospace plant you wonder if TB 2 & all of the Pods would fit in the largest hangar there. - sotter

You start to compare all The Tracys' Astrological Signs with yours to see who would be your most ideal mate. And, yes I do look at their Horoscopes! - sotter

Everytime you see something streaking by in the sky you wonder whether that was TB 1 or TB 3. - sotter

People talk about something new in space you worry that TB 5 has been discovered. - sotter

While you're writing your thunderbird's fan fiction...it makes you cry because its too good! - gan20

Your reading someones elses thunderbird's fan fiction it makes you go grab the box of tissues. - gan20

You start yelling at characters in the episodes for being stupid and getting themselves in danger in the first place. - TB3isbest

Whilst watching episodes or reading fanfic you give encouragement to "the boys". - TB3isbest

You are watching a cartoon and you recognize the voice of one of the extras as belonging to a mainstream character. You turn to the tv fully expecting to see one of those TechTV blurbs alerting you to this fact. - Lemur80

You know what episodes you have yet to see. - Lemur80

You spend hours at the computer touching up photos of them. - TBthree

You read all the ones listed on the website to see which ones you're guilty of. - TB2Fan

You go around asking people if they've heard of Thunderbirds, desperately wanting someone to share your obsession with. (No one here has ever heard of it! Boy, does that ever tick me off!) - TB2Fan

You are contemplating ordering things overseas from the UK to fulfill your need for merchandise. - TB2Fan

You have earned Thunderbirds-related nicknames from the people around you. - TB2Fan

You make websites dedicated to them. - TB2Fan

You wish there was a CD of Thunderbirds music. - TB2Fan

You've done school projects inspired by Thunderbirds (me and my hydrofoil thing for Science, for example). - TB2Fan

You spend hours on the TechTV board, and other message boards, talking about Thunderbirds. - TB2Fan

Songs can make you think of certain episodes or events that happened in the show - or even things that happened in your head. It's hard to keep them straight these days. - TB2Fan

You take your favourite movie and replace the characters with the members of International Rescue. - TB2Fan

You try to talk like one of the characters. (Hif I may, m'lady...) - TB2Fan

You believe that International Rescue has a secret branch at your College campus. - TB3isbest

You cast your own Thunderbirds movie! - tintinkyrano

You create your own TB fanart because there just isn't enough pictures to go around! - tintinkyrano

You ask people on the TB messageboards to check out your TB fan art. - tintinkyrano

When u see a billboard with Happy Birthday So and so and have a Faboulous Birthday...the first thing u see is F.A.B and think of thunderbirds - gan20

Just finding out that your not the only nut in your family who loves thunderbirds..which u now have a new bond with a family member who understand u. - gan20

You know you watch too much Thunderbirds when you have a discussion with your mother about your favorite Tracy Boy. - TB3isbest

Your place of work catches on fire and you think of calling IR so that the boys can come save you. - TBthree

You get extreamly mad when people bad-mouth them and you let it bother you during work and school. - TBthree

You download actual space scenes from webshots, so you can visualize what John and Alan see in Thunderbird 5 and what John is always searching the cosmos for.... - animationfan

You wish that you could go out with the Tracy boys for your birthday instead of you real live friends. - TBthree

And the night would not be rated PG either, hehehehe - TBthree

You get drunk and tell your real live friends about it like it really happened - TBthree

They dont get weirded out because they are used to it by now cause you do it all the time - TBthree

You think one guy at the bar is Scott and start talking to him and calling him Scott and get all up on him. He just keeps asking "who is Scott" - TBthree

You get emotional and cry to your friends about how Alan should just tell TinTin that he loves her. - TBthree

You think you are on a mission and one of the guys in the bar is really the hood and go up to him and say "I saw you taking pictures of Thunderbird 2, give me the film or i will have to use force" then when he just looks at you confused, you get angry and start yelling things into your watch. - TBthree

You start talking into you watch or powder compact. - TBthree

You compare the TV episodes to the movies and realize that for some reason Virgil and Scott have changed and you don't think it is for the better. (Thunderbird 6, they both look different in the face!) - animationfan

You can accept some of the voice changes due to actors having also changing, but still find it somewhat annoying! (Virgil and John were voiced by different actors in Thunderbird 6) - animationfan

You read fanfics instead of reading your homework - TBthree

You look at the clock after reading a great Tb fanfic and its almost 1am and you havent touched the homework for you 8am class yet - TBthree

You call your boyfriend Alan, at a very critical moment. - cuteycindyhoney

Your boyfriend knows he has to wait until 2AM, after Thunderbirds is over, for the above mentioned critical moment to become possible. - cuteycindyhoney

You make your own Thunderbirds ringtone.

You imagine the smokestack outside your dorm is Thundebird 3, sitting in its hangar. - TB3isbest

You feel like giving up and keep saying internatioinal rescue's motto "never give up at any costs" - ldsgeek

You paint the smokestack to LOOK like Thunderbird 3 (or TB1, depending on your preference ;) )

You notice the opening music is not right on one or two episodes. The tempo is slowed down enough that you can tell by ear. - animationfan

You can always pick out the different variations of the theme music during the episodes, no matter what instrument is is being played on. - animationfan

You really dig the music in all the episodes! - animationfan

Your father can pick your handle out on the T'Bird chat boards, just by reading your posts. - TB3isbest

You argue about who was born when and which timeline is correct.

You know you've watched too much Thunderbirds when you actually consider moving to Scotland to join the International Rescue Corps they have there." (For the curious < http://www.ps2.com/irc/index.htm > - K. Orgill

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I'd like to extend an extra special thanks to the members of the Thunderbirds message board at TechTV.com, for without them, I would not have been able to get this page going or keep it going. If you would like to submit something for this page, you may do so via the guestbook, the message board at TechTV.com, or e-mail me at InternationalRescueHQ@hotmail.com. Thank you all and I hope you enjoy! ~ Serrafina Angel aka JasonVoorhees