1. You say something even remotely profound and your friends or coworkers asks you which GBS  song that one came from ?

2.  You refer to THE  B'ys as YOUR  B'ys

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"Some government bastard now takes it from me"... E.McCann

"Politicians don't care for whats yours or what's mine" - E.McCann

"Music is sound organized for the purpose of decorating time"...Frank Zappa

"If life was fair Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead"...Johnny Carson

Chiarascura:

 

You have a group of people that you consider friends - real friends, that you genuinely care about and talk to about your hopes and dreams - whom you virtually NEVER see in real life, unless GBS and/or Newfoundland are somehow involved.

 

 

Yes, that is very true. :)

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There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results.”

Trace2716:

There's a thread on this topic already...and it's titled the same! Oh well!

OOPS!

 

Anyways...I got another from today,

- Your friends are all over and talking about the trip to France next summer and all we're going to do and All you can think is 'and when we get back from france, ill only have 3 weeks left before I get to go to Newfoundland!! '

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I refuse your reality and substitute my own - Adam Savage

When you give people chances and allow them to come back from their mistakes, great things happen and I'm a perfect example that you shouldn't give up on people. - Eric Lamaze

Can you tell I have nothing better to do?

8) You travel to a foreign city (hey, I'm a born and bred Montrealer, 'Teronno' is foreign soil) to see a band you've never really heard of because Alan said people should.

9) You buy a CD of another band you've never heard of, and haven't so much as heard a couple of notes of, because Alan said people should (same goes for all of you that open a second browser window looking to download some semi-obscure song that Bob just mentioned in his latest Soundtrack).

10) You spend days wandering around with your mind somewhere else, counting syllables  on your fingers like a loon, trying to come up with the best Haiku possible to win tickets to a show (you also had to research what a haiku was to do it).

11) You come up with #10 riding your bike home and all you can think of is posting it before you forget it and freak out momentarily because 2 minutes later you had already forgotten what it was and you know how important it is to post. (ok perhaps I should be in a separate thread entitled 'You Know You're a GBS Lunatic When...)

12) You rush to read the latest post by Sean who's pretending to be his dog and actually reply to the dog, no less. 

Last but not least (maybe)

13) You feel homesick for a place you've never been because the band makes it sound like the most wonderful place on earth to live. 

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"I see you in the front row, bouncing up and down, you're ripped and ready for a night downtown." ~ Margarita
What's wrong with a little flirtation?

Monster Tee

Funny thing about a GBS Anonymous program; you know you're a GBS fan when you need intervention to realize you're obsessed. Even then GBS Anonymous won't have any members!

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Cindi

The girl who can't dance says the band can't play

Born in Argentia, raised in Placentia

...when you've decided to read the history of NL joining confederation, including sifting through the scanned copies of the statutes creating a provincial government because someone on the okp board suggested that was what the 51 - 49 reference was  in one line of one of their songs. (It wasn't quite that close but darn near to it!) and then wanted to know what some of the other references might mean. 

AND you justify all this research in the name of becoming a better Canadian citizen because you don't want to admit you're a 'fan' ... not that kind of 'fan'; they're obsessed with people they'll never really know, even if they chance to meet. I couldn't be one of those people...

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Sing an unwritten song or repent for the deeds you left undone.- GBS
If curious means that you trade your routines for something free, the freedom you feel's the whole point of the deal so curious I'll be! - BNL
Priates over Ninjas!!

When you spend time trying to figure out what DMC floss colours most nearly match the Republic of Newfoundland flag so you can sew a patch for someone.

 When you Actually over come extreme shyness and talk to folks at shows because you "know" them from the OKP.

When you find yourself do not so random acts of kindness because you want to do something "for" a band member ( who once posted that this was a good thing do for the band)  

When you research the Beothuks  because of  Demasduit  Dream or get interested in the History of the Province because of the B'ys.

When you  learn and instrument because of inspriation, courage and/or comfort you find in the songs.

When you see a Tshirt and think "Bob would like that" ( Music is Life, THe rest is details)

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Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
"Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." E. Wiesel
OKP's Resident B****
Imprudens est draconem vivum de consiliis tuis omittere.
Steet team Leader for NYS, OH and Southern Ontario.

Your husband knows not to book vacation until the tour schedule is up. The kids name their pet Shanty to make you happy. You find yourself saying things like "Oh yeah, my buddy Alan was telling me that is Atlantic City".

...you once drove from New Orleans to Houston and then to Austin in the space of two days to see them twice, and your mother who introduced you to the band totally understands and is jealous instead of thinking you are insane.  Yes, I know there are people who regularly go farther, but so far that's my record.  I thought for this tour I'd have to go to Seattle, which is about 650 miles and takes a day and a half because of all the mountains in the way!  But I don't have to go anywhere near that far this year.  Woohoo!

 ...when you go to the post office and open your box and find a key to one of the bigger boxes where you have a package waiting you start bouncing, and when you find a taller kind-hearted woman to open the box which is up too high for you to reach and grab the package you take it from her and start squealing and jumping up and down!  "Um...it's my favorite band..."  you try to explain because she's looking at you real funny, and somehow manage to shut up until you get to the car where you squeal some more as you open said package and pop the CD in.  Oh how I wish we had street delivery here so I could just bounce and squeal inside my house when these sorts of things happen and nobody would need to know.
 

 

 

when you have 200 songs on your ipod and 149+ are GBS :) and i agree with who ever said the only cd's in your car are gbs i have that as well :) ~stephanie~

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GREAT BIG SEA ROCKED TORONTOS SOCKS JULY 8th, 2006 and again on July 12th, 2008 and once AGAIN on August 22nd 2009!

Great big sea was awsome in Oshawa November 22nd,2008

Great Big Sea was Amazing in Guelph March 18th, 2009

that was me!!

...when you accept invitations to a stranger's house who you met on some website because they call it an OKP and promise a good time.  And you even offer to bring food!

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Sing an unwritten song or repent for the deeds you left undone.- GBS
If curious means that you trade your routines for something free, the freedom you feel's the whole point of the deal so curious I'll be! - BNL
Priates over Ninjas!!

When you ask a co-worker where she went on her holidays and she says "Alan Doyles hometown, which is also mine" and you say "You're from Petty Harbour?"  And she rolls her eyes and shakes her head.  "No," says she "St. John's.  I didn't know he was from Petty Harbour.  But of COURSE, YOU did!" 

 When you enjoy listening to the aformentioned co-worker talk.  Just talk.  Doesn't matter what she's sayin'.

 When you do a forehead slap when you tell the aformentioned co-worker that St. Johns is BOB's hometown, and she DOESN'T KNOW WHO BOB IS!  GEEZ, how can she NOT know who BOB is??

 When she does another eye roll cause you can't believe she doesnt' know who Bob is. 

 

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In the social order, I accept the bottom rung, until the wine is pouring and the Lord commands a song!

Caroldohn:

...when you accept invitations to a stranger's house who you met on some website because they call it an OKP and promise a good time.  And you even offer to bring food!

 

How about: When you invite someone to stay at your house because they are a member of the OKP? Or whenever you say at work that you are going to a concert, and someone asks who are you going to see - EVERYONE within earshot including your boss yells "Great Big Sea!"

When your boss asks you if you are coming back everytime you visit GBS's homeland.

When the first song you teach your class every year is Ordinary Day.

Anne

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And when the winds of change begin to blow,
I'll whisper, "You're my lighthouse" in case you didn't know.

Sons of Maxwell

visit my website!:
Anne's Philly Phan Site at http://www.gbsfanatic.com

Caroldohn:

...when you accept invitations to a stranger's house who you met on some website because they call it an OKP and promise a good time.  And you even offer to bring food!

And that would be me! I'm no 'stranger' than anyone else here, Carol!

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I held vigil at my computer on Feburary 14th when the Toronto preasale started.  I frantically bought tickets to a show 500 miles away, in ANOTHER COUNTRY.  I didn't know if we would need passports at the time, but figured we would get them if we needed them!  (Turned out we didn't)

 

I then pleaded with my parents to keep our 2 children so that my husband and I could make a mini vacation out of the trip to Toronto to finally see Great Big Sea!

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I've had the time of my life and the life of my time in the company of fools

Great Big Sea