You Know You're Obsessed When...
- You wish you were a Newsie
- You've memorized all of the songs and dances
- You've memorized the whole movie
- It's come to the point where you don't even have to be watching the movie to know what's happening, you can tell by the sounds
- Movie quotes are part of your daily vocabulary
- Everything and I mean everything reminds you of Newsies
- You and your friends have character nicknames
- All day the only thing you look forward to is coming home and watching Newsies
- You dream about Newsies
- You see a cute guy and think "He could so be a newsie"
- When you're bored, you sing songs from Newsies
- You can always find a quote from Newsies that applies to a particular situation. Gas prices go up? Quote our good friend Kid Blink:"They jacked up the price!!". In court? Just quote good ol' Spot "Your honor I object...on the grounds of Brooklyn."
- You find yourself talking in a New York accent all the time
- You would die happy if only you could yell "AHH!!" off the Brooklyn bridge.
- You sing the songs constantly...
- ...at school
- ...at home
- ...at a restaurant
- ....in the car
- ....walking your dogs
- You have to make up names to write on your homework you always use newsie names
- You're late arriving somewhere you feel the urge to shout "Nevah feah, Brooklyn is heah!"
- You know what Blood Drips on Newsies Square is
- You've seen Blood Drips on Newsies Square
- You've shown other people Blood Drips on Newsies Square
- You quote Blood Drips on Newsies Square on a daily basis...
- You can never watch The Andy Griffith Show the same again
- You think Don Knotts is the best serial killer in the history of the world
- You named your alarm clock "Kloppman"
- When you see Christian Bale's picture anywhere you say, "Hey, 'dat's Jack! He looks just like hisself!"
- You're reading this thinking "Yup, that's me"
- You should be doing homework right now
- Your electric bill has gone up significantly because your TV is constantly playing Newsies
- You find yourself doing the pelvic thrust whenever possible and singing
"We need a good assassination; we need an earthquake or a war!" to go along
with it - You always pronounce "ambassadors" wrong
- When asked if you were
with someone, you reply - "Yeah, he was here, but he put an egg in his shoe and.... beat it" - You own the following: a sling-shot, cowboy hat, rope, crutch, and a key necklace that you wear everyday (yup, never take it off)
- You think of all the different things Spot's key could be for (it's the key to my heart)
- You have difficulty believing the boys are all now old enough to be your dad
- You will never have closure with this
- The boys will always be young in your eyes
- You seriously realize the boys are all old now and you cry for 2 hours
- You always try to convert your friends to the Newsies side (the dark side hahaa)
- You've debated many times whether or not you should try spinning on your ceiling fan
- You hate Sarah, but want to be her
- You think you see Newsies in public (I thought I saw Michael Goorjian at CVS....after following him around I realized it wasn't him)
- You constantly hear their voices
- You can point out who's singing a certain part in the song
- You know more about the newsies strike of 1899 than your history teacher
- You sometimes scare your friends with your obsession
- You like to call people you don't like "doity rotten scabbahs"
- Someone makes you mad and you say you'll soak 'em
- You've watched an episode of ER just because it was the one Gabriel Damon was in for one minute (Sport? Don't you mean Spot?)
- You try to spot Spot (pun intended) in all of the scenes you know he's in
- You're very attracted to guys who resemble the newsies (I know a guy at my school who looks so much like Skittery omg)
- You read fan fiction
- You write fan fiction
- You have a fan site
- You wrote a YNYOW
- You're reading a YNYOW...