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-You know you're a Who fan if someone says/asks
"Who?" and you yell "WHERE???!!"
-Your 4 year old son runs into your room
screaming can ya see the real me....can ya as well as many other things
-You giggle each time "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" mentions WHOVILLE.
-After seeing Roger play Scrooge and the Tin Woodsman in "A Christmas Carol" and "The Wizard of Oz" you wonder why he wasn't asked to play those characters in the originals.
-When no one will ride in your car because 9 out of 10 CD's in your changer are The Who and the 10th is a Pete solo album....
-You thought that Jack Nicolson sang pretty well in "Tommy".
-You can't wait for that Doug Sandom solo project and biography.
-When someone is looking through your music collection, sees The Who takes up a large portion of it, says "These guys only had about four songs, why would you want the rest?", and you begin to demonstrate The Who's live show.....on him.
-You told the emergency room nurse that Pete Townshend told you to take uppers and downers at the same time.
-Every Halloween you dress up like Kenney Jones.
-You know that the Iranian Reissue of Quad on Reel to reel, has the best mix.
-You take a day off work every year to celebrate Bobby Pridden's birthday.
-You got excited when the Chinese New Year was the year of the OX.
-You spent $153 in long distance phone charges to call a guy named Petr Townshendvich in Solvokia ..... just incase.
-You own 57 copies of The Who's performance contract from Woodstock.
-Your a hetero-male who argues with "The Gal's" at work over how HUNKY Roger is.
-You spent $350 on Ebay.com to buy a bag of John Entwistle's garbage.
-While watching "The Godfather" on cable, you keep saying "I could see Roger playing that role".
-You own about 10 versions of 'Tommy' and can tell the subtle differences between them.
-You wonder how you could make your house look like Keith's Tara, quickly and economically.
-Despite whatever myth-destroying facts you've heard, you KNOW The Who were banned from Holiday Inns and cars ended up in swimming pools.
-You deliberately take friends and relatives over to The Who's section at any BestBuy, Sam Goody, Musicland, or any mass market CD retail shop and start saying that you own all of these already, laughing maniacally.
-You have written a script for the film version of 'A Quick One'.
-You never realized that The Beach Boys had a version of 'Barbara Ann'.
-After mentioning you love The Who to someone, and they say that their favorite Who song is 'Tommy', you begin crying openly.
-You have long discussion and debate with other fans about what version of 'Mary Anne With The Shaky Hands' is the best.
-You can mention the merits of Roger Daltrey's songwriting.
-When you're with other fans, and you mention that 'Squeeze Box' best showcases The Who's talent, all of you laugh uncontrollably.
-You dress you son like a girl because "a song told you too" (Is it in my head?).
-You have three dogs all named Towser.
-You have "Who Are You" playing over your answering machine
-You meet a guy named Ivor and can't resist asking him if he drives engines
-You call the radio station to request John's RADD promo
-You have ever injured yourself attempting to swing a microphone
-You bankrupt your savings and max out the credit cards and have to move back in with your parents after following a tour
-You know how much nine and a half stone is
-You have a jar of Dippity Doo for display purposes
-You can't download any software without starting to sing, "It's the InstallWizard, there has to be a twist..."
-You bought a copy of the English version of 'Quadrophenia'
-The acronyms BBE, WGFA, TWSO, WRU, BOR, LSA, LLR, AQO, TKAA, ICSFM, EMCT, and most importantly, IASWAA make sense to you.
-You fully understand the plot to Lifehouse
-You attempt to explain that plot to others claiming that it is one of history's greatest lost artworks.
-You are attempting to collect every concert recording of The Who ever made.
-When seeing other bands in concert, you can't help but think what it would be like to be seeing the boys (or Pete, Rog, or John for that matter).
-You make sure to note every Who mention whether it be TV shows, book mentions, or computer commercials.
-You own all Who LPs, original CDs, and reissues and can name the differences between them off the top of your head.
-You know The Who didn't play New York in 1973.
-You have a personal vendetta for Jon Astley.
If you have any suggestions for "you know your a who fan if..." e-mail Dr. Jimmy at emmee@doctorjimmy.com
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